La bimba di Satana (1982)

Director:

Mario Bianchi

Writers:

Gabriele Crisanti (story)
Gabriele Crisanti (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 July 1982 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

In the crypt of the remote castle of the Aguilars lies the recently-deceased body of Maria. Her husband Antonio is a jealous bully...

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Voyeur | Female Nudity | Family Secret | Masturbation Scene

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Jacqueline Dupré	...	Miria
Mariangela Giordano	...	Solo
Aldo Sambrell	...	Antonio Aguilar
Joe Davers
Giancarlo Del Duca
Alfonso Gaita
Marina Hedman	...	Maria Aguilar

Also Known As:

A Girl for Satan (USA) (dubbed version)
Orgasmo di Satana (Italy) (X-rated version)
Satan's Baby Doll

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Company:

Filmarte

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Exorcism of Baby Doll (2007) (V)

Nonsensical Euro-smut at its most lurid and ... stylish?!?

I don't quite know what to make of "Satan's Baby Doll", to be honest. As the title suggests, it's another cheap, wicked-minded and umpteenth excuse for Italian producers to come up with sleaze and satanic nonsense – and it is – but on the other hand it's a surprisingly stylish and well-made film. Yes, really! Well, talking in terms of early 80's exploitation standards and in comparison with the other titles on director Mario Bianchi's repertoire, that is. It even has a plot that is slightly above average, competent acting performances (I'm not kidding!) and genuine young beauty that sadly only ever appeared in this one film. Oh Jacqueline Dupré, what an angel you are. The sinister events all take place inside the walls of an ancient family castle atop a hillside. This location is always filmed from underneath in the valley, just to make really sure the viewer knows we're dealing with a very isolated setting here. The lady of the house just died, but she was involved with black magic rites and Satanism, so her malignant spirit attempts to return from the afterlife. She finds the perfect host inside the ravishing body of her young daughter Myra and commands her to kill all the remaining dirt bags in the castle. So what we have here, basically, is an Italian variation on "The Exorcist" (another one), but with a Gothic setting and buckets full of gratuitous nudity. Also living in the castle is a masturbating nun, a Peeping Tom in a wheelchair, a sleazy lawyer, a crazy voodoo-obsessed servant and the sickly jealous and tyrant patriarch. There are quite a lot of senseless dialogs and boring parts you unfortunately have to struggle yourself through, but the death scenes are fairly imaginative and Dupré beauty & sex-appeal brightens up the screen with every appearance she makes. The other female leads are filled in by Mariangela Giordano (yes, THE woman whose nipple gets bitten off by her creep son in "Burial Ground") as the household nun and by adult movie starlet Marina Hedman as the undead but still very horny Maria. This is bizarre early 80's exploitation, to say the least , but it's worth seeing if only for the imaginative choreography, the uncanny set pieces, the ominous musical guidance (courtesy of Nico Catanese) and the naked body of Jacqueline Dupré. Shallow? You bet!