Les démons (1972)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writer:

Jesus Franco (writer)

Release Date:

7 December 1974 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Erotic horror... Torture... Witchcraft.

Plot:

A group of nun's become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the inquisition. |

Plot Keywords:

Inquisition | Nun | Slashing | Exploitation | Whipping

Cast

Anne Libert	...	Kathleen
Britt Nichols	...	Margaret
Doris Thomas	...	Mother Rosalinda
Karin Field	...	Lady De Winter
Cihangir Gaffari	...	Lord Justice Jeffries (as John Foster)
Luis Barboo	...	Truro
Howard Vernon	...	Lord Malcolm De Winter
Alberto Dalbés	...	Thomas Renfield
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosa Palomar

Also Known As:

Les démons du sexe (France)
Os Demonios (Portugal)
She-Demons (USA) (poster title)
The Demons (USA) (literal English title)
The Sex Demons (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

Argentina:98 min | USA:103 min (restored version) | USA:79 min

Country:

France | Portugal

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP)

Trivia:

The film was rejected for UK cinema in 1972 and eventually passed fully uncut for DVD in 2008 on the Redemption label.

Rubbish demonic horror/witchcraft effort

Jess Franco at his very best can compete with the best of the cult filmmakers; but catch a bad effort and you'd never believe it in a million years. Les Demons represents a really bad effort for the prolific Spanish director, and that's really putting it lightly. The film would be best be described as demonic horror involving witches. The plot has something to do with a witch being burned at the stake, but really it's all so boring that I spent more time concentrating on my desire for it to finish than the actual plot. Luckily the version I saw was the chopped down seventy eight minute version, and although maybe they cut all the good bits out; I have to say I'm glad I saw the short version as I don't think I could have stomached almost two hours of this nonsense! As is usually the case for films like this; Les Demons is packed with sex scenes and most of them appear to serve no relevance to the plot whatsoever, and they're not even well filmed. The only thing that this film has going for it is that it's well shot at times and the music creates an effective mood. My opinion of Jess Franco changes according to which version of the director I'm watching; if it's good Franco then I'm a big fan, but if it's the Franco that made this film; I usually wish I hadn't bothered. Not recommended!