Plot
Late at night, Dr. Benson drives through the countryside and stumbles upon a car crash where he finds a wounded young woman named Susan. Dr. Benson gets Susan in his car and seeks shelter for the two in a nearby castle. He is greeted at the door by Evelyn, who looks exactly like Susan, and is invited to stay the night. Dr. Benson soon meets his ownStyle
Film historian Roberto Curti described ''Nude for Satan'' as walking a thin edge between erotic horror and pornography as other films of the period did. Curti described the film as "tempted to jump to the other side of the fence but still retaining some prudish reservation".Production
Release
''Nude for Satan'' was initially rejected by the board of censors in Italy due to "continuous obscene sequences, some of them even portraying lesbian intercourses". On appeal, several cuts to the film were suggested to the producer. This included removing scenes involving sexual intercourse between the doctor and the woman who represents Susan's double, a reduction of Susan's nightmare scene to avoid a "description of lesbian intercourse", and to "avoid erotic acts of the main characters in a chair" from the final scene of the film. The producer obliged and the film was released in Italy with a V.M.18 rating. ''Nude for Satan'' was released in Italy on 23 October 1974 where it was distributed by P.A.B. The film grossed a total of 56,364,000 Italian lire domestically. ''Nude for Satan'' was released on DVD and VHS by Image Entertainment in 1999.Reception
In retrospective reviews, Curti described the film's direction as "clueless" noting that Batzella "cannot find a formal balance and keeps piling up whatever comes to his mind." In his book ''Perverse Titillation'', Danny Shipka summarized the plot noting that "the Devil is bored and wants to have an orgy. Oh, and Calderoni gets molested by a giant spider. You'll be bored too." In his book ''Italian Horror Film Directors'', Louis Paul declared the film to be a "demented exercise into semi-pornographic skin flick horror"References
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* {{IMDb title, 0162503 Gothic horror films Italian supernatural horror films 1974 horror films 1974 films Films set in castles Films shot in Lazio Italian erotic horror films 1970s Italian films