Federico Magnaghi

Purificata, a young peasant living in a small village in Southern Italy, is considered a witch by the locals; incurring this way into their wrath — up to a point where she is condemned to a terrible sentence as a punishment to her supposedly evil deeds.

名優クリストファー・リーを主演に迎えたマリオ・バーヴァの代表作。死んだはずの夫の兄が毎晩現れ、若い妻ネベンカの肌に鞭を振るう。美しい映像の中でサドマゾの猟奇を描いた傑作ホラー。本作でマリオ・バーヴァはカラー作品のホラー映画でも大きな評価を得る。