A Candle for the Devil (1973)

24 Jun 2023

Rating: /5

— God has mercy for all his creatures — Not all of them

Found this as It Happened at Nightmare Inn

Two sisters who run an inn begin punishing the guests who don’t fit their strict Catholic morals. But, when a sister of one of the now-missing guests keeps poking around, things start to unravel

The English version was edited for content, and poorly — it cuts right before any nudity or gore and on to the next scene. It’s so bad that I don’t know parts of the plot because of it, so I am deferring a rating until I can find the uncut movie

Great soundtrack! The jazz is smooth; the organ is sinister

Overall, I liked the approach here — X must have taken at least some inspiration from this


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