Low budget, low rent British exploitation flick starring sisters Ann and Vicki Michelle, yes that Vicki Michelle from the UK comedy TV series 'Allo 'Allo making her feature film debut, and it is on that basis that many fans will probably want to take a peek at the nudity on display here.
The sisters play a couple of naive young women who travel to London to pursue a modelling career but fall foul of Sybil Waite, played by Patricia Haines, who lures them into her modelling agency and takes them out into the countryside for a weekend photo shoot whilst staying at a private castle. Here they encounter the owner of the castle Gerald who along with Sybil are recruiting women to initiate into their witches coven with sex rituals and black magic. However Christine, played by Ann Michelle, has psychic powers and plans to overthrow Sybil as the High Priestess.
Almost every actor involved gets their kit off at some point but with it being filmed in the chilly English countryside there's not much eroticism or artistic merit on display here and not much in the way of horror either. The atmosphere and narrative does pick up towards the end and the climax (no pun intended) is well handled but this typifies the type of films that were being made in the early 1970's, primarily to cash in on a prevailing permissive society and the growing popularity of occult films. Hammer Films also began incorporating nudity into their gothic horrors around this time but they maintained some artistic integrity, this one feels more grubbier and voyeuristic in tone.
Censorship by the BBFC delayed the cinema release by 2 years with cuts but was released uncut on home video in the 1990's. The Virgin Witch is now a forgettable oddity and one that the Michelle sisters have since disowned.
The sisters play a couple of naive young women who travel to London to pursue a modelling career but fall foul of Sybil Waite, played by Patricia Haines, who lures them into her modelling agency and takes them out into the countryside for a weekend photo shoot whilst staying at a private castle. Here they encounter the owner of the castle Gerald who along with Sybil are recruiting women to initiate into their witches coven with sex rituals and black magic. However Christine, played by Ann Michelle, has psychic powers and plans to overthrow Sybil as the High Priestess.
Almost every actor involved gets their kit off at some point but with it being filmed in the chilly English countryside there's not much eroticism or artistic merit on display here and not much in the way of horror either. The atmosphere and narrative does pick up towards the end and the climax (no pun intended) is well handled but this typifies the type of films that were being made in the early 1970's, primarily to cash in on a prevailing permissive society and the growing popularity of occult films. Hammer Films also began incorporating nudity into their gothic horrors around this time but they maintained some artistic integrity, this one feels more grubbier and voyeuristic in tone.
Censorship by the BBFC delayed the cinema release by 2 years with cuts but was released uncut on home video in the 1990's. The Virgin Witch is now a forgettable oddity and one that the Michelle sisters have since disowned.