Mario Bianchi's "La Bimba Di Satana" (aka. "Orgasmo Di Satana"/"A Girl For Satan") of 1982 appears to be a remake of Andrea Bianchi's "Malambimba" of 1979, which I haven't yet seen. "La Bimba Di Satana" is a peculiar mix of stylish but nonsensical occult Gothic Horror, psychedelic music and pornography. When I started watching the uncut long version named "Orgasmo Di Satana" I expected it to be the typical slice of Italian Sleaze-Horror containing lesbianism, gratuitous nudity and perversions. However, I was nonetheless surprised to see the film suddenly include scenes of hardcore pornography after 45 minutes into the film (though the same is the case in several other European Exploitation productions from the early 80s).
The plot line is thin, and about as nonsensical as it gets. In an eerie Gothic castle, the death of Maria Aguilar (Marina Hedman) is lamented by her despotic husband, the castle owner Antonio Aguilar (Aldo Sambrell), their innocent daughter Miria (Jacqueline Dupré), and Salo (Mariangela Giordano), a gorgeous nun with exhibitionist and lesbian tendencies who is taking care of Antonio's crippled brother. After her death, however, Maria reappears within the castle walls; she seems to have possessed her daughter, and is apparently trying to drive the other inhabitants of the castle into death...
The plot makes little sense, and in-between the sleaze there are several hardly endurable nonsensical scenes in which nothing happens. However, the film is very stylishly filmed, the photography is gorgeous and the score is great (though a bit repetitive). The stylish death scenes are also worth a look, and in some parts, the film even gets pretty creepy. I have been a fan of Aldo Sambrell since I first saw him in Spaghetti Westerns years ago, and he is once again good in the role of the over-jealous and malicious tyrant patriarch here (though the script does not allow him to give his best). The ravishing Mariangela Giordano is known for her roles in the nastiest of Italian Exploitation films, including Adrea Bianchi's "Le Notti Del Terrore" (1981), in which she had her nipple bitten off, and Mario Landi's "Giallo a Venezia" (1979), in which she had her leg sawed off. Miss Giordano, who plays an exhibitionist lesbian nun here, is probably the most convincing reason to see this film. The beautiful young Jacqueline Dupré is also nice to look at as the possessed daughter. There are tons of gratuitous but very welcome female nudity, lesbian scenes and softcore erotica that Eurosleaze fans should appreciate. However, I would probably recommend to watch the 70-minute version which doesn't contain the (rather un-erotic) hardcore scenes. If you are searching for pornography, the internet is probably a better source than obscure 80s films like this one. The surprise effect of a movie suddenly turning into porn promises a certain amount of fun, though.
Overall, "La Bimba Di Satana" is a mixed bag. It is definitely worth a look for my fellow fans of sleazy Italian Exploitation cinema. Others should probably avoid it, as they might think of it as the worst movie ever made. It certainly is a rare film that combines style and nonsense in such an extreme manner, however.
The plot line is thin, and about as nonsensical as it gets. In an eerie Gothic castle, the death of Maria Aguilar (Marina Hedman) is lamented by her despotic husband, the castle owner Antonio Aguilar (Aldo Sambrell), their innocent daughter Miria (Jacqueline Dupré), and Salo (Mariangela Giordano), a gorgeous nun with exhibitionist and lesbian tendencies who is taking care of Antonio's crippled brother. After her death, however, Maria reappears within the castle walls; she seems to have possessed her daughter, and is apparently trying to drive the other inhabitants of the castle into death...
The plot makes little sense, and in-between the sleaze there are several hardly endurable nonsensical scenes in which nothing happens. However, the film is very stylishly filmed, the photography is gorgeous and the score is great (though a bit repetitive). The stylish death scenes are also worth a look, and in some parts, the film even gets pretty creepy. I have been a fan of Aldo Sambrell since I first saw him in Spaghetti Westerns years ago, and he is once again good in the role of the over-jealous and malicious tyrant patriarch here (though the script does not allow him to give his best). The ravishing Mariangela Giordano is known for her roles in the nastiest of Italian Exploitation films, including Adrea Bianchi's "Le Notti Del Terrore" (1981), in which she had her nipple bitten off, and Mario Landi's "Giallo a Venezia" (1979), in which she had her leg sawed off. Miss Giordano, who plays an exhibitionist lesbian nun here, is probably the most convincing reason to see this film. The beautiful young Jacqueline Dupré is also nice to look at as the possessed daughter. There are tons of gratuitous but very welcome female nudity, lesbian scenes and softcore erotica that Eurosleaze fans should appreciate. However, I would probably recommend to watch the 70-minute version which doesn't contain the (rather un-erotic) hardcore scenes. If you are searching for pornography, the internet is probably a better source than obscure 80s films like this one. The surprise effect of a movie suddenly turning into porn promises a certain amount of fun, though.
Overall, "La Bimba Di Satana" is a mixed bag. It is definitely worth a look for my fellow fans of sleazy Italian Exploitation cinema. Others should probably avoid it, as they might think of it as the worst movie ever made. It certainly is a rare film that combines style and nonsense in such an extreme manner, however.