Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay. France 1971. Directed by Bruno Gantillo

Anna and Francoise, two beautiful French girls end up in remote village, while driving around through countryside. One morning they found themselves in castle, where Morgana, Queen of Witches rule his girls and dwarf called Gurth. It seems legendary Merlin himself taught Morgana some of his tricks. These skills are now used to collect the souls of women passing through the castle and her kingdom.

Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay starts with cool, offbeat mood and makes the viewer expect an extraordinary movie experience. Unfortunately it can't live up to its expectations with its pacing, that made yours truly almost fall asleep. I guess the dreamy feeling had been the original intention but when there isn't much of dramatic events keeping up the interest, there isn't much you can do. Most of the scenes are located inside castle but writers haven't used the great potential of Chateau De Val. Luckily the camera work does quite a lot here.

Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay is odd little film that might find positive reactions from Jean Rollin fans and alike. Visually it's very beautiful - the photography is skillful and takes an advantage of colors and beautiful women. But that sums up pretty much the whole thing. When it comes to actors and actresses, there is an absolutely great character, Gurth the dwarf - played by Alfred Baillou. Baillou has the manic look in his eyes, that makes you feel uncomfortable. Also, Dominique Delpierre as Morgana convinces the viewer with the great charismatic look in her eyes - and with her looks.

Mondo Macabro DVD release has again somewhat perfect quality in the sharpness and vividness of the colours. The extra material is interesting with deleted / alternate scenes, interview with director Bruno Gantillo, director's short film "An Artistic Couple" and selected background information of cast and crew.