An occult curiosity that lacks any skin
A New York couple are lured to a masked party, held at the large house of an evil occultist who has set his sights on the wife.
Very low budget, bad acting and a plot that could be written on a postage stamp this ticks the boxes for viewers seeking 1970's grindhouse trash. One of the movie's strongest points is the ever present, eerie synth score. This combines well with several surreal, nightmare like sequences. Some of the make up is OK too.
Two things that I didn't like are -
1 - no nudity, which was unusuall for black magic films from this decade, and
2 - despite the title I never once heard the name "Satan" get a mention, instead some Lord Rakeesh, or something, is the demon to which the cult is dedicated. A name that I am not familiar with.
Yes, this is trashy but it is still far more enjoyable that most of the horror movies being churned out in the 21st Century.
- Stevieboy666
- Sep 29, 2019