Morgane et ses nymphes

A dull road trip across France takes an unexpected turn when two sexy ladies Anna and Francoise stop in a creepy country village.They go into an abandoned barn where they have lesbian intercourse.When Anna disappears the next day her lover is scared.With the help of little hunchback Francoise soon finds her way to a mysterious castle ruled by spiritual vampire Morgana Le Fay and filled with ageless lesbians."Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay" is an erotic fairy tale with soft-core scenes of lesbian sex and a little bit of silken bondage.The girls are sexy enough and the location sets including lovely castle near the lake provide plenty of splendid Gothic mood.8 out of 10.Another fine DVD release from Pete Tombs and Mondo Macabro.

It might have its problems, but at the very least, The Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay is memorable for the fact that it's so damn strange! Director Bruno Gantillon succeeds in creating a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere; which bodes very well with the fantasy styled plot. As the title suggests, the backbone of this film revolves around sex and since most of the characters are female, that should please fans of lesbian porn. The plot itself is typically strange and focuses on a castle ran by the mysterious and sinister Morgana le Fay. Two young ladies are travelling across the country when they get a surprise one morning. One of them awakes to find that the other has disappeared, and upon searching for her friend, she happens upon a boat. The boat takes her to an eerie castle where she meets Morgana le Fay and is taken in by the women in the castle. She is offered immortality in return for her soul, but as jealousies take hold she decides to make an attempt to escape, but getting away from Morgana le Fay is not so easy...

One of the main problems I had with this film is the fact that not a great deal happens, so it's easy to get bored with it; the dream-like atmosphere is actually a hindrance in this respect as when you're watching a dreamy, boring movie - it can sometimes be difficult to stay awake! To its credit, The Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay is a very beautiful movie. There's no shortage of eye candy, all the women in the film look great and the lavish sets are well designed and suit the film. I can't say that it's a particularly graphic film, though that isn't a big problem. The lesbian sequences are well filmed and fairly erotic, which of benefit to the film. The film is a lot like the lesbian vampire flicks that cult French director Jean Rollin made around the same time that this film was made; although personally I'd rank this one higher than the majority of Jean Rollin rubbish that I've seen. This is not a great film and it does have its fair share of problems, but it also has a lot of good things about it, and while I can't say it's a film that everyone should see; it should please genre fans at least.

Synopsis: Two sexy French twentysomethings, Françoise (Mireille Saunin) and Anna (Michéle Perello), come across a dilapidated castle which houses an evil (I guess) witch, Morgane Le Fey (Dominique Delpierre); her team of hot Girl Slaves; and her random huchbacked dwarf minion, Gurth (Alfred Baillou). The witch captures Françoise and Anna and forces them to decide: become Morgane's immortal sex slaves. . . or rot (as ugly old women) in the witch's dungeon for eternity.

Review: 'Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay' is probably one of THE most frustrating erotic horrors I've ever seen in my life. Much of the 'erotic' part of the film is gorgeous French girls (mostly redheads) making out, touching, etc., but most of those scenes only last for a minute or two, or they're intercut with random shots of creepy Gurth's face. And, let me tell you, when you're in the mood for an erotic horror film about hot French witch slaves, you do not want to be seeing Gurth, who looks like Zelda from Pet Sematary. The film is very aptly done. The direction and writing are surprisingly good in comparison to some of the other 70s erotic horrors. The acting isn't too shabby, either. It does get boring at times, especially during the random interpretive dance scenes (?). It's mostly, however, a classically done erotic fantasy-horror. Unlike many films like this, it actually works well as a real story & film. . . even if you removed all of the eroticism.

Final Verdict: 6/10.

This was, admittedly, a film I picked up for the titillation factor, since I enjoy the sight of women from the 70's in their natural, undressed Euro glory.

However, this film was done in such a way as to find me enjoying it throughout, despite my initial misgivings.

Granted, I don't think it's the greatest movie ever, but the settings and the "fairy-tale" feel of it I found to be quite good, and the erotic elements were considerably enjoyable. The dialogue also wasn't as cheesy as I was expecting, which is always a good thing, considering many similar films of that era can't escape those faults.

The DVD is quite good, the quality of the picture is excellent, and includes a good interview with the director, Bruno Gantillon. Recommended for fans of 70's erotica and fantasy.

Inspired by the exploits of the famous witch found in Arthurian legends, this film has an appropriately medieval feel to it - not least because of its authentic castle setting and the evocative score by Francois de Roubaix (using the pseudonym Cisco El Rubio!). While it was sold as exploitation on the strength of its copious nudity (the mostly female cast also entailing lesbianism), the script - where characterization is given its due, which is more than can be said for most "Euro-Cult" titles! - is surprisingly literate. In this respect - not to mention having the titular character's dungeon crammed with a bevy of mostly willing slaves! - the film anticipated the "Elizabeth Bathory" segment in Walerian Borowczyk's IMMORAL TALES (1974). Speaking of Bathory, Dominique Delpierre's Morgana here actually reminded me of that character as incarnated by Delphine Seyrig in DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971) - which, incidentally, was also scored by De Roubaix!

The sustained dream-like mood here results in a languorous pace, which is actually typical of low-budget fantasy films made in France during this time: its main purveyors were Jean Rollin and Jess Franco, but Gantillon's effort is ample proof that others (whose career wasn't as prolific and, consequently, faded into obscurity) were, at least, equally adept at this sort of thing; though it often descended into camp - which the title under review here, thankfully, doesn't! - Michel Lemoine's SEVEN WOMEN FOR Satan (1974), incidentally also a Mondo Macabro release, is another one of its kind I enjoyed a good deal.

Besides, the film's production values (primarily - and economically - utilizing natural resources), accentuated by Jean Monsigny's odd framing, impart the film with an effortless classiness not usually found in lowbrow "Euro-Cult" ventures. That said, the lengthy feast/lesbian orgy towards the end stops the film dead in its tracks and the unresolved ending may seem like a cop-out (though I took it as merely another bizarre touch in a movie filled with unconventional detail).

With respect to casting, this too appears to have received some uncommon consideration: the sinister-looking Alfred Baillou is memorable as Morgana's love-struck (yet jealous) dwarf henchman!; Delpierre (who is able to materialize wherever she pleases, as is demonstrated in the final moments of the film) and Regine Motte (as one of her three favored nymphs endowed with psychic powers: in fact, one of the most striking scenes in the film is when they relate to Morgana the movements of the fleeing heroine beyond the castle walls - which is shown in a form of stylized choreography) are the loveliest of the six leading ladies, but also the most able performers.