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- TriviaThe low lying mountain seen from 7:14 to 7:21 is the "Schlafende Hexe" (Sleeping Witch), a well-known landmark of the Bavarian Alps along highway B20 in Berchtesgadener Land, Germany.
- GoofsWhen Wanda tells Julia that her ancestor was unfaithful to the Baroness, she says: she "betraded her" instead of "betrayed".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Joe Sarno: A Touch of Horror (2005)
Featured review
I bought "The Devil's Plaything" under the alternative title "Vampire Ecstasy" uncut on British DVD release, set in a German castle it is a tale of vampires, rituals and lots of sex. I won't beat about the bush (pun intended, ha, ha!) but this is a soft core skin flick dressed up as a horror movie. Erotic horror if you like, director Joseph Sarno was apparently one of the pioneers of this sub genre. The Gothic castle is set amongst beautiful German mountain scenery, impressive but the female vampires seem immune to sunlight (though not garlic or crosses), and there's not a set of fangs in sight. Barely any blood either. The cast consists of European actors who appear to have been speaking in English. If this were the case then credit to them for doing this, however their performances do come across as very wooden and would probably have been better filmed in German with English subtitles or dubbed into English. Apart from a disfigured, creepy male servant all of the cast get naked and this probably makes up about half of the move's running time. The sexy female vampires perform rituals in the castle's dungeon, gyrating to a repetitive drumbeat and doing suggestive things with phallic shaped candles! There are also several sex scenes though nothing of the hardcore variety. My problem is that after a while this just became very repetitive and lost its eroticism, not helped by a running time of 103 minutes. As a horror movie this is lame, as a European sexploitation flick then it's worth a look.
- Stevieboy666
- Nov 11, 2022
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- Veil of Blood
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- Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany(main filming location)
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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