The Beast1975
“Just About The Most Outrageous Erotic Fantasy Ever Committed To Film.”
Directed by Walerian Borowczyk
The premise
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.
Horror Vault's take
A crumbling French noble family pins its financial hopes on an arranged marriage with a wealthy heiress, who arrives at their remote country estate with her aunt to meet her intended. What begins as a strained social ritual gives way to something far darker and stranger, as an inhuman presence haunts the surrounding woodland. Director Walerian Borowczyk weaves erotic fantasy and Gothic unease into a deeply unsettling fable that blurs the line between dream and waking terror. Fans of transgressive European horror will find this a uniquely provocative entry in the werewolf canon.
Content: Explicit Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Bestiality Themes, Animal Sexual Behaviour (Horses), Disturbing Imagery
Cast
Sirpa Lane
Romilda de l'Esperance
Lisbeth Hummel
Lucy Broadhurst
Elisabeth Kaza
Virginia Broadhurst
Pierre Benedetti
Mathurin de l'Esperance
Guy Tréjan
Marquis Pierre de l'Esperance
Roland Armontel
Priest
Marcel Dalio
Duc Rammendelo
Robert Capia
Roberto
Pascale Rivault
Clarisse De l'Esperance
Hassane Fall
Ifany
Anna Baldaccini
Théodore
Thierry Bourdon
Modeste
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