How to Seduce a Virgin

A languid, dreamlike descent into gothic depravity, more unsettling atmosphere than shock, with a queasy voyeuristic chill throughout.

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genres

Drama, Horror, Thriller

Starring

Alice Arno, Howard Vernon, Tania Busselier

Overview

Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year's treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. She is welcomed by the demented hunchbacked gardener Malou and the mute servant girl Adèle, and impatiently demands the key to her mysterious private chamber. There, set out like exhibits in a waxwork, are the bodies of beautiful girls frozen in postures of terror on the point of death. With Mathias' help, Martine has just added another girl, a prostitute, to her collection when her husband and accomplice, Charles, arrives home with slides of a further prospective victim: Cécile the virginal daughter of a diplomat...

How it feels

Eerie, dark, campy and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Obsession, madness, death, isolation

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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