Synopsis:
"Marie
Liljedahl (the luscious star of
Inga) is Eugenie, an innocent young woman taken to an island
paradise where she is initiated into a world of pleasure and
pain controlled by the sinister Dolmance (Christopher
Lee). But when she surrenders to her own forbidden
fantasies, Eugenie becomes trapped in a frenzy of drugs, sadomasochism
and murder. Can a frightened girl in the grip of carnal perversion
find sanctuary in the orgies of the depraved?
Jack Taylor (Succubus)
and Maria Rohm (Marquis
De Sade's Justine) co-star in this legendary erotic
classic from Jess
Franco, the infamous director of Vampyros Lesbos and Venus In Furs.
Based on the notorious novel Philosophy
In The Boudoir by the Marquis
de Sade, this rarely seen shocker is presented completely
uncut, and remains one of the most controversial explorations
of extreme sexuality in European cinema history" -
from DVD
Pacific
My oppinion:
Fun to see an actor like Christopher
Lee in an erotic sleaze movie like this. Also amusing
to hear him say in an interview that he wasn't aware there
was so much sleaze in it, as they added the nudity after Lee
was done shooting. Since it's based on a novel by Marquis
de Sade and Franco was the director,
one would think this was going to be very sleazy and perverse
and it is, but it's actually not among his worst. Sadomania
amongst others is way sleazier, probably because Franco wanted
to attract a bigger audience with this one. Of course, there's
quite a bit of nudity in this one too. Especially Swedish
"Marie Liljedahl"
is very nice to look at. Technically, this is one of his best
movies, and if I'm not mistaking, Eugenie had the biggest
budget of all his movies (except for Justine!?).
I believe many will find it boring, but if you like Jess
Franco's movies, you'll probably enjoy this one
too, I certainly did.
My rating: 
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