The Devil's Honey (1986)
A film i'd been looking forward to watching for so long and sadly second time around (I also watched it last December) it remains disappointing.
I suppose i enjoyed it more last night as i kind of knew now what not to expect. Even after a hiatus for director Lucio Fulci following ill health this is one of his least note worthy examples although it does a nice reversal on the typical sex slaves trope regarding who is dishing out the retribution.
I find leading lady Blanca Marsllach lacks the appeal to hold the film together, even though she's naked for great swathes of the running time, and she comes across as whiny rather than domineering. Although i laughed out loud when she poured candle wax on the back of Brett Halsey who screamed as though it was acid, the dodgy acid like FX didn't help either. It's a pity co-star Corinne Clery, who was extremely underused, didn't have the lead role.
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