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Devil's Ecstasy is a US exploitation film by Brandon G. Carter from 1976 (some sources date it 1974, and others 1975). It combines exploitation of satanic sect topic with dark eroticism and even hardcore pornography.  This film is: - extremely obscure - cheap and sleazy - sexy, spooky, and sinister. Just like it was with The Curse of the Alpha Stone , I learned about Devil's Ecstasy thanks to the score compilation featuring this totally outstanding fragment from this film . Table of Contents   Plot Summary A young and beautiful student Helen Adair (Cyndee Summers, credited here as Deborah Whitney) turns 21 and receives her inheritance. Her legal guardian presents her with her estate. He also tells her the story about the mysterious circumstances of her birth and her parents' death. Helen learns that she has an aunt Marion (Tara Blair) who lives in the mansion now inherited by her and who is believed to be a w...

Rachel Audrey So far there is a visible disbalance between the posts about music and films in my blog. So finally, here is one more article where I'm suggesting another mysterious and brilliant music project too few people know about. Table of Contents   What Amethyst Portal Sounds Like On the official Amethyst Portal's Facebook page the genre is specified as "Occult Industrial". However, it's not that kind of industrial with the standard 4/4 or 3/4 beat and verse-chorus structure. It's a calm, relaxing ambient music with a mysterious otherworldly vibe—dark, spooky, and with horror elements here and there. The lyrics are clearly based on the New Age mythology and Occultism.   Band Members Amethyst Portal is a side project of two members of a better-known musical collective Mater Suspiria Vision : Gavin Norman (music) and Rachel Audrey (lyrics and vocals). ...

Persephone Black in Fongaluli, 1973 In this article, I'm providing an extensive, fact-based, and director-approved review of three outstanding adult absurd comedy films from the early 70's — Fongaluli , Madame Zenobia , and The Healers by Eduardo Cemano (also known as Ed Seeman). This article features the director's comments that he provided personally for this blog post in our email conversation. In his comments, Eduardo provides detailed explanations of the meaning behind each film. He also shares interesting facts and anecdotes.   I also conducted an entire interview with the director separately from this blog post. Learn more about his cinematographic and artistic career from my interview with Eduardo Cemano (Ed Seeman) .   Now, let's get down to business. Table of Contents   General Information About the Trilogy Here is another set of we...

Here is my another post where I will tell you about one more forgotten old, sleazy flick and share what I could find out about this obscure gem of exploitation cinema. Read on. Table of Contents   This Film Is Really Obscure The Curse of the Alpha Stone is a sleazy mystical-themed and quite an obscure American grindhouse film shot in 1972 in the USA. There is not much information about it. I found a couple of short reviews in two blogs. Before watching the film, I also read a few comments on IMDb, giving the film ratings ranging from mediocre to the worst. Most of them aggressively criticized the movie, saying it's a completely worthless, talentless garbage. These negative comments were helpful: I watched the film, and it appeared to be great.   Plot Summary A young, talented and successful scientist Abe specializes in genetics and works at a university. He is also interested in alchemy and incorporates magic into his s...