LEGACY OF SATAN (1974)
Article 3483 by Dave Sindelar
Viewing Date: 1-21-2011
Posting Date: 2-26-2011
Directed by Gerard Damiano
Featuring John Francis, Lisa Christian, Paul Barry
Country: USA
What it is: Devil worship antics
A young wife is targeted by a devil cult.
Director Gerard Damiano was primarily a porn director, and, if the user comments on IMDB are correct, this was supposed to be a porn movie, but all the explicit sex was cut and it was released as a straight horror movie. This is probably why the movie has a scant 68 minute running time and has noticeable jump cuts. It actually has a certain atmosphere to it, and certain scenes are a bit startling, but it’s extremely muddled, occasionally very silly (that glowing sword), badly scripted, poorly acted, and has a truly annoying synthesizer score. Ironically, I suspect the movie would have worked better as a porn film.
