27.4.09

the beast (1975)

aka La bête. Death's Ecstacy. The Beast in Heat.
A down at heel aristocratic French family thinks their luck is in when the girl from a rich family agrees to marry their son. She journeys to meet with his family, unaware of the curse upon her fiance. A curse that is revealed in a series of flashbacks.
From the off you know this is going to be a different film, when there is a graphic depiction of two horses mating. You can't help thinking if this is how it starts, how's it going to end? A truly warped version of beauty and the beast, that turned out to be very light on plot and long on duration, or so it seems! A curio nothing more.

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