Shameful I know, I've been reading about this film for years, but it's taken me this long to finally get round to watching the damn thing.
What can I say, it's dated and features some of the worst wigs in movie history. I did expect the young lad to burst into a rendition of Bohemian rhapsody. Still for all that there is something mesmeric and strangely beautiful about this movie. Linda Hayden as corrupted schoolgirl Angel Blake is sexy indeed, even with the devil eyebrows that put Brooke Shields to shame. The allegory isn't subtle either; we have the devil making teenagers manifest strange hair on their body and suddenly become sex addicts. The woodland rituals set against the verdant English countryside put me in mind of something like the Wicker Man and maintain a shock value that is lacking with the cheap gore effects.
Definitely a film that might benefit from a GOOD remake, it's still thoroughly enjoyable and damned creepy in places. A very worthy addition to the British Horror genre.
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