Satan's Slave (1976)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
A young and naïve Catherine (Candace Glendenning) travels with her parents to the countryside to visit her Uncle's house. As soon as they arrive, the parents are killed in a strange accident, which leaves Catherine in the care of her uncle who she believes is a doctor but the truth is that he runs a sect for Satan worshipers. A cousin tries to warn Catherine that she's in danger because the sect is looking for a new victim to sacrifice.
Director Norman J. Warren (Terror) tries to make a U.K. exploitation and from what I've read, the BBFC cut this to shreds before allowing it to be released. Apparently these cuts were done without the director knowing but it still hampers the film since it's apparent that the director was going for a more violent spin on the witchcraft genre. Even without the gore however, there's really not much to recommend in this film, which like many others, does nothing but talk and talk.
The screenplay is very weak and it's one of those where everything has to be explained by one of the characters. We get long scenes where nothing happens and the viewer doesn't know what's happening and then we get a dialogue scene that tries to tell us what was going on. This gets very boring and tedious quickly. Another problem is that the film was shot in a deliberate slow pace, which doesn't benefit anyone. Glendenning is decent in the lead but isn't oo interesting but we do have Michael Gould (Alfred in the Batman films) to keep some interest going.
* 1/2 (out of 4)
A young and naïve Catherine (Candace Glendenning) travels with her parents to the countryside to visit her Uncle's house. As soon as they arrive, the parents are killed in a strange accident, which leaves Catherine in the care of her uncle who she believes is a doctor but the truth is that he runs a sect for Satan worshipers. A cousin tries to warn Catherine that she's in danger because the sect is looking for a new victim to sacrifice.
Director Norman J. Warren (Terror) tries to make a U.K. exploitation and from what I've read, the BBFC cut this to shreds before allowing it to be released. Apparently these cuts were done without the director knowing but it still hampers the film since it's apparent that the director was going for a more violent spin on the witchcraft genre. Even without the gore however, there's really not much to recommend in this film, which like many others, does nothing but talk and talk.
The screenplay is very weak and it's one of those where everything has to be explained by one of the characters. We get long scenes where nothing happens and the viewer doesn't know what's happening and then we get a dialogue scene that tries to tell us what was going on. This gets very boring and tedious quickly. Another problem is that the film was shot in a deliberate slow pace, which doesn't benefit anyone. Glendenning is decent in the lead but isn't oo interesting but we do have Michael Gould (Alfred in the Batman films) to keep some interest going.