Curse of the Living Dead (1974)
"Les démoniaques" (original title)

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.

Director:

Jean Rollin

Writer:

Jean Rollin

Stars:

Joëlle Coeur, John Rico, Willy Braque

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joëlle Coeur	...	Tina
John Rico	...	Captain
Willy Braque	...	Bosco
Paul Bisciglia	...	Paul
Lieva Lone	...	Demoniac #1
Patricia Hermenier	...	Demoniac #2
Louise Dhour	...	Louise
Ben Zimet	...	Exorcist
Mireille Dargent	...	Clown
Miletic Zivomir	...	Devil
Isabelle Copejans	...	Barmaid
Yves Collignon	...	Barmaid's lover
Véronique Fanis	...	Girl in tavern
Monica Swinn	...	Girl in tavern (as Monika)
Jacqueline Priest	...	Girl in tavern

Storyline

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.

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Plot Keywords:

pirate | ship wreck | rape | supernatural power | revenge | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French

Release Date:

June 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Demoniacs

Company Credits

Production Co:

Général Films, Les Films ABC, Nordia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 95 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Synergia (2011)

User Reviews

Joelle is as nice as a Coeur

The first scene on the beach with the young girls rape and attack is very good and the next one in the bar with them appearing as ghosts too... Unfortunately the movie doesn't go on like that all the time. There are good and bad moments but the scenes of nudity with Joelle Coeur are erotically very good. The story of the demon in the ruins doesn't appear very clear, nor does the clown's and the ruin's keeper destinies... But all in all there is a good atmosphere even if some scenes are a bit too long and some of them are great, like the one where the religious statues fall one after each other on the ground. Jean Rollin knows how to mix sex and horror, as well as many other authors of that 70's era. A good moment but that movie could have been better again...