Daughters of Satan

1972 "A secret cult of lust-craved witches torturing with fire and desire!"
4.5| 1h30m| R| en
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A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.

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Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.
YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
sol ***SPOILERS*** The big break that actor Tom Selleck waited for all these years, since he was a contestant on the "Dating Game" back in 1965, to get as the mind numbed robot-like James Robertson in the bad movie classic "Daugters of Satan". It was his part in the movie that lead Selleck straight, in about eight years hence, to his highly successful role as Magnum PI in the TV cop drama of the same name. Before "Daughters of Satan" Selleck's only significant role in a movies was as one of Mea West's young and hunky man servants in the the 1970 comedy free for all, with Rex Reed and Raquel Welch playing the main character in the movie, "Myra Breckinridge".New York Art Museum curator James Robertson comes across this very unusual painting at a Manila flea market that has one of the people in it, being burned at the stake, looking like a dead ringer for his wife Chris, Barra Grant. As it soon turns out the painting has magical powers in conjuring up the people in it who've been dead and buried for almost 400 years! it takes James, who's not that on the ball, a while to figure this all out but with the help of local head shrinker or psychiatrist Dr. Dungal, Vic Silavan, he finally gets the hang out it. That's not until after Dr. Dangal gets himself killed in a car accident when is car's breaks were tampered with. ***SPOILERS*** The real big secret in the movie has nothing really that much to do with James' old lady Chris and her fellow witches Kitty Duarte & Juana Rios, Tani Gutrie Paraluman, as well as the Devil Dog Nicodemas who were depicted in the painting being burned along with her. It has to do with the poor confused and not too bright James Robertson himself or his great great great great great grand-pappy. It was Grandpa to the sixth or sevent power Robertson**MAJOR SPOILER*** who was in fact responsible for the witches' deaths! And now some 400 years later in 1972 it's payback time and despite having nothing to do with what happened back in Manila in 1592 James is the one to end up paying for his great great great great great grand-pappy's actions!P.S The movie "Daughters of Satan" was released back in the fall of 1972 as a double feature with the also made in the Philippines bad movie horror classic "Superbeast".
gavin6942 James Robertson (Tom Selleck) buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife (Barra Grant).This is Tom Selleck before "Magnum PI", but still with the same great mustache... much, much better than the film "Runaway". Some of the stunts are pretty cool (like flipping over a horse). I would like to believe Selleck did them himself, but I am not so gullible.The film opens with a pretty intense scene, possibly a sacrifice, and soon after we are treated to a story of a satanic knife... definitely a solid start to a movie.Director Hollingsworth Morse worked almost exclusively in television, and it shows, though not in a bad way. The quality is television quality, but the story really holds strong for the full length.The film takes place in the Philippines... and it makes me wonder: was this a decision because of the plot (which does revolve around Spanish conquistadors) or because of budget? The Philippines were a notorious hotspot for low budget films... curious.
Witchfinder General 666 "Daughters of Satan" is a cheesy but fun piece of low-budget occult Horror starring 27-year-old Tom Selleck in his first leading role. Directed by Hollingsworth Morse (nice name, buddy), "Daughters of Satan" was obviously shot on a very low budget, and while the plot is cheesy and messy and often lacks logic, the film is undeniably entertaining. Selleck plays the American arts expert James Robinson, who has recently moved to the Phillipines with his beautiful wife Christina (Barra Grant). In an obscure art gallery, he stumbles across a painting which shows a witch-burning in 1592 Spain. And one of the burned witches happens to be the spitting image of his wife! Fascinated with the coincidence, he buys the painting and brings it home; henceforth, mysterious things begin to happen... As mentioned above, logic isn't the strongest point of the film (why would anyone keep the painting when it's clear that it's causing trouble), and the plot is often messy. Nonetheless, this is an enjoyable film that might appeal to many of my fellow fans of low-budget Horror and Exploitation. There are some really cool scenes, in particular the sleazy opening sequence, and one fantastic creepy scene involving a painting, which I don't want to give away. Interestingly, Selleck's role here has some resemblance to the role of Magnum P.I., for which he would later get famous. Barra Grant, who plays his wife, has a very presentable rack, and the film includes a variety of eccentric characters. You haven't missed anything if you decide to skip "Daughters of Satan". However, it is definitely entertaining, and a film that most of my fellow fans of B-Movies and low-budget Horror in particular might enjoy.
Bolesroor "Daughters of Satan" is a movie about three women who are actually reincarnated witches, re-born to take revenge on the man who burned them at the stake. It's a slow-paced bad dream that holds together much better than most old horror movies. Tom Selleck stars as a man who buys a strange painting of a woman who looks like his wife… when he gives it to her she starts to "remember" her past, and so begins the violence and nudity.This is one of those good "bad" horror movies that isn't just about moving from one violent bloodbath to the next... you get to breathe with the characters and ponder the outlandish situation in which they find themselves, which only makes it all the more believable. It's like that realization during a nightmare that you're having a nightmare, when you try to wake yourself up but you just can't come out of it."Daughters Of Satan" is not a great movie by any means, but it has it's own illogical occult madness that somehow winds up making sense. I'm prejudiced because I saw the last 40 minutes on late-night TV and spent five years tracking it down to see the entire movie. It was worth it, for me anyway...GRADE: B-