Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I've seen a lot of terrible movies but very few have been this bad.Of course there's no blood orgy and the girls that I assume are the she-devils have a very small part in the movie. I really don't even know what the the story was about. A witch channeled an Indian, summoned a ghost and contract killed a man(for which she was offered rupees,lol.I thought rupees were the currency in Legend of Zelda). Then she gets killed and her body just disappears, then she's alive again and now she's angry. So she makes some voodoo dolls and kills people and there's an African playing bongos and scientists who appear to have magical powers. So I guess it's about a witch who does voodoo and her followers who dance to African music and use spears. Total garbage.

Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)* (out of 4) This Ted V. Mikels film came after THE ASTRO ZOMBIES and THE CORPSE GRINDERS so if you've seen either of those films then you should know what to expect. Mara (Lila Zaborin) is using black magic and some sexy women to kill off some men who are trying to put an end to her but she then has to worry about a couple magicians who plan to use their powers to put an end to the Satan-worshiping. I really love those exploitation gems that would play third on a triple feature at a drive-in. Among the things I enjoy is reading how many films would bomb at one drive-in but they'd change the title, play it again at the same drive-in and this time the film would be a hit. Those who follow exploitation films from this era will know that there are some pretty kinky and wacky titles out there and Mikels certainly hit a grand slam with this one. BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS is a marvelous title but sadly that's pretty much the only good thing going on. There's not any blood. There's no orgy. And there's really not too many she-devils on hand. The title promises sex and violence but the film is actually PG-rated and features very little going on. I'm really curious who this film was meant for because it's certainly a little too dark for kids but at the same time it's way too tame for adults so who on Earth was Mikels making this film for? I can see many people pulling out of the drive-in or hoping into the back seats with their girlfriends because there's just nothing happening here. For the majority of the running time we see Mara giving speeches about the greatness of Satan and usually she's talking in some weird language where you can't even understand what she's doing. The magicians are just downright boring as are all the victims. The film is pure boredom from start to finish simply because there's not a life of energy to be found. Mikels has gained a cult following over the past several years as more and more people check his weird filmography out. I think there's some mild charm about the guy but at the same time there's no denying that he's created some really bad and pointless films and this here is one of them. The best part of the film just happens to be a flashback sequence where several of the people on screen are still wearing clothing from the 1970s.

There wasn't much blood, and there sure wasn't no orgy. It's hard to like this movie, even as camp. It's sort of, hmmm...imagine if Russ Meyers wasn't even as talented as he was. The most interesting feature of this early seventies cheapie are the young women, presumably the titular "She-Devils," but they don't get much chance to show off their assets as actresses. I thought there was a rule, any mid-seventies horror cheapie with more than three women in the cast had to feature gratuitous nudity. They also do some dance as part of the human sacrifice ritual.SPOILER.Incoherent goings on at a witch's coven; think Snow White's mother runs the Playboy mansion. There's really nothing like a plot here. Instead you get lots of hokey scenes of the head witch in charge standing in front of a braiser, stabbing dolls, incanting. "So Mote it Be." Woo Hoo. Sometimes, she orders this caveman version of Jamie Farr to...you know, I really don't remember what he does. In one scene, he holds a bowl for her (you'll want someone to hold a bowl for you too, this might not be bad to watch with a room full of messy people.) There's a couple of scenes of witches being executed, inquisition style. One of them is momentarily amusing when you notice how much the witch looks like "Samantha." This feeling fades quickly, as the realization forms in your numbing mind that you'd be more entertained watching "Bewitched." The ending just sort of happens. This professor type who's been pushing along what plot development just comes over to the "Blood Orgy" with his three friends. They chant in an Ed Wood version of Hollywood Bible-ese. "Oh spirits of evil! We command you! We command you to remove yourself" or something equally inspired. Then lightning comes out of their fingers and the She-devils all stab each other, or perhaps the evil spirits they were boogeying with down in the groovy paneled basement that dripped blood turn against them and make them stab each other, or maybe they were just going to stab each other anyway. There's no way of knowing. Oh, and the score is unpleasant tuneless electronic music.

Bad, boring, black magic mumbo-jumbo written and directed by Ted V Mikels("The Girl in the Golden Boots", "The Corpse Grinders")shows no blood, but there is an orgy of tedium. Mara, the "Queen of the Black Witches" kills via black magic - in this case, muttering the lines "so mote it be" over and over ad naeuseum, or pretending to channel an native american spirit who talks in the worst "Injun" dialogue ever ("you no want-em pappoose". The She-devils are her scantily-clad, empty-headed dancers, who perform odious dances not unlike those in Mikels' other miserable dance-choaked films ("The Girl in the Gold Boots")- in fact, Leslie McRea appears in both films, and is equally wooden. What "Blood Orgy" has that other Mikels' debacles doesn't is a lot of screaming - a whole lot! So much of the dialogue is screamed by the actors that the whole herd got a raging headache long before the much-welcomed ending. This is one of the longest 73 minutes you're likely to spend, and certainly one of the moost boring. As one character aptly states: "I don't like what I see here". The MooCow agrees whole-heartedly. :=8P