A woman stays overnight at the Devil's caste and dreams of Helga and her lover. They are Germans who speak Italian and like garlic. There are witches and spell casters and a guy in a red hood as Magda wants Helga's boyfriend Hans.The restoration was bad in a number of spots and good in other. The erotica is the sell element of the film, and that aspect doesn't exist in the beginning and is heavy loaded into one scene of F/F lovers during some rite. Plot wise the story leaves much to be desired too. Over priced.Guide: Sex and nudity

Recommended to see this one after one has screened Rosalba Neri in Lady Frankenstein and Slaughter Hotel, so one gets a sense of what a standout she remains in such a paltry production. Italian horror seemed obsessed with jazzy mod bare-midriffed bellbottomed Italian gals peeking into musty old Gothic castles lorded over by dirty old men (The Devil's Wedding Night, The Playgirls and the Vampire, Tomb of Torture, The Bloody Pit of Horror), and as in so many of those movies Neri finds she looks exactly like a former countess in a Cormanesque style portrait. But then the movie flashes back and spends the whole movie in the flashback, making it almost a quaint historical drama. Much of the telling of the story is beyond tedious, all but unwatchable, Neri steals Hans from another local girl, but it gets interesting again when a demon gets a glimpse at Neri's wedding dress, violating a taboo that results in an evil spell being cast upon her. She has to go see a witch who tells her to go pray to the moon goddess Selene on hanged man hill in the company of two virgins for intercession, but before she can complete the lunar cleansing of her gown the virgins get scared and run off, only to be abducted by cavedwelling Neanderthal rapists who force them into a nude orgy. This leaves Neri catatonic throughout her wedding and reception dinner, and she even (as in Lady Frankenstein) commits another atrocity in bed, running off to be with Satan, rolling under an altar with him in the (pretty PG-rated) nude, mainly shot to show off her remarkable backside, shoulders on down. Satan attempts to be dashing, I know its an urban legend but it never works. If you can adjust your TV set to the idea that these low-budget Gothic tales were told in the stilted manner of dramatizations in documentaries like you would see on the History channel today, and not through real theatrical acting, then the fact that the movie appears to be based on authentic Euro folklore and is not just another teens getting slashed black box makes it an interesting document of the kind of haunted ideas Italian horror was toying with back then. If you're not interested in Neri or folklore, pass on by.

Rosalba Neri and her two girlfriends visit a remote European castle that is supposedly owned by Satan himself.That night she comes across a portrait of a woman who looks much like her.While sleeping she has is transported back to the 16th century where she has nightmares of her past which include:cave dwelling rapists,sadistic vampires,inquisition and a mysterious red-hooded,cloaked,disappearing swordsman."L'Amante del Demonio" is watchable Italian Gothic nonsense.There is a bit of sleaze and nudity plus incredibly sensual Rosalba Neri,the Queen of Italian Gothic horror.The film mixes Satanic horror,vampirism,sex and torture,so fans of Italian exploitation should definitely check it out.However the action is suitably dull and the climax is terrible.A generous 7 out of 10.

Lucifera: Demon Lover (1972) * 1/2 (out of 4) Italian horror has three women (led by cult favorite Rosalba Neri) going to stay at a house that is said to be the home of Satan. They talk the caretaker in letting them spend the night when the Neri character sees a portrait that takes her back in time several hundred years where the three women are now in their own battle with the Devil. Fans of MARK OF THE DEVIL or THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT will probably be tempted to try this out as will fans of Neri but both parties are going to be disappointed because the movie is pretty much dull from start to finish. The entire story doesn't make a bit of sense and to make matters worse is the fact that director Lombardo didn't have much experience behind the camera and this clearly shows with the incredibly slow pacing. It also doesn't help matters that we have several Ed Wood moments where it will be light outside but then they'll cut to the next scene where it's dark and then cut back to light. This happens at least during two different scenes taking place at different times. The plot doesn't make a bit of sense but for this type of film that's really not overly important as long as we get good stuff. That good stuff being either violence, sex, nudity or in the best case all three. This film doesn't offer any blood and has very little nudity. We do get a pretty fun orgy taking place in a castle and fans of Neri and her nude scenes will have to wait until the very end to get just a little peak. The performances are all rather bland but you really can't blame them as I'm sure they were all aware that this thing wasn't going to turn out too well. Satan has invaded Italian horror films countless times but this here isn't the best out there and should pretty much be avoided by everyone unless they just have to sit through even the bad ones (like myself).