Black Candles (1982)
"Los ritos sexuales del diablo" (original title)

A young woman travels with her partner to England on the unexpected death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the... See full summary »

Director:

José Ramón Larraz

Writer:

José Ramón Larraz

Stars:

Helga Liné, Vanessa Hidalgo, Jeffrey Healey

Cast

Credited cast:
Helga Liné	...	Fiona (as Martha Belton)
Vanessa Hidalgo	...	Carol (as Vanesa Ashley)
Jeffrey Healey
Christopher Bright	...	(as Christopher Wright)
John McGrat
Betty Webster
Lucille Jameson
Fernando Valverde	...	Peter (as John Thomason)
Fred Pulver
Mauro Rivera	...	Robert (as Martin Ren)
Paul Kendall
Rose Wren
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
José Luis Barceló	...	Director de la compañía
Julia Caballero	...	Marta
Carmen Carrión	...	Georgiana

Storyline

A young woman travels with her partner to England on the unexpected death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the house whose rites seem to centre somewhat on large-scale sexual congress.

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Plot Keywords:

england | satanic cult | stormy night | occult | bare butt | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

3 April 1982 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Hot Fantasies

Filming Locations:

Belgrave Square, Belgravia, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 82 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Reportedly director Jose Ramon Lazzar disowned this film following its release.

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Los Ritos Sexuales Del Diablo (2009)

User Reviews

Devilish work in the English countryside

Known in the UK as Black Candles, the original Spanish title Los Ritos Sexuales del Diablo sums it up a lot better. The characters in this 1981 film from Jose Ramon Larraz spend most of the time naked and jumping on one another. Saucy German actress Helga Line, pushing 50 when the film was made, leads the way with an erotic, knicker-shedding performance as a middle-class woman at the centre of a Satanic cult. Drawing heavily on Rosemary's Baby and set in England, this is a daft piece of soft core in which the devil's work is done largely by the genitalia.