Year: 1973
Duration: 01:23:11
Directed by: Eugenio Martín
Actors: Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy
Language: English
Country: Spain
Also known as: Una vela para el diablo, Uma Vela para o Diabo, To kantili tou Diavolou, Uma Vela para o Diabo, It Happened at Nightmare Inn, Nightmare Hotel, Nightmare Inn, Die Saat der Angst
Description: After the opening of the Museum, a small Spanish town is flooded with tourists. However sisters Martha and Veronica, the hostess of a small hotel, not happy with this. Moral principles spinsters are inconsistent with the behavior of young open tourists admired by all the local men. Unfulfilled sexual desires Martha poured into the brutal murder of hosts hotels. She imagines himself as the angel of the fighter designed to punish sinners. Veronika, though not approve the actions of his sister, but helps her to hide the evidence. However, the sister of one of the victims Martha begins to suspect that the hotel was going wrong, and is determined to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of tourists.
Review: As for me brilliant classics of the genre! The film Candle for the Devil is a characteristic manner to the genre “thriller”, held in suspense from the very first minutes of viewing. The first conflict situation of the main characters, or rather heroines of this film makes it clear that the sisters, the owners of a small hotel, famously did not share the view of the frivolous youth, over the emancipation of behavior in society, and this becomes evident – that everyone got in their possession should stick solely to their rules!
I note pluses:
1) The film Candle for the Devil managed to clear “catch Fright” and be left in a state of suspense and unpredictability, occasionally causing a chill in the viewer;
2) The murder scenes occur spontaneously and unexpectedly. I would not say that they shine effectively – but their cruelty rather felt than we see in the film, the director clearly failed to deliver and give the viewer the scenes.
One of the sisters in the film – in March, as the head of the more modest “helper” Veronica takes all under his wing, and considers it appropriate to administer God’s judgment upon all, in her opinion, promiscuous girls trapped in their den.
3) loved the game Veronica (aktr. Esperanza Roy), professionally played the role of a naive, caring, relaxed and at the same time unpredictable affairs assistant for dashing his sister Martha (aktr. Aurora Bautista). Her character is startling in its indifference and cruelty – plays a confident and gave his maiden principles, which lacks an intimate attention, and suffering setbacks of the past. Immediately she fully “satisfy” themselves with violence over the enemies of rules and orders, which she sees young girls lodgers their so-called home!
4) virtually all movie scenes punctuated by a sinister inn, and in the course of viewing even attach little importance to the so-called “attacks” for her altars, I do not know whose merit in it, in any case the crew tried their best!
I do not remember even that would be attributed to such a substantial downside, rather it’s stuff that pales against the backdrop of capture:
1) fake blood does not possess realistic, painfully on the paint gouache / watercolor looks like 🙂
2) The scene with the murder of the mother with the baby really is cruel, but then again, there are pluses and minuses of the genre …
Perhaps more cons, I personally did not notice.
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