Wealthy businessman Count Boris Zaroff (a creepy portrayal by writer/director Michel Lemoine) gets his sick kicks from seducing beautiful young women prior to hunting them down like animals and killing them.
While Lemoine does use the compellingly twisted premise as an opportunity to offer a hallucinatory cinematic meditation on the duality of human nature by presenting the main character as a highly troubled person with a fragile grip on both reality and his own sanity (the guy keeps seeing his deceased wife all over the place), he nonetheless still delivers the basic satisfying sleazy goods thanks to some perverse sexuality and a pleasing plethora of hot naked women. Moreover, Lemoine also makes nice use of the opulent castle location and maintains a blithely seedy'n'surreal tone throughout. Howard Vernon acquits himself well in a juicy supporting part as Zaroff's evil and manipulative servant Kurt. Guy Bonnett's funky-throbbing score hits the get-down groovy spot. Philippe Theaudiere's bright cinematography provides a stylish sparkling look. Recommended viewing for fans of oddball exploitation fare.
While Lemoine does use the compellingly twisted premise as an opportunity to offer a hallucinatory cinematic meditation on the duality of human nature by presenting the main character as a highly troubled person with a fragile grip on both reality and his own sanity (the guy keeps seeing his deceased wife all over the place), he nonetheless still delivers the basic satisfying sleazy goods thanks to some perverse sexuality and a pleasing plethora of hot naked women. Moreover, Lemoine also makes nice use of the opulent castle location and maintains a blithely seedy'n'surreal tone throughout. Howard Vernon acquits himself well in a juicy supporting part as Zaroff's evil and manipulative servant Kurt. Guy Bonnett's funky-throbbing score hits the get-down groovy spot. Philippe Theaudiere's bright cinematography provides a stylish sparkling look. Recommended viewing for fans of oddball exploitation fare.