Feast of Satan (1971)
"Las amantes del diablo" (original title)

A woman searching for her missing sister arrives at a small coastal village, where her sister was last seen. Unknown to her, her arrival has been noted by a crazed scientist, who has designs on her.

Director:

José María Elorrieta

Writers:

José María Elorrieta (story), Miguel Madrid (story),

Stars:

Espartaco Santoni, Krista Nell, Teresa Gimpera

Cast

Credited cast:
Espartaco Santoni	...	Dr. Tills Nescu
Krista Nell	...	Hilda Salas
Teresa Gimpera	...	Andrea
Verónica Luján	...	María Salas
Ennio Girolami	...	Dr. Carlos Ferrer (as Thomas Moore)
Julio Peña	...	Inspector González
Luis Villa
Carla Conti	...	Paula
Francesco Acciaccarelli	...	Dr. Baum
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tomás Blanco	...	Dr. Donati
Rafael Corés	...	Dr. Michelis
Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón	...	Count
Eulália del Pino	...	German Tourist (as Eulalia del Pino)
Cris Huerta	...	German Tourist
Inés Morales	...	Tills' Mother

Storyline

A woman searching for her missing sister arrives at a small coastal village, where her sister was last seen. Unknown to her, her arrival has been noted by a crazed scientist, who has designs on her.

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Plot Keywords:

evil man | mad scientist | female nudity | murder

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Spain Italy

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

22 November 1971 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Feast for the Devil

Filming Locations:

Algeciras, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 8,928,917 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lacy Internacional Films, Prodimex Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Quite boring for a Satanic party.

Euro-sleaze from the 70's doesn't get any more prototypic than "Feast of Satan", with its lurid atmosphere, scantily clad women running through the woods all petrified, horrible dunning, sinister organ music overload, shamelessly borrowed influences of American landmark horror movies and the thinnest possible storyline imaginable. When her sister Maria is repatriated from a vacation resort in a severe state of mental shock, with the characteristics of being petrified still noticeable on her face, Hilda Salas travels to the area to investigate what happened. She gradually becomes entangled in a world of occult mystery. The more Hilda gets acquainted with the local high society, and particularly the hunky Dr. Tills Nescu, the more her life is endangered. As said, "Feast of Satan" is pretty standard guff and thus predictable, derivative and largely boring. The film is surprisingly – and unfortunately – very sparing with nudity and gore, so you simply have no choice but to pay attention to the decrepit plot. Due to the complete lack of action and suspense, the film seems to go on forever without revealing any clues regarding the denouement. That is especially annoying since the title pretty much openly gives away what will happen at the end: one giant satanic orgy, of course! Though I have to admit the final couple of twists and red herrings, as well as the climax sequences, uplift the quality level of the movie in general.

Here's a tip in case you really get too bored to be bothered with the actual film. Keep an eye open for the Dr. Tills Nescu's short-sized and mustached employee. He makes the highest amount of pointless cameo appearances I've ever counted. It's like he came for free with the camera!