While excavating the bog on a baronial estate, workmen unearth the grave of a witch buried alive 300 years before. That night, a naked young woman is found unconscious in the grave and brought back to the baron's mansion where she proceeds to tear the village apart, inspiring unbridled lust in the men and hatred in the women...
It's a morality tale to be sure (very much like Luis Buñuel's SUSANA in that respect) and the "Woman In The Window" twist ending is something we've all seen before countless times but in this case it reely works. The director makes the best of a low budget and some scenes are startling in their wintry beauty, making the nudity "chilling" to say the least.
It's a morality tale to be sure (very much like Luis Buñuel's SUSANA in that respect) and the "Woman In The Window" twist ending is something we've all seen before countless times but in this case it reely works. The director makes the best of a low budget and some scenes are startling in their wintry beauty, making the nudity "chilling" to say the least.