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This erotic horror film, set in 1916, tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women... more | full synopsis
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Franca Mai ... Elisabeth (as Franka Mai)
Brigitte Lahaie ... Eva
Jean-Marie Lemaire ... Marc / Mark
Fanny Magier ... Hélène
Muriel Montossé ... Anita
Sophie Noël ... Sylvie
Evelyne Thomas ... Dominique
Agnès Bert
Cyril Val ... Un Apache (as Alain Plumey)
Myriam Watteau ... La femme apache
Joe de Palmer ... Un Apache (as Joe de Lara)
Jacques Sansoul
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be careful who you take refuge with, 17 August 2007
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Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

A man who has made off with some gold is pursued by his would-be partners and takes refuge in a huge house, where he finds two women that are supposedly the "advance party" for the servants & owners who are to come later. Being that he's a thief & has a gun, and they're attractive, he takes advantage of them, but then finds out as time passes that they're not who they claim to be. Eventually this man's pursuers also make their move & capture one of the women, who turns out to be a rather formidable adversary in that she kills the man raping her and sets out with a scythe to take care of the rest. As you see her in the distance in a black cloak with the scythe she seems to the "The Grim Reaperess" as she goes in pursuit of the woman that dressed in her clothing to flounce around like she was someone special. Anyway, with the pursuers all taken care of there's nothing left to do but wait for the rest of the people that will be showing up for a midnight reunion at this house, and what they'll do at that reunion is rather vague but you, the viewer, will have a pretty good idea that it's not exactly wholesome. This is Jean Rollin at his stylish best, and while this isn't a particularly fast-moving film it's wonderful to watch as it unfolds and I wasn't a bit disappointed. If you're a Jean Rollin fan or a Euro-horror fan you'll most likely want to check this out, but unfortunately it's out of print in the US right now. 8 out of 10.

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