GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY (1971)
Label: Mondo Macabro
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 86 Minutes 29
Audio: French DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo with English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1)
Director: Bruno Gantillon
Cast: Dominique Delpierre, Alfred Baillou, Mireille Saunin, Régine Motte, Ursule Pauly
In the fantastical erotic French-horror tales The Girl Slaves of Morgana La Fay, directed by Bruno Gantillon, two attractive young women, Francoise (Mireille Saunin) and Anna (Michele Perello, The Blood Rose), arriving in their car through the French countryside when their car runs out of gas. They end up spending the night in a barn, where they make love, 'natch. The next morning Anna has disappeared and Francoise ventures into the forest to find her, where she encounter the diminutive dwarf Gurth (Alfred Baillou, Fun For Three), wearing a purple smoking jacket as well as eyeshadow and eyeliner, who says he can lead her Anna. She follows him to the edge of lake, board a driverless boat, and is taken to an island castle, trapped in a magical kingdom of Avalon, a place ruled by the gorgeous Morgana, Queen of Witches (Dominique Delpierre, The Sicilian Clan), a seductive lesbian witch who maintains her youthful looks by offering young women eternal youth and beauty in exchange for their mortal souls. Those who betray or refuse the offer are tossed into a dungeon as they age into old hags.
She finds her gal pal Anna, who has already accepted Morgana's offer of eternal youth, but Francoise is set on leaving, plotting with the dwarf Gurth, who secretly years to usurp Morgana, to escape, but first she must gather three items; a magical necklace, an invisibility tunic, and
a topaz globe, all three combined will enable her to escape the island.
It's a nicely realized slice of erotic-fantastic, gorgeous often nude women everywhere, kinky lesbian sex, and some fine look period locations, set pieces and wardrobe, and I rather adored the fantastical elements - it does excellent work bringing them altogether into a pretty coherent and quite pleasing erotic fantasy romp with an exquisite dreamy atmosphere that's totally hypnotic.
Audio/Video: Girl Slaves of Morgana La Fay (1971) arrives on region-free Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro, presented in 1080p HD framed in 1.66:1 widescreen, with the Morgana et ses Nymphes (Morgana and Her Nymphs) title card. This is advertised as being "uncut, fully restored and in a brand news 4k scan from the film’s original negative", and it looks terrific. The source looks wonderful, colors are strong, the purple smoking jacket of the dwarf and the gowns of the girl slaves fare particularly well, and there's plenty of filmic texture and detail to the image, and while there is some inherent softness due to the aesthetic choices, it's inherent to the source. Audio comes by way of French DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono with optional English subtitles. Dialogue is nicely prioritized, fidelity is strong, and the score by François de Roubaix’s (Daughters of Darkness) with it's mix of psychedelia and medieval instrumentation sounds appropriately fantastical and atmospheric.
Mondo Macabro offers a well-stocked edition, loaded with extras, we get a 13-min Short Film by Bruno Gantillon from 1970 - An Artistic Couple, 42-min of brand new interviews with director Bruno Gantillon by way of the Bruno Gantillon Holds Up the Ceiling Part 1 & Part 2; a 45-min Brand new interview with Dominique Delpierre that spans her entire career, 11-min Archive interview with Bruno Gantillon, 1-min Deleted Scene, and an Audio commentary with Bruno Gantillon and film expert Lucas Balbo, plus a 5-min Publicity Parade Video featuring stills and posters, and finishing up with a 3-min Theatrical Trailer.
The single-disc release arrives in a standard keepcase with a wrap featuring new artwork by Symeoni.
Special Features:
- Brand new 4k transfer from film negative, digitally restored.
- An Artistic Couple – short film by Bruno Gantillon from 1970 (13:12)
- Two brand new interviews with director Bruno Gantillon: Bruno Gantillon Holds Up the Ceiling Part 1 (26:28) & Part 2 (16:41)
- Brand new interview with Dominique Delpierre (45:43)
- Archive interview with Bruno Gantillon (10:57)
- Deleted Scene (0:48)
- Audio commentary with Bruno Gantillon and film expert Lucas Balbo.
- Publicity parade video featuring stills and posters (5:00)
- Theatrical Trailer (2:39)
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