Jesús Franco

For his follow-up to Vampyros Lesbos, writer/director Jess Franco delivered perhaps his most twisted shocker of the 70s. In what fans and critics consider to be her greatest role, the luscious Soledad Miranda in one of her final performances before her tragic death stars as the vengeful widow who seduces then murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide.

Upon the death of her father Ernesto, young Christine leaves London and arrives at Monserrat Castle where she witnesses the opening of her father's will. The sole heir, the young woman feels uneasy because she senses that she is surrounded by a strange atmosphere both inside and outside the house.

Madame Arminda, the owner a notorious high-end brothel called The Pagoda, who oversees the kidnapping, torture and humiliation of young women. When one of the girl’s father pays the ransom, but doesn’t get his daughter back, he and his nasty manservant raid The Pagoda and enslave Arminda, subjecting her to untold indignities while trying to find out what happened to his daughter.