Four pirates (3 men, 1 woman) make a living as 'wrecker's, tricking passing ships into crashing on the rocks and salvaging the booty. After one crash, two young ladies come ashore and are attcaked and raped by the pirates. The girls may be dead, or they may not, but they end up at the haunted ruins where they help release a demon in human form, surrender to him and are granted the power to exact their revenge.
To say that the work of Jean Rollin is not to everyone's taste is a massive understatement. For every devout fan who are blown away by the French auteur's films there are a legion of people who cannot see anything worthwhile in them. And it has to be said, you can understand where the detractors are coming from. They tend to lack both plot and pace and are usually appallingly acted. There is copious nudity with abundent gratuitous sex scenes. But for those who love his work they are a surreal journey into a dream land of vampires and disaffected people with each frame composed of the most striking visuals, set against a background of netherworldly locations. Demoniacs may not be the best Rollin, but the visuals on offer are great, some of them exceptional. The actors are the usual naffness, with the exception of Joelle Coeur as the female pirate, who relishes, usually naked, the role of bloodthirsty fiendess. For fans only.
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