Blood Orgy of The She-Devils (DVD)

A coven of near-naked witches are driven into a wild orgiastic killing frenzy by throbbing native drums. Bound on the blood-splattered altar, the terrified screams of struggling male captives go unheard as razor sharp spears plunge into their hearts. Queen Mara, whose dark power hails from Lucifer himself, has unleashed her reign of terror, hell-bent on avenging centuries of witch-burnings. The authorities are baffled as the brutal homicides multiply. When psychic Professor Helford and his team of exorcists zero in on Queen Mara's castle, all the demonic forces of Satan are unleashed in a final cataclysmic clash of good and evil.

Blood Orgy Of The She-Devils opens with a human sacrifice and builds relentlessly to a climactic bloodbath. Producer/director Ted V. Mikels (Corpse Grinders, Doll Squad, Astro-Zombies) delivers his trademark banquet of beautiful babes topped off with a sadistic ritual stoning of a witch. Filmed on location in Mikels' infamous castle home, with flashback scenes of witch-burnings, torture and executions, this 1972 production features a cameo appearance by the director as a vicious "witch finder" for the Inquisition. "Look... and watch!" shrieks fiendish Queen Mara. "LOOK... AND WATCH!"

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