Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern (1973)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Joseph W. Sarno

Writer:

Joseph W. Sarno (writer)

Release Date:

1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Unga svenska stjärnfyndet Marie Forså i en erotiskt laddad thriller

Plot:

A lesbian vampire's soul is kept on in the bodies of her descendants.

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Erotic | Vampire | Lesbian Vampire | Erotic Horror

Cast

Nadia Henkowa	...	Wanda
Anke Syring	...	Julia Malenkow
Ulrike Butz	...	Monika
Nico Wolferstetter	...	Peter Malenkow (as Nico Wolf)
Flavia Keyt
Alon D'Armand
Claudia Fielers		(as Irina Kant)
Natasha Michnowa
Eric Mancy
Christa Jaeger
Heidrun Hankammer
Marie Forså	...	Helga

Directed by
Joseph W. Sarno

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joseph W. Sarno		writer

Produced by
Dominik Huser	....	executive producer
Chris D. Nebe	....	producer: Monarex
Sture Sjöstedt	....	executive producer: Saga Film

Original Music by
Rolf-Hans Müller

Cinematography by
Steve Silverman

Film Editing by
Karl Fugunt		(as K. H. Fugunt)
Dietmar Preuss

Set Decoration by
Armin Rye
Peggy Steffans		(as Cleo Nova)

Costume Design by
Peggy Steffans

Makeup Department
Alexandra de Jongh	....	makeup artist
Erika König	....	makeup artist
Helmut Pohl	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Marijan Vajda	....	production manager (as Marijan Vajda, Sr.)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marijan David Vajda	....	assistant director (as Marijan Vajda Jr.)

Sound Department
Thomas Faber-Hume	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Helmut Flieger	....	gaffer
Norbert Friedländer	....	assistant camera
Gert S. Kreutschmann	....	still photographer

Other crew
Micky Kley	....	script supervisor (as Mickey Kley)

Production Companies

• Monarex
• Saga Film

Distributors

• Omni Pictures (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ambassador Film Distributors (1974) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Leisure Time Booking (1978) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release)
• Astro Distribution (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Force Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD) (as "Vampire Ecstasy")
• Retro-Seduction Cinema (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Saga Film
• Ventura Distribution (1999) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

The Devil's Plaything (UK) (USA) (DVD title)
Veil of Blood (Hong Kong: English title) (USA) (working title)
Das Schloss der schwarzen Hexen (Germany) (video title)
Den pornografiske jungfrun (Sweden)
Möte med djävulen (Sweden) (reissue title)
Plaything of the Devil (Australia)
The Curse of the Black Sisters (USA) (literal English title)
Vampire Ecstasy (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, graphic nudity and brief violence. (edited version)

Runtime:

Germany:115 min

Country:

Sweden | Switzerland | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

Sweden:15 | USA:X

Company:

Monarex

lots of skin but hard to follow and just plain dull

This is a German film from 1974 that is something to do with some women who come to a castle and beyond that, I can't really tell you their purpose or even what the purpose of the movie is. I can tell you that there's several women who also moonlight as servants at this particular castle who strip, put on body paint and gyrate to bongos like they were at the Goth Kit-Kat Klub, though, and that seems to be a good portion of the run time of this film. Yeah, there seems to be something with devil worship and vampires, and there's some girl on girl stuff, etc., but the main focus seems to be the painted babes gyrating away in the basement. I did rather like the eye-rolling of one of the main housekeepers/devil worshipers, that lent an authenticity to the proceedings and made her even more evil-looking. Was that Wanda the Evil Lesbian (as billed in the credits)? No matter. If you aren't too picky about your lesbian devil worshiping movies, you might like this, otherwise it's pretty dull stuff and I couldn't even finish it, I was so bored. 3 out of 10.