La plus longue nuit du diable (1971)

Director:

Jean Brismée

Writers:

Jean Brismée (writer)
Pierre-Claude Garnier (writer)

Release Date:

April 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Can You Be Possessed By The Devil?

Plot:

Six of seven tourists in a east European castle overnight are victims of a helper of the devil. Is Satan willing to spare their souls? |

Plot Keywords:

Tourist | Satan | Castle | Devil | Lesbian

Cast

Erika Blanc	...	Lisa Müller
Jean Servais	...	Baron von Rhoneberg
Jacques Monseau	...	Father Alvin Sorel (as Jacques Monseu)
Ivana Novak	...	Corinne
Lorenzo Terzon	...	Howard
Shirley Corrigan	...	Regine
Colette Emmanuelle	...	Nancy (as Colette Emmarvelle)
Christian Maillet	...	Ducha
Lucien Raimbourg	...	Mason (as Luciene Raimbourg)
Daniel Emilfork	...	Satan (as Daniele Emilfork)

Also Known As:

Au service du diable
Castle of Death (video title)
La notte piu lunga del diavolo (Italy)
La nuit des pétrifiés
La terrificante notte del demonio (Italy)
Nightmare of Terror (video title)
Succubus
The Devil Walks at Midnight
The Devil's Longest Night
The Devil's Nightmare (USA)
Vampire Playgirls (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Belgium | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (video rating) (1999) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

Cetelci S.A.

Trivia:

Each of the seven tourists, represent one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) (V)

Exceptional Eurohorror

The first time I saw this film was years ago on the USA channel's "Saturday Nightmares," even before the days of "Up All Night." This is the perfect movie for a show like that, something you'd like to find just before midnight deep in the summer after you've just cracked open the first beer. The plot's got a campy "7 Deadly Sins" theme (which is pulled off a helluva lot better in this fairy tale-like setting than in some rotten police investigation "Se7en" trash), the setting is classical without being droll (an old Belgian castle minus things that are supposed to look scary, like banister-ends carved into the faces of little computer-morphing children), and the girls are all beautiful but not wholly character-less (Erika Blanc's very original look and manner steals the film). The backdrop of WW2 and dirty family secrets, and the fact that the Devil beats the proud young seminarist in the end, serves as extra icing on the already sweet and delicious cake. This one is a gem in the truest sense, a great oft-unwatched movie you'll find buried in the dust and bones of video store trash ("trash" with a small "t") that has probably been left unrented for years.