An Angel for Satan
(1966)
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An Angel for Satan
(1966)
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| Barbara Steele | ... |
Harriet Montebruno /
Belinda
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Claudio Gora | ... |
Conte Montebruno
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Ursula Davis | ... |
Rita
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Anthony Steffen | ... |
Roberto Merigi
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Marina Berti | ... |
Illa
(as Maureen Melrose)
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Aldo Berti | ... |
Dario /
Ilda
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| Mario Brega | ... |
Carlo Lionesi
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Giovanna Lenzi |
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Antonio Acqua |
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Vassili Karis | ... |
Dario, the Teacher
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Betty Delon |
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Halina Zalewska |
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Antonio Corevi |
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Livia Rossetti |
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At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction ... Written by davide
Perhaps inspired by Mérimée's short story "La Venus D'Ille
and even more by French miniseries "Belphegor" ,"Un Angelo per Satana" is solid horror movie stuff;anyway with Barbara Steele,the most fascinating actress of the genre ,you cannot be wrong.Even when the screenplay is weak,she saves something from the wreckage.
Anyway the screenplay is well-constructed,with two final unexpected twists;the first pictures ,on the lugubrious lake, almost show a Dreyeresque influence .Steele is so subtle an actress you never know whether she is an angel or a demon who causes crimes,drownings,suicides and other horrors;this is a Gothic atmosphere with the De Rigueur events which happened a long time ago and became a curse for the inhabitants of the island .Recommanded for horror buffs.