Flesh for the Beast

Shriek Show

Media Blasters

R1 DVD

Flesh for the Beast is a film obviously made on a limited budget. It is clear from the onset that the acting is going to be average and that the director Terry West, known for The Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String, is going to pack as much flesh into the film as he can. It is a strange film, while clearly a horror film, with a good measure of gore; it is also filled with nudity. West has a good eye for locations and the old mansion in which the film is based provides half the thrills with slamming doors, long corridors and dark basements.

The films opens in the Fischer House, an old mansion which a parapsychology team has come to investigate paranormal activity. It seems the home was the location where turn-of-the-century occultist Alfred Fischer undertook strange occult rites (as well as running a successful brothel) and vanished leaving the house unoccupied for many years. The new owner hires the team to supposedly “psychically clean” the house but actually is on a quest for a secret amulet by which he can control the occupants of the house.

It seems that Alfred Fischer sacrificed many of the girls who worked in his brothel in satanic rites and turned them into succubus; immortal demons who live on lust. As the new owner John Stoker quests for the amulet, he is in for a shock, Erin Cooper, one of the parapsychologists is not who she seems and may just spell his doom.

Flesh for the Beast has a lot going for it if you overlook it’s obviously limited budget. The wooden acting gets on your nerves for the first few minutes, but if you go with the flow, the mood of the film, the excellent ambiance the old house provides and the unusual plot makes a fun experience. There is a nudity aplenty but little sex. It is obviously made for a certain “male” market where lots of naked female and gore are the currency of success.

The focus on succubus rather than zombies, vampires or traditional demons, makes this an unusual film and does gives it a bit of “cult” cred, the dark sense of humour and over-the-top gore also helps.

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