Seven Women for Satan

Genre:  Horror
Color, 90 minutes in English and French, with English subtitles

Production year:  1974 in France
Director:  Michel Lemoine
Cast:  Michel Lemoine, Joëlle Coeur, Nathalie Zeiger, Howard Vernon, Robert de Laroche, Martine Azencot

By day a mild-mannered businessman, in his dreams, Boris Zaroff hunts naked females on his country estates, just like his notorious father. One weekend, two visitors arrive at Boris’s castle. The young girl is fascinated by tales of the wicked Zaroffs and asks if she can see their famous torture chamber. Maybe now the Zaroff’s dreams can become reality once more.

SEVEN WOMEN FOR SATAN, originally titled THE WICKED WEEKENDS OF COUNT ZAROFF is a stylish and erotic horror film that was actually banned in France in the 1970s. Severely cut from its original running time and more or less forgotten for decades, the film now reaches Blu-ray in a stunningly restored new version created from the original negative.

Complete with a host of extras and with many deleted and alternate scenes, this release shows the film, for the first time, in the form its maker intended. An extended version restores the film closer to its original running time and a nearly hour-long interview with cast member and assistant director Robert de Laroche gives a hugely entertaining and insightful view into the making of the film, and the life and work of its creator Michel Lemoine.

Special Features:

• Brand new 4k transfer from a film negative, fully restored.
• Interview with cast member Robert de Laroche.
• Interview with director Michel Lemoine.
• Exclusive extended version.
• Deleted and alternate scenes.
• English/French audio choice with optional subtitles.
• Macabre world previews.

SINS OF THE FLESH

Genre:  Thriller
Color, 90 minutes in English and French, with English subtitles
Region All.

Production year:  1974 in France
Director:  Claude Mulot
Cast:  Anne Libert, Francis Lemonnier, Patrick Penn, Barbara Sommers, Georges Gueret, Katia Tchenko, Robert Lombard

Benoît Landrieux, the idle and depraved son of a rich industrialist has two chance encounters on the same day that will change his life forever – Jean-Pierre, a young tearaway who is trying to steal his car, and Isabelle, 20 years old, whom he saves from being raped by her stepfather. Benoît is a coward and a voyeur who gets his kicks from watching other couples make out. He cajoles his two new companions to attempt what he has never dared do – rob the safe in his father’s factory, seduce his stepmother to blackmail her for money, and finally go so far as committing murder. Thus, begins a wild ride that takes them to the very edge of madness.

Director Claude Mulot made this film under the pseudonym of Frédéric Lansac, the name of a character from his previous horror hit THE BLOOD ROSE. SINS OF THE FLESH marks the start of his transition from softcore films to full-on hardcore which was confirmed by his next release, P***Y TALK – one of the most controversial French films of all time. But SINS OF THE FLESH also shows Mulot’s background in horror cinema. He presents Benoît as a cunning and complex psychopath, a man who smiles and wears expensive clothes, while inside lurks a monster. The film stars Jess Franco favorite Anne Libert (EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN) and comes in a brand new 4k restoration with a host of original extra features.

Special Features:

• Brand new 4k transfer from a film negative, digitally restored.
• Interview with actress Anne Libert.
• Interview with Gerard Kikoine.
• Interview with distributor Francis Mischkind.
• Interview with assistant director Didier Philippe-Gérard.
• Alternate title sequences.
• Optional newly created English subtitles.