The first time I saw this film was years ago on the USA channel's "Saturday Nightmares," even before the days of "Up All Night." This is the perfect movie for a show like that, something you'd like to find just before midnight deep in the summer after you've just cracked open the first beer. The plot's got a campy "7 Deadly Sins" theme (which is pulled off a helluva lot better in this fairy tale-like setting than in some rotten police investigation "Se7en" trash), the setting is classical without being droll (an old Belgian castle minus things that are supposed to look scary, like banister-ends carved into the faces of little computer-morphing children), and the girls are all beautiful but not wholly character-less (Erika Blanc's very original look and manner steals the film). The backdrop of WW2 and dirty family secrets, and the fact that the Devil beats the proud young seminarist in the end, serves as extra icing on the already sweet and delicious cake. This one is a gem in the truest sense, a great oft-unwatched movie you'll find buried in the dust and bones of video store trash ("trash" with a small "t") that has probably been left unrented for years.
Review of Devil's Nightmare
