Review of The Beast

The Beast (1975)
6/10
70's sleaze, even more than most.
11 March 2005
Like most all 70's exploitation flick, this is not a good movie, but it is also oddly watchable.

The story concerns a fallen household that hopes to regain it's status by marring into a wealthy American family. The only problem is that there seems to be some kind of curse over the bloodline originating from the rape of an ancestor by a werewolf-looking thing.

Before you ask, yes, you get to see the rape scene. Porbably a lot more of it than most people would ever want to. Alegedly these scenes were shot to appear in the film "Immoral Tales", but were cut last minute. The rest of the film was shot to accommodate these scenes, which would account for the lack of interesting narrative.

Beastiality aside, the film offers up other perverse sights, such as a girl pleasuring herself with a rose bud (no innuendo there) and the lady of the house sleeping with the hired help.

Despite the fact that it is awfully slow at parts and can get really sleezy, I can still recommend a viewing if for nothing else than to just witness the oddity that it is.

5/10
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