Ekstase - Der Prozeß gegen die Satansmädchen

Mondo Cane and the Schoolgirl Report series stand as obvious influences on this occasionally amusing but generally rather tedious exploitation film that alternates between documentary, fake documentary and docudrama. The theme is Satanism and the linking thread is a recreation of what is supposedly the real-life case of a murder and attempted murder of two Munich teenage men by a quartet of girls who had been dabbling in devil worship. During the ensuing trial, the lawyer resorts to dilatory tactics while the hearing is frequently interrupted by the girls breaking into incantation, temper tantrums or shivery fits ostensibly bearing on demonic possession. When the subject of the Manson killings is brought up, the most obnoxious of the defendants breaks in indignantly, claiming that Sharon Tate’s “execution” was justified as she posed dangers to the Satanic community.

Directed by Rolf Olsen

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Cast

Anne Magle

Joana John

Sharon Peters

Renate Hess

Hedy Bader

Ilse Peternell

Hans Schellbach

Walter Ullrich

Mathias Eysen

Ronny Tanner

Kent O. Doering

Claus Fuchs

Johanna Ebertseder

Sylvia Engelmann

Dagmar Richard

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