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A Virgin Among the Living Dead

Une vierge chez les morts-vivants

1973 ·1h 19m · ★ 4.7 (73)

A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her decision to live with them turns into a nightmare. Unable to leave she's drawn into a macabre underworld through visions of nude satanic rituals and her own impending sacrifice.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
85
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

ancient castlefamily secretsheiresslast will and testamentliving deadlustsexploitationsoftcoresurrealismvirgin sacrifice

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