Color, 1982, 84 mins. 21 secs.
Directed by José Ramón Larraz
Starring Helga Liné, Mauro Rivera, Vanessa Hidalgo, Jeffrey Healey, Carmen Carrión, Alfred Lucchetti, Manuel Gómez-Álvarez
Severin Films (Blu-ray) (US R0 HD) / WS (1.66:1) (16:9), Code Red (Blu-ray) (US R0 HD) / WS (1.78:1) (16:9), BCI (DVD) (US R1 NTSC) / WS (1.85:1)
Anglophile of all Spanish horror directors, José Ramón Larraz made a virtual cottage 
industry out of hauling local actors over to the tranquil British countryside where his taboo-breaking tales of sex and violence could be passed off as English-made product. His most famous of these productions is easily the cult classic Vampyres, with its other companions including the recently rediscovered Symptoms, the drive-in staple The House that Vanished, and the sadly underseen Deviation and Whirlpool.
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has died under supernatural (and sexual) circumstances in the opening scene. Soon it becomes apparent that Carol is dabbling in some very black magic indeed, with a local reverend (Gómez-Álvarez) presiding over black masses and the neighbors performing charming practices like forcibly coupling a young maiden with a goat in the barn. Carol comes to realize that not only has Robert fallen under the satanists' carnal spell, but she might be part of their sinister plans as well.
in 2007 with the rather good Spanish shocker, Evil Eye, both in flat letterboxed transfers that could've used a lot of 
help. The 2016 revisit from Code Red is a major step up in quality, bringing out a lot of detail in the darker scenes and featuring a richer, more Larraz-esque appearance overall that fits the film in more snugly with the rest of his output. The DTS-HD MA English mono tracks sounds adequate for what amounts to a pretty flat dub job; the actors were obviously speaking a combination of languages, though English was intended as the primary one for its theatrical release. The film bears the title Hot Fantasies on the print, which doesn't quite convey the spirit of the whole enterprise. (More appropriate is the Spanish title, Los ritos sexuales del diablo, which you can probably translate yourself.) No relevant extras, though you get bonus trailers for Cut and Run, Eye in the Labyrinth, The Sicilian Connection, and Hands of Steel.
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Spanish horror standards as they chat about Larraz's career across several countries, his attributes of the cast, the film's reception among fans, the difficulty of parsing out the ending, and the difficulty of pinning him into specific genres. However, don't try to take a shot every time they mention how much Larraz disliked this film or you'll be unconscious by the half-hour mark. In "La Dama del Fantaterror" (16m20s), filmmaker Diego López takes a look at the career of Helga Liné from child contortionist and teen model to her status among Spanish horror royalty, framed around a new video interview with the very classy-looking actress who still remembers everything in great detail. ("Christopher Lee! He was quite unpleasant to everyone. He was extremely stuck-up.") Author Gavin Baddeley appears in "Made by the Devil" (42m) for an in-depth look at the history and tropes of Satanic cinema, tracing its lineage from the silent era with Häxan through Hollywood and Hammer efforts and the sudden surge in popularity after The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby, including some astute observations about how these films reflect attitudes and fears involving religion of all stripes. Of course, the lion's share of his attention here goes to the Spanish strain with the influence of Goya laying the groundwork for films like Black Candles that pushed the limits of local censorship. Finally in "An Exception to the Norm" (21m20s), author Antonio Lázaro-Reboll provides an overall assessment of Larraz's Spanish horror output and his place among his peers like Juan Piquer Simón, as well as the influences on this film like a real black mass Larraz attended in Paris. Severin Films (Blu-ray)
Code Red (Blu-ray)
