Coventry No seriously, I want to know where I can find this castle! For work as well as for holidays, I often travel through rural France and the medieval castle where the largest part of the film takes place looks like a beautiful and idyllic place to visit … And the fact that it's apparently inhabited by dozens of breath-taking, ravishing and scantily clad lesbians is an added value, of course. "Morgane Et Ses Nymphes" is a typical and almost routine product of the early 70s euro- exploitation industry. For some reason, surreal and pseudo- artistic stories about lesbian vampires in remote and isolated parts of the world were extremely popular. Next to Jesus Franco in Spain and Jean Rollin in France, who were undoubtedly the two most productive directors of this bizarre cult sub-genre, there were a handful of other directors who delivered a few films that gained cult-followings over the years, like Harry Kümel ("Daughters of Darkness"), José Ramon Larraz ("Vampyres") and Bruno Gantillon with his "Morgane Et Ses Nymphes". Strictly seen, this one is different, since the wenches aren't vampires. The titular Morgane is a sort of coven-sorceress who lures innocent young girls to her castle, along with the help of a creepy midget named Gurth, and then subsequently brings them into an erotic and surreal trance. The girls are offered the choice to remain young and beautiful forever whilst staying with Morgane in her castle, or to be dumped in the dungeons with a horde of old women. Hmm, tough choice! This overcomes also Anna and Françoise, two lively twenty-something beauties on a trip through the French countryside. They get lost and are forced to spend the night in a barn, though not before fondling each other intensely of course, but at dawn Françoise discovers that Anne is missing. She herself is lured to the castle, but Morgane immediately feels a bizarre and unique type of affection for Françoise and keeps her closer to her side than all the other "slaves". There's basically almost nothing happening in this film and, to be entirely honest, the cult reputation of this film is heavily exaggerated and undeserved. The filming locations and cinematography are fantastic and Bruno Gantillon manages to maintain a gloomy and ominous atmosphere throughout, but those are about the only positive aspects I can think of. The all-female cast (with the exception of Alfred Baillou as the whiny and pitiable Gurth) is attractive to look at, but their sexual escapades are brief and not exactly arousing.For me personally, the one special thing about this film is the fact that it provided the inspiration for my own daughter's name. My little girl is also named Morgane, because I like the idea she's named after a mysterious and seductive lead-sorceress of a cult.

videovoid One of the things that makes the 70's a superior era over the 80's for film is the soundtrack. Morgane et Ses Nymphes is no exception to this. The music is charming, without being tacky. Melodic without being intrusive and turning the mood sappy. In the 80's you could have a good film and then when the dischordant synth chords come through, it just always seems to detract rather than enhance. I felt like the composer was very familiar and must have been a very prolific contributor to many films of this genre/era, but I noticed that only one other film has been credited to him. The 3rd Man kept coming to mind... Not that this movie is a masterpiece, but the subject matter is interesting, in the Jean Rollin vein, and it's always an immense pleasure to see women in their au naturel state, pre-silicone. It's easy to see how it could have been perceived as borderline pornographic in 1971. The extras on this DVD are highly recommended. The short film made by the same director is worth a look for sure.

armandcbris This was, admittedly, a film I picked up for the titillation factor, since I enjoy the sight of women from the 70's in their natural, undressed Euro glory.However, this film was done in such a way as to find me enjoying it throughout, despite my initial misgivings. Granted, I don't think it's the greatest movie ever, but the settings and the "fairy-tale" feel of it I found to be quite good, and the erotic elements were considerably enjoyable. The dialogue also wasn't as cheesy as I was expecting, which is always a good thing, considering many similar films of that era can't escape those faults.The DVD is quite good, the quality of the picture is excellent, and includes a good interview with the director, Bruno Gantillon. Recommended for fans of 70's erotica and fantasy.

movieman_kev Françoise and Anna, a couple on holiday, stop at a local tavern only to be weirded out by a dwarf. Upon leaving, they get lost as women are known to do and their car breaks down so they choose to spend the night in a barn. They makes out heavily before falling asleep, the next day Françoise awakes to find Anna missing. The dwarf is there and tells her that he knows where her friend is, leads her to the castle of one Morgana LaFey, an immortal witch who grants immortality to other young women in exchange for their souls. But it isn't long before jealously takes hold of the other girls. This film came as bit of a revelation to me in that I only bought it because the name and cover lept out at me, plus the fact that it was on sale didn't hurt in the least. It exceeded my expectations and I found it to be a heavily erotic, gripping, ambiance thick film. A minor lost classic that one would do well to seek out.Eye Candy: Every girl in the film shows various amounts of skin My Grade: B- Mondo Macabro DVD Extras: 3 Alternate & Deleted scenes; "Un Couple D'Artistes" Short film; 11 minute interview with Director Bruno Gantillon; poster & stills gallery; Theatrical trailer; and a VERY gory nudity filled compilation trailer including "French Sex Murders", "Living Doll", "Satanico Pandemonium", "Panic Beats", "Clonus", "the Killer must kill again", "the mansion of madness", "Alucarda", "the diabolical Dr. Z", "Aswang", "the Living Corpse", "Blood of the Virgins", "Seven women for Satan", "Lady Terminator", "Crazy love", "Mill of the stone women", & "Dangerous Seductress"