CAULDRON: BAPTISM OF BLOOD is a new low in the career of Ted V. Mikels, a man with seemingly no discernible talent behind the camera whatsoever (or in front of it either, come to that, given his cameo appearance here). This film was made under the working title of BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS II and it does have some similarity to that '70s cult film, i.e. it's similarly bad.
Don't go in expecting any plot or normal film-making style here. There's some nonsense about a woman attending a talent show which involves a bunch of old guys sitting around in a room while younger women struggle to act. But 90% of the production consists of the 'witch's coven' sequence, taking place on a single cheap set as a room full of women dance around in their underwear. They're hardly models and they're not actors either, so watching them gyrating for endless screen time is not exactly entertainment. It goes without saying that there's no nudity, just lots of cleavage, and tattoos if that's your thing. There's no gore or violence either aside from a rubber severed head at one point.
Mikels attempts to raise interest by including random inserted footage of fire-eating (!) and a clumsily superimposed 'devil face' which is quite laughable. There isn't much dialogue but that we do hear is delivered in the most stilted way imaginable. The budget for this movie was apparently $50,000 but where that went I have no idea because this looks like it cost nothing to make. It really is one of the worst I've ever seen.
