Nude for Satan

1974
4.2| 1h22m| en
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Italian Gothic horror that tells the tale of a man who stops at a remote castle hoping to get medical help for an injured woman, only to find the inhabitants mirror the darker sides of the woman and himself.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
stmichaeldet Rather than waste anyone's time, I'll start with the answer to the obvious question - yes, the characters in Nude for Satan spend plenty of time nude. For Satan. Probably more than in any other film I've seen short of hardcore porn. And every time they do, you'll probably want to shout out, "Nude for Satan!" 'Cause it's just that much fun to say. Try it, you'll like it. "Nude for Satan. Nuuuuuude for Satan. I'm nude for Satan!" See? Of course, there's a bit more to it than that; there is a plot, kinda. Our Hero, Dr. William Benson, happens upon an unconscious woman who crashed her car on a lonely highway in the middle of the night. Seeking medical attention for her, he is directed by a very odd man to an isolated castle, and from that point on, things start to get very strange. The two get separated, and William ends up getting distracted by Evelyn, a dead ringer for the car-crash woman who dresses in period clothing (when she's not nude for Satan), calls him Peter, and is hot for his bod. The crash victim, whose name is Susan, ends up spending time with a variety of people including their enigmatic host, an unnamed female servant, the leering, gap-toothed butler (or should I say, handyman?), and William's doppleganger, Peter.Both William and Susan are fairly creeped out by the goings-on in the castle, but don't really start trying to figure things out or get away until they meet back up when Susan is menaced by a giant, and apparently quite horny, spider. Then our host explains to William that Peter and Evelyn are the repressed, dark sides of Dr. Will and Susan, and then William witnesses a bizarre ritual where Susan and Evelyn merge and make out with Peter while various nude and semi-nude people dance around, apparently (you guessed it) for Satan. Alas, Will's will proves too strong for the dark side to claim him as well, and he escapes, only to find himself back at the site of the original car accident.If you think it all sounds rather confusing so far, keep in mind that, for the sake of brevity and comprehension, I've left out most of the really weird aspects of the film in the above summary. No, really.But the most interesting thing about Nude for Satan is that it appears that this film was a major influence on The Rocky Horror Picture Show. We've got an innocent, upstanding couple, who find themselves stranded in a castle after experiencing car troubles, and are gradually seduced to a life of vice and debauchery by its bizarre inhabitants. There's a bedroom scene that matches Janet's breakdown ("But you did!") right down to the heavily blue- and red-gelled lighting. And the clincher comes at the end, when Peter and Susalyn exactly mirror Frank and Columbia's little frolic on the throne in RHPS's ballroom scene, immediately followed by what could certainly be called a "floor show." All in all, pretty much a must-see for the serious cult-movie fan. Say it with me again - "Nude for Satan." Hee. That never gets old.
lthseldy1 This is one strange movie, from floating images of Greek statues to flashy images in a picture frame. This movie was not the most entertaining movie to sit down and watch, I had to wake my boyfriend up several times not to fall asleep but it was worth watching if not for the strangeness of the film I would not have enjoyed it as much. Most of the movie is pure nude soft porn acting with a little creepiness thrown in especially the decayed toothed butler that really gave me the creeps, ohhh I can still see those teeth! but if your not into a lot of nudity and your bothered with the whole film spoken in Italian with English sub titles then this movie is not for you. It does however remind me of the movie "Carnival of Souls" in a way that the driver of the vehicle was not supposed to have dies in a crash when he had almost hit a silhouette figure in a white nightgown off the road and soon after a lady had also had an unfortunate accident with a far lesser fate than his. Weird movie though.
HumanoidOfFlesh A doctor and a young lady(beautiful Rita Calderoni)have just been involved in a car accident.The doctor leaves the girl at the accident scene,and runs off to a spooky castle for help.He enters the castle,and finds that it's inhabited by some laughing ghoul(most likely Satan himself).Later,the young lady goes looking for the doctor,and eventually finds her way to the same castle.However when they meet again,they find that they haven't met each other,they have meet their doppelgangers.Luigi Batzella's "Nude for Satan" is a great piece of sleazy trash.The special effects are jaw-droppingly awful(a monster spider especially comes to my mind!)and the dialogue is horrid. Still there is plenty of nudity to satisfy fans of Italian sleaze.Rita Calderoni is naked pretty often and her lesbian scenes are suitably sensual.A must-see for fans of Italian sleaze/horror!
peterc-8 I really tried to like the film!SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS Pretty much unwatchable - wretched. This is one 1970's "bad" Euro-sleaze films that is actually really is bad.The film starts out OK. Dark murky night. Phantom in the road. protagonist veers his car off the road to avoid hitting the phantom, right behind him - Euro-hottie Rita Calderoni also veers to avoid the phantom but she isnt so lucky and crashes her car. The only place for the pair to seek help is in the local spooky mansion on the hill.A decent start, right? No Problem. But from there the film progressively and steadily implodes. The mansion is trapped in some poorly thought out satanic time warp plot device. Themes from Jekyll and Hyde lamely blended with Brigadoon. I guess that is what they were aiming for (?). The acting is terrible. Calderoni puts in the only passable performance - if only because she runs around in the buff most of the time. All of the other actors are just terrible. Terrible script, terrible direction. The head boogie-man (Satan, I guess) looks like Liberace in the throes of a hissy-fit - hardly Satanic. The most menacing thing he does is carry a duck-headed swagger stick while scowling, laughing and flapping his cape around (p***ed that he can't find his piano?). The scariest moments in the whole film are make out scenes between Calderoni and James Harris. Everyone has horrible greasy looking teeth. "Good god!...Calderoni is really going to suck face with that slimy toothed wooden indian?!?! Yikes! Cringe! Ick!"Scenes which should be great, are just not great - Calderoni being molested by a two eyed paper mache spider, girl-on-girl make-out scenes, etc., nothing ever really jells. If you keep watching to the end you are treated to the most idiotic scene involving nudity, face paint, and bad modern dance every committed to film. BAR NONE!! Not cool-idiotic, just stupid-stupid-stupid idiotic. A real head scratcher. We are talking Cop Rock bad here.You should really draw no connections between this steaming pile and anything by Argento, Franco, Naschy - even at their worst.Also, NO! this movie would NOT be a good candidate for that freaking godawful MST3K drivel everyone keeps raving about on this site. This movie is lame enough on its own. Adding commercials, subtracting nudity and adding nerds with puppets geeking-out over the dialog would just make it more pathetic.OK...On the positive side there are a few excellent visual effects which are very unique - Never seen anything quite like them. In one scene Calderoni's clothes disappear and then she is sort of overlayed onto a close-up of the bad guys eye - This scene is a classic. Also the surreal effect they used for a magic painting/mirror is great. Rent this film for these two scenes alone. The spider attack scene and ending dance-break scene are worth watching as examples of what happens when you need to finish a film in 2 days and for $24.00 or else your films financiers are going to repo your house.Rental only, with generous fast-forwarding.