Devil's Nightmare (1971)
A Belgian/Italian production, Devil's Nightmare tells the story of a group of tourists who become lost during a trip. They meet a man at the roadside who gives them directions, but it is too late to catch the ferry. They are then directed to an old castle which offers room and board. A succubus also comes to stay at the castle and proceeds to seduce each tourist according to their own personal weakness, then kills them, using their sin against them. Each tourist is a representative of one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Quite probably most famous for being a star vehicle for sexy red head Erika Blanc (Kill, Baby...Kill!, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave). Her darkly sensual looks and frightening performance together with her incredibly hot outfits, give proceedings a solid centre around which a spooky, thoughtful film was built. Cult British actress Shirley Corrigan plays one of the guests and features heavily in the drawn out lesbian scenes.
Although thinly plotted, Devil's Nightmare makes up for it's shortcomings with lashings of mood and style.
A Euro-horror gem.
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