Director: Brianne Murphy
Year: 1972
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: Yyalah
Genre: Witchcraft
Plot:
Traveling through the countryside, an ex-Vietnam soldier finds that the woman continually tormenting him belongs to a coven of witches forbidden to have contact with humans like him and tries to free himself from their grasp using her own magic to spend their lives together.
Review:
There were a couple good things in here. One of the best things is that the film has a solid enough central setup that it has an abundant amount of nudity. There are so few clothes worn that nearly three-fourths of the film has someone nude or topless, which is a staggering number that is nicely appreciated and really sells the film as the exploitation piece it really feels was the point behind it. Much of this is due to the film's habit of showcasing the witches completely nude as they prance around doing whatever is willed upon them that is a good portion of the film, and some of the later scenes where the Queen gets involved in the activities gets a lot to like with the generally enjoyable look of everyone involved.
There's also some fun to be had from its coven activities. The ceremonies that occur throughout, as well as the scenes that feature them cavorting around with others to get what they want, are all pretty fun and enjoyable. The later scenes where the spells are put on display with the special power struggle between everyone who is looking to continue their relationship or hold on to power where there are a bunch of really great scenes between everyone that make for some really nice moments of toying and tormenting each side with their supernatural powers. The last one is the fact that this one has a rather nice pagan atmosphere that comes along from the interaction between the different forms of spirits with each other, and it feels very dreamlike at times. These here are the film's good points.
There wasn't much wrong with it. The main thing with this is that the film exists solely for its nudity meaning that not a whole lot of anything else happens. This one, for those who have no need for the nude factor, won't find this one too interesting or exciting making this one incredibly boring most of the time. That's not all too good since the film's pacing is so slow and dream-like that it takes an eternity for something to happen which isn't helped along by the film's lack of action that, if found in the right mood and conditions, this one can come across as being boring and completely worthless. Those who don't have an appreciation for its good points will be the ones who come out of this with that mentality, but overall it's the only real thing hurting it.
Overview: **/5
Not really a whole lot of enjoyable elements beyond the nudity, which is the main area of focus for this one, this one is decent enough in that regard although the flaws do hold this one down overall. This one will really only mainly appeal to those looking for some cheap exploitative thrills or just in the mood for some harmless nudity while all others though should heed caution.
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