She Beast (1966)
"The She Beast" (original title)

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Reeves

Writer:

Michael Reeves

Stars:

Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Barbara Steele	...	Veronica
John Karlsen	...	Count von Helsing
Ian Ogilvy	...	Philip
Mel Welles	...	Ladislav Groper
Joe 'Flash' Riley	...	The She-beast Witch (as Jay Riley)
Richard Watson	...	Comrade Police Lieutenant
Edward B. Randolph	...	Man on Scooter / Man wearing red sweater (as Ed Randolph)
Peter Grippe	...	Policeman
Lucretia Love	...	Groper's Niece (as Lucrezia Love)
Ennio Antonelli	...	Truck Driver
Kevin Welles	...	Boy in Flashback
Woody Welles	...	Boy at Cockfight
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
F. Amos Powell	...	Man in raincoast / Policeman

Storyline

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural horror | actual animal killed | gothic horror

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Taglines:

Deadlier than Dracula! Wilder than the Werewolf! More frightening than Frankenstein!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

She Beast

Filming Locations:

Italy

Box Office

Budget:

£15,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because Barbara Steele was only available for one day, she was kept on the set during 18 hours. For many years to come, she wouldn't speak to the producer again.

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Connections

Featured in Eurotika!: The Blood Beast: The Films of Michael Reeves (1999)

User Reviews

Ghoulish, campy anti-commie horror classic!

The director of "Witchfinder General/Conquering Worm" first effort is a minor classic. Barbara ("Black Sunday") Steele is quite captivating as the young wife who's corpse get possessed by a 200 year-old buttugly witch. But it's Mel ("Little Shop Of Horrors") Wells who steals the show playing a supersleazy, alcoholic commie hotelowner. The lurid performance equals that of Donald Pleasure in the nasty "Mania/Fiends And The Flesh". And look for that infamous death-by-hammer-and-sickle scene...ghoulish fun to the max! Thrillseekin' horroraddicts should be able to get their jaded kicks with this low budget (the monster make up is a bit tacky) cheerful and wicked gem. Why waste your time with pathetic 90's hollywood horror when films like this exist. By the way, Vincent Price once said that Reeves was the best director he ever worked with!