A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.
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This is a very scary movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is not has scarier has The March of 1931 version of Dracula. But still pretty good. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street. It is scarier then the April of 1931 version of Dracula. But not has scarier has the 1931 version of Frankenstein. But it is scarier then Friday the 13th. It is scarier then the 1910 version of Frankenstein could ever be. But it not has scary has The wolf man. But it is still pretty scary. This is scarier then The Exorcist of Halloween. This one of the best horror movie from the 60's. See it. It is a great movie.
She Beast was directed by Michael Reeves, who would go on to helm historical horror Witchfinder General, although at times it's hard to believe that the two films could have come from the same man. Witchfinder General was a truly chilling study of the evil in man, a genuine classic of the genre with a brilliant central performance from Vincent Price; She Beast, on the other hand, is an embarrassingly bad tongue-in cheek horror with a risible plot, stilted dialogue, weak comedy, and dreadful turns from its stars, Ian Ogilvy and Barbara Steele.Ogilvy and Steele play honeymooners Philip and Veronica, who are travelling through Transylvania when they crash their car into a lake where, centuries earlier, butt-ugly witch Vardella (Joe 'Flash' Riley) met her fate at the hands of an angry mob. Possessing Veronica, Vardella proceeds to make good on her dying words, a curse on the descendants of those responsible for her death.Cruddy low-lights of Reeve's lamentable feature-length debut include Philip and Veronica's dull-as-ditch-water stay at a hotel where the perverted owner, Ladislav Groper (Mel Welles), likes to peep on his guests, and a terrible car chase scene that sees Philip and local witch expert Count von Helsing (John Karlsen) pursued by three bumbling policemen, the action sped up for comic effect (with the cars inexplicably passing the same motorcyclist several times).Thankfully, Reeves got much better at his job before dying from an accidental overdose at the age of 25, meaning that horror fans can remember him for his one great movie and forget all about this hopeless mess.
first off I actually liked this movie,, very quaint nice countryside scenery , decent characters, plus Barbara Steele always a joy to look at. a woman get's into an accident and the car goes into a lake,, the husband,, or boyfriend,, survives,, the woman is dead.. or is she really dead.. apparently the woman inherits the soul of a witch who was drowned in some kind of dunking machine, hundreds of years ago by the natives. there is a lot of comedy and laughs in this one, as it is fun to watch some of the characters try to hide the body, and to circumvent the husband from finding out if his wife is dead or alive.. this is a hard one to explain, because it was a little confusing I grant everyone that much,, I guess you will have to sit down and watch it for yourself and see what you think . personally I thought it was decent,, average "b" movie.
A strange phenomenon among newbie film makers is to start their careers burlesquing the thriller genre. Typically this involves much silliness, rambling plot lines and destroying the good moments with bad comedy. "She Beast" falls into this category.Filmed in the wake of many international hits for Italy's classic horror cycle, the film's producer (whose first production this was) could have used the talented cast, lush color and widescreen format to create a creepy, drive-in classic. However, each time the film begins to succeed in this way, it derails itself with high school-esque slapstick which in all probability, no one found funny at the time but the producers.Still, it's worth a peek for die-hard Barbara Steele and Euro-horror fans.