Joseph Brando
I've seen many of these 70's Satanic Vampire Lesbian Laden Castle romps, but this is one of the worst. It starts off interestingly enough. There's some good atmosphere, a creepy castle, terrified townsfolk - all the usual stuff. Once they get inside the castle, it turns into a hazy incoherent naked mess. What elevates sleaze like this to being enjoyable is a cast that weave their dreamlike spell over you and keep you interested. But "Nude For Satan" has no Helga Line, Rosalba Neri or Soledad Miranda. Instead we've got a lame "Dracula" who makes the magician at your kids' birthday party look horrifying and a giant paper mache spider that makes your neighbor's Halloween decoration look terrifying, by comparison. I couldn't make it all the way through.
Coventry
Undoubtedly the key word to fully describe "Nude for Satan" is
RANDOM! The film opens with images of a girl randomly running through the woods naked, but there's absolutely no connection with the events later depicted in the story. After the opening credits, a male doctor and a ravishing female randomly crash their car on an open road and they both end up once again
randomly in an old ramshackle castle inhabited by no less than Satan himself and a couple of His sex-orientated disciples. The doctor and the women are both enticed by doppelgangers (have some random sex in the meantime) and it takes them quite a long time before they realize they're trapped inside a nightmarishly psychedelic and satanic paradox. Then later in the film, and purely for reasons of padding, there are random sequences involving a hilariously fake giant spider and the doctor aimlessly running through the caste's gardens. Now we all know that sleazy (Italian) 70's exploitation movies are not so much about substance but mainly about style, but Luigi Batzella really exaggerates here. I challenge anyone to find a movie is more confusing and pointless than "Nude for Satan" and, besides, it's not even that stylish or trippy as it hopes to be. What the film does offer plenty, however, is gratuitous sleaze and nudity. The DVD version I own, a brand new fancy Dutch release, even has X-rated footage (randomly, héhé) edited into the story. This is quite a hilarious sight, as the actresses as well as the decors obviously differ from the rest. But even without the pointless adult material "Nude for Satan" is super-sleazy stuff. Main starlet Rita Caldana walks around for half of the movie with one of her breasts hanging out of her top, but it doesn't seem to bother her at all. Then there also is some slightly more tasteful lesbian action and the movie ends in a gigantic orgy. Lovely, ain't it? The horror elements in "Nude for Satan" fail miserably. The aforementioned paper-mâché spider looks like a big potato with straws for legs and red berries for eyes. It doesn't move its legs, yet it "frightfully" approaches the poor dame in distress. I wouldn't recommend watching this film unless you're an avid fanatic regarding 'lost' cult treasures of the rancid 70's, and even then it isn't priority viewing. Mindless, undemanding fun for sick puppies like myself.
callanvass
Wasn't that impressed , however it did have it's enjoyable moments. There was TONS and TONS of nudity, lots of Lesbian action, and other stuff to enjoy, however, the pace is inconsistent and the atrocious dubbing does not help matters either. It had lots of great atmosphere , and the hammy acting to enjoy however it could have been a lot better and the finale was a bit weak. The direction was good. Luigi Batzella did a very good job here with creating lots of creepy and foggy atmosphere, and it's visually striking and the Razzle dazzle camera work is awesome however the Pace isn't that great and he could have made the ending better, the lighting was excellent though. There is a tiny bit of blood. We get a bloody whipping sequence, a bloody stabbing, and that's all she wrote. The Acting is so so. Rita Calderoni over acts as Susan but does good as Evelyn she was much more interesting. James Harris did what he had to do. Stelio Candelli was very good as both Dr Benson and Peter. Overall i suppose it's worth one watch if ya can find it (i found it on the Scream Channel). **1/2 out of 5. By the way the Photography was excellent.
mccarthystuart
could somebody PLEASE tell me what the plot of this film is all about?OK, I gathered from the synopsis that it was about two weary travellers who stop off at a creepy castle for help, and they get into bother. Other than that, though, the film made absolutely NO sense whatsoever.'Nude for Satan' just comes across as a rather pathetic excuse for loads of soft-porn love-in sessions.The production design itself was very reasonable (apart from the odd dodgy special effects, and wobbly bedpost)At one point, I was practically falling asleep while watching this film.A similar movie, 'Bloodsucker leads the dance' is far superior in comparison (by the way, if you've seen "Bloodsucker Leads The Dance", you'll have noticed that the very same sets used in "Nude For Satan" also appear in that film).The only thing to recommend this film is a highly atmospheric music score, otherwise, this is certainly one film I certainly wouldn't go out of my way for!!