Marquis de Sade: Justine1969

Horror Vault's take

Adapted from the infamous novel by the Marquis de Sade, this 1969 Euro-horror sees a young, virtuous woman cast adrift in a cruel world after losing everything she has ever known. Alone and destitute, she becomes prey to a relentless succession of corrupt clergy, sadists, and predators who test the very limits of her will to survive. Director Jess Franco stages her odyssey as a lurid, nightmarish picaresque through 18th-century depravity, with Klaus Kinski and Jack Palance among the gallery of memorable menaces. It is a film that wears its exploitation roots openly while posing uncomfortable questions about innocence, suffering, and a world indifferent to virtue.

Content: Sexual Violence, Rape Depictions, Nudity And Explicit Sexual Content, Sadism And Masochism, Religious Transgression, Exploitation Content