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Part of the LOTO 4th anniversary repress series. Limited to 100 copies on Red vinyl
Includes unlimited streaming of Die Nude For Satan via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Includes unlimited streaming of Die Nude For Satan via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Nude for Satan is cheesy goodness that both hits the spot and unnerves me a little with its cheap and dark content. I didn’t think it had the greatest stage sets, but it still benefits from the Castle interior and grounds of the eleventh century Monte San Giovanni Campano Castle. Some of the daytime scenes on the castle grounds just look magnificent and surreal since they purposefully pop up abruptly sometimes when it seems like it was supposed to be the middle of the night.
With a title like NUDE FOR SATAN (1974), you enter into a viewing of the film with certain expectations. Primarily, that there will be both nudity and Satan. While I can only say for certain that one of those things were present, I can confirm that NUDE FOR SATAN is one of the most beautiful, well shot films of the ‘70s that has fallen into obscurity; perhaps it’s the fault of the title, leaning too heavily on the erotic aspects of the story, or it’s the fault of the hardcore scenes cut into the Dutch release, scenes that detract from the overall quality of the picture, but NUDE FOR SATAN is one of those films that has not been given the respect it is due.
Director Luigi Batzella, best known for his SS-camp exploitation features, begins his masterful NUDE FOR SATAN with a slow-motion shot of the gorgeous Rita Calderoni running fully nude through a forest. The movie never pauses to address what is actually happening; rather, it sets the tone for the dream of a film that will follow. We then change gears and follow actor Stelio Candelli as he crashes his car shortly before Rita Calderoni does the same. With Rita in no state to move, Stelio takes it upon himself to hike up to the nearby gothic castle and seek help. Inside he finds another version of the girl he saved, played again by Rita Calderoni, though it’s clear by her behaviour that she isn’t the same character that he left behind.
