- Directors: Jean Rollin
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Redemption Films
- DVD Release Date: 26 July 2004
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0002CH7B6
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- #87 in Film & TV > Horror > Devils, Demons & Exorcisms
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A band of brutal shipwreckers rape and murder two young girls, only to find them re-emerging as spectres after having made a pact with the devil. The best thing about the movie is Joelle Coeur, who plays the female leader of the sailor/ship wreckers. She's sadistic, charismatic and truly perverse, masturbating on the beach as her followers rape the two girls. Scenes in the abbey are beautiful and atmospheric, evoking the style and mood wehave come to expect and love from a Rollin movie. This is Rollin at his most delirious, sadistic and dubious. English subtitles
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I must admit I quite liked this, but if you are not a fan or haven't seen a film of the late Rollin before, then you may wonder what you have let yourself in for. On the face of it this is a story of Wreckers, those people who lured unsuspecting sailing vessels to their destruction so that they could obtain goods washed ashore. One night time when a gang are plying their nefarious deeds they come across two young women looking for help, but instead this gang decide to rape them and try to kill them.
With the captain of this group starting to have feelings of guilt, and other members of the team wanting to be in charge, or just wanting more mayhem, things start to slowly disintegrate. With the two women surviving their ordeal it is up to the group to finish off what they started for their own protection, but the girls strike a deal with a demon to wreak revenge.
The actual plot is a good one, and could be made into a good novel, however with bad acting and shot on a low budget this becomes rather farcical. Also some people may be put off by the amount of surreal imagery. Ultimately the only character you can relate to on a more deeper level is the demon.
Alas, like with other Rollin films where you actually get an interview with the man himself, there isn't one available on this. You should also be advised that there is some nudity here.
With the captain of this group starting to have feelings of guilt, and other members of the team wanting to be in charge, or just wanting more mayhem, things start to slowly disintegrate. With the two women surviving their ordeal it is up to the group to finish off what they started for their own protection, but the girls strike a deal with a demon to wreak revenge.
The actual plot is a good one, and could be made into a good novel, however with bad acting and shot on a low budget this becomes rather farcical. Also some people may be put off by the amount of surreal imagery. Ultimately the only character you can relate to on a more deeper level is the demon.
Alas, like with other Rollin films where you actually get an interview with the man himself, there isn't one available on this. You should also be advised that there is some nudity here.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Surreal French Horror Tale, As Seen Through Jean Rollin's Eyes...
11 May 2010
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Jean Rollin makes movies that perplex 'movie viewers' - his films are always poetically surreal, hypnotic, absorbing, enchanting and hallucinatory, and almost never have a coherent storyline. This frustrates and alienates a good deal of viewers, while attracting others. His flix are about dream-like imagery unfolding, cascading in waves, nightmarish and bizarre. He's done away with the notion of a narrative or a linear storyline in favor of the visuals allowing the viewer to interpret as the viewer sees fit. But it's not traditional horror. Highly unconventional, I understand why most people don't enjoy his movies as well as why others are attracted to them. I've seen almost all of his flix and find something worthwhile in most of them while my wife hates them. Different strokes...
The other reviewer is too harsh on this film, expecting gore and nudity to suffice as entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I love exploitation in all its forms, but am one of the few who enjoys an Art House flick as well, and if we can incorporate both in one film, I'm in heaven, while most of my exploitation brethren are bitchin' and moanin'. There's enough nudity to keep most interested, especially the scene where the female leader of the vulgar ship wreckers masturbates on the beach while watching her cruel and sadistic followers brutally rape and kill two girls who re-emerge later on as spectres after making a pact with the devil. Have I got your attention yet?
The other reviewer is too harsh on this film, expecting gore and nudity to suffice as entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I love exploitation in all its forms, but am one of the few who enjoys an Art House flick as well, and if we can incorporate both in one film, I'm in heaven, while most of my exploitation brethren are bitchin' and moanin'. There's enough nudity to keep most interested, especially the scene where the female leader of the vulgar ship wreckers masturbates on the beach while watching her cruel and sadistic followers brutally rape and kill two girls who re-emerge later on as spectres after making a pact with the devil. Have I got your attention yet?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rollin
23 May 2010
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If you are looking for a different type of Pirate movie including vengeful ghosts and a touch of satanic ritual thrown in, then this is for you. Rollin approaches another genre and fills it with his artistic flourishes and stunning imagery. Again, Redemption's print is a cut above the Image Entertainment release. No sword duels or scenes of derring do in this outing, instead Rollin paces the film like a pressure cooker billowing out his sordid tale of revenge in slow jarring jolts. Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Perhaps Rollin's scariest monster
29 Mar 2012
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I have been discovering the movies of Jean Rollin this year and enjoying his weird mix of horror, magnificent locations and sexuality. As I observed in my review of The Shiver of the Vampires, Rollin has the ability to make the viewer feel empathy for his supernatural creatures, even when they are engaged in behavior typical for their sort. In Demoniacs, we meet a monster who does not inspire such feelings. Tina, played by Joelle Coeur, is a terrifying woman in a gang of seamen who lure ships into crashing onto rocks so they can loot the ships. On one such mission, they encounter two girls who have survived the wreck. The sailors rape the girls while Tina delights in the scene. However, the gang's leader, The Captain, starts to have a conscience attack in the form of visions of the girls he thinks they killed. It turns out they are still alive and the gang decides to hunt them down and finish the job. The girls make their way to a run-down abbey where the Devil himself is imprisoned, needing two innocents like them to free him. He promises them the means of vengeance on their attackers. I am not in the habit of revealing how a work ends; I will say that the essential goodness of the girls strongly influences the actions they take. If I described the ending, it would sound downbeat if not horrific, but watching it, I thought it tragically noble. This is not a film for the sensitive or easily offended but it does have a power. Tina proves more frightening than the Devil; she is an unnerving mix of wild sensuality and dangerous violence. It is ironic that in the Rollin films I have seen so far, it is a human who proves to be perhaps his most monstrous creation.
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