Joshua Tilleman As an (almost) everyday user of Esperanto and activist of the Israeli and world movements for 45 years, I cannot agree with the revue of Robert from San Francisco who said that "most of the actors do quite well with it". In fact, they (including Shatner whom I like very much) mispronounced their Esperanto text, primarily by wrong stressing -- in Esperanto the two-or-more syllable words are always accented at the last-but-one syllable. That is why, perhaps, it sounded for Robert as "a bit like a cross between Swedish and Latin", while, when properly pronounced, Esperanto sounds between Italian and Spanish. Still, I liked the film!

Richard-B-Graham Incubus is my new Gold Standard of bad films. I used to think "Robot Monster" was the worst film ever made until I saw "Plan 9 From Outer Space". I used to think "Plan 9 From Outer Space" was the worst film ever made until I saw "Manos – Hands of Fate". I used to think "Manos – Hands of Fate" was the worst ever until I saw - - "Incubus". "Incubus" has what is needed for a fun bad film - pretentious photography, silly plot line, bizarre acting, Junior-High-School-profound dialog. But mainly – William Shatner! William Shatner, overacts with inappropriate pauses and emphasis, in a language he is speaking phonetically (barely). Gather your friends and have a good time laughing and shouting "MS3TK" style insults at "Incubus". You…will have…a GOOD time!

moonspinner55 Esperanto, a nineteenth-century "all purpose"/international language, almost made a comeback with this stark, moody thriller--thought to be lost for many years until a surviving print resurfaced. Leslie Stevens wrote and directed this tale of a beautiful but soulless female demon, working for the God of Darkness, who tempts and lures men with tortured souls to their deaths in the ocean; tiring of her unchallenged routine, she sets out to destroy a pure, heroic man whose only defense is the power of love. Stevens seems to have overdosed on Ingmar Bergman movies, and is too enamored of Conrad Hall's artistic black-and-white cinematography to really get a grip on his narrative (certainly the editor could have cut back on the many shots of William Shatner wandering...wandering...). However, the ambiance of this film is startling and intriguing, Stevens writes some literate dialogue, and several of Hall's visual compositions are haunting. ** from ****

The_Void William Shatner made a handful of interesting films in his career; and Incubus is certainly one of them; though unfortunately it qualifies more as an interesting failure. The film is shot in black and white, plays out like a fairytale, handles a story about legendary medieval monsters, succubus's and incubuses, and most bizarrely of all, is shot in the auxiliary language known as 'Esperanto'. Director Leslie Stevens' main influence would appear to be Ingmar Bergman as this film feels a lot like one of his (particularly The Seventh Seal) in terms of style, though it's much less deep than the majority of Bergman films. The film focuses on a 'pure' man named Marc. He becomes the focus of Kia, a succubus who spends her time seducing bad men and luring them to their deaths. She's tired of this, however, and decides that she'd rather pit herself against someone good and who isn't going to hell anyway, which is against the will of her sister Amael (also a succubus). However, things don't quite go to plan for Kia so she goes running back to her sister and the two conjure an incubus...The plot idea behind the film is good and admirable as its "pure" horror, but the execution of the film ensures that it's never as interesting as it could, and by rights, should be. I have no idea why the director would choose to make his film in 'Esperanto', it does make it standout somewhat but it doesn't actually add anything to the movie thus making the language rather pointless. The script is poor anyway and the lead characters spend a hell of a lot of time babbling about things that aren't important, which just makes the film feel like an arty farty load of rubbish. One area that the director does succeed in however is the visual side of things as the film really does look great and we've got some great set-pieces too; the introduction of the incubus being the film's biggest highlight! The film is mercifully short at less than seventy five minutes and that's a good thing as the director seems keen to drag things out as much as possible, which means the film can be a bit of a struggle at times. I respect this film for it's visuals but nothing more really and I can't imagine that this would appeal much to many people.