Please don't spend money on this.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

1971. No wonder so many horror films released at this time sank without trace. No DVDs, no VHS releases. The only time to catch these films was by seeing them at the cinema (or waiting for a possible television showing years later) – and there were so many. 1971 was like an Indian summer for horror – something of a last gasp, but a hugely prolific one.This Belgian/Italian offering is directed by Jean Brismée and also known as 'La Terrificante Notte del Demonio'. It boasts a terrific soundtrack composed by Alessandro Alessandroni (with mesmerising vocals from his sister Giulia.) Following a harrowing scene were, during a World War 2 air-raid, a woman dies delivering a child which is then stabbed to death by Baron von Rhoneberg (Jean Servais), we are brought up to date when a bus load of lost tourists arrives at the Baron's castle, in search of somewhere to stay for the night. He is an alchemist in the grip of a curse involving a deal with the Devil, who has demanded the eldest daughter of each generation becomes a succubus.As the tourists are shown to their rooms, the sinister butler Hans (Maurice De Groote) gives them a gruesome history of each room – such morbid, relentless tales become somewhat ludicrous in the telling; there is barely a curtain or a slab of stone that doesn't hold some macabre secret – and each time, a claw-like pattern is left at the scene.Into this classic setting, the tourists – including a feuding husband and wife, two attractive young women who discover they are lesbians (leading to inevitable softcore scenes), and a Richard Chamberlain-like priest – then meet a new guest. Lisa Müller (Erika Blanc) immediately attracts attention from the men and a certain jealousy from the women. Blanc's sultry, pout-some presence and typically exotic, revealing clothing – as well as the way she moves lizard-like amongst them – sets her apart from the ordinary. Could she be the legendary succubus? Her transformation from lithe, mysterious seductress into a mad-eyed, chiselled malignant spirit is hugely effective, a triumph of minimalist make-up and a powerhouse performance. Scary and deadly as she is, she isn't quite the main monster here, for Satan himself appears. Another supremely frightening performance, this time from the skeletal (Daniel Emilfork) ensures we don't forget the appearance of the Devil in any hurry – it is he who orchestrates events that land the tourists into the castle in the first place, and then to a more permanent state in a twist ending.Ironically, only Müller and the priest (Jacques Monseau) remain at the end. Only after reading a synopsis of 'The Devil's Nightmare' did I realise a further detail to this excellent, underrated euro-film – each death represents one of the Seven Deadly Sins, with the Priest volunteering to sacrifice his soul to save the others, representing Pride. A highly recommended low budget frightener.

We open in sepia tone 1945 with the fall of Berlin. What does this have to do with the rest of the movie? Very little.A priest, a bickering couple, two models, and their fat driver are in a van lost in the German countryside. Stop me if you've heard this joke before.After getting directions from grave digger Marylin Manson they decide to spend the night at a haunted castle and are invited to dinner by the creepy baron and his zombie butlers whom actually give them details on why each room they'll be staying in is haunted! What could possibly go wrong? Finally it's time for the meat of the story, the hot lezbo action between the models! This whole movie is basically the ultimate horror exploitation film with every cliché done to the extreme! So if you enjoy exploitation films you'll love this one.The set is also noteworthy. I have no idea where this was filmed but the real life castle stands out as no just a Hammer Horror movie set.

This movie is not all that bad but it is not all that grand either - I would say "it's OK". IMO, there are far better (cheesy) B-rated 1970's horror movie than this one but there are some that are far worse.There is a hint of soft porn in this film between two women that was really unnecessary to the story - so be forward if you find that sort of thing offensive. A hint of soft porn in B-rated horror films of the 1970's is not unusual.The movie is not scary and the story of "The Devil's Nightmare" is a bit interesting - it was interesting enough to keep me watching to the very end of the film. This movie will keep someone entertained enough if they are extremely bored or just want something different to watch.5.5/10

When a film starts out with a German officer stabbing a newborn baby to death, you know you're in for something special. The Devil's Nightmare is an Italian movie, and a good one at that, so you can expect loads of atmosphere, surrealism, and of course nudie love scenes. Wahey!Turns out our baby stabber is part of a curse family who's oldest daughter always turns out to be a succubus, and we flash forward about 30 years to his castle, where a bunch of tourists have just turned up. There's the always eating bus driver, the gold-obsessed wife and cheating husband, the old guy, two lesbian lovers, and a priest. After a lengthy and welcome love scene between our two girls, everybody settles down to show the audience how awful they are before Erika Blanc shows up for dinner. It's no spoiler to say that our Erika is a succubus and immediately starts messing with the tourist's minds. No one can get out of the castle and a stabbed cat is found in the attic. Erika starts killing everyone in a way that represents the seven deadly sins: gluttony, lust, avarice etc. This kind of sounds boring, but for some reason Erika Blanc can turn from being a Euro babe to resembling a cadaver, and it's all a bit on the creepy and weird side. Who will survive?Apart from the creepy atmosphere, the thing I liked about this film was how when I thought I had it pegged (i.e. I thought the remainder of the film would involve Blanc stalking the survivors) the film took a quick left turn when the devil himself showed up! Throw in a couple of more twists and you've got a pretty effective, weird horror that could only have come from the seventies. Good soundtrack too!