How to Seduce a Virgin (1974) movie poster

How to Seduce a Virgin

Plaisir à trois

1974 ·1h 27m · ★ 4.9 (20)

Martine Bressac is released from a psychiatric clinic after a year's treatment and is driven home by her chauffeur, Mathias. She is welcomed by the demented hunchbacked gardener Malou and the mute servant girl Adèle, and impatiently demands the key to her mysterious private chamber. There, set out like exhibits in a waxwork, are the bodies of beautiful girls frozen in postures of terror on the point of death. With Mathias' help, Martine has just added another girl, a prostitute, to her collection when her husband and accomplice, Charles, arrives home with slides of a further prospective victim: Cécile the virginal daughter of a diplomat...

Why it matters

A lurid dive into 1970s European erotic horror that blends gothic atmosphere with exploitation edge.

  • Exemplifies Eurocult’s mix of surreal gothic chills and taboo-breaking eroticism, courtesy of director Chris Leroy.
  • The waxwork murder display is a grotesque practical effects highlight—part macabre art installation, part body horror tableau.
  • For fans of slow-building dread and weird, off-kilter performances over jump scares or polished narrative.
  • A time capsule of 70s French-Italian genre cinema where mood and shock value trump coherence—perfect for lovers of sleazy, atmospheric chillers.
50 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
57
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
43
Survival
33

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture

Phobia triggers

Mannequins

TMDB Keywords

countesshunchbackwax museum

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