

A young woman is lured to an island paradise, where she is drawn into a dark world of pleasure, pain, and murder under the control of a sinister figure.
Cinematography
Hazy Mediterranean lensing that almost makes the sleaze look arty.
Acting
Christopher Lee treating this nonsense like Shakespeare.

Director
Jesús Franco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marie Liljedahl quit acting entirely after this, reportedly horrified by the final product's exploitation of her scenes.
Part of Franco's 'Eugenie' cycle adapting de Sade—this one keeps the philosophy but loses the politics, leaving only aestheticized cruelty.