Soft core horror film about a couple who go to visit in-laws after a death and end up getting involved in a very randy bunch of witches/ Satanists. There is lots of sex (including bestiality) and I was wondering if this wasn't a cut down adult film. I don't think more than three or four minutes will pass with out some form of coupling. It's so pervasive that you'll no doubt wonder if the film was intended to be scary. Allowing for the various group activities this film isn't bad. Its suffers in the fear department because of all the bedroom activity, but it still manages to create a nice sense of dread that only dubbed Euro-horror can. Worth a look if you like that sort of thing

Jose Ramon Larraz's "Black Candles" is a rare Spanish horror/sleaze film about a young woman named Carol who finds out that various family members are involved with a satanic cult.The film is loaded with sleazy sex and satanism,so I wasn't disappointed.Still it's not as memorable as Larraz's erotic masterpiece "Vampyres".The lighting is poor and the acting is amateurish.The sex scene between a black goat and a woman has to be seen to be believed.There is also an incredibly nasty moment which has a man killed by having a sword shoved into him between his legs.To sum up,if you are into European exploitation cinema give this one a look.However if you like your horror without sleaze avoid this one like the plague.7 out of 10.

Sweet Carol (comely brunette Vanessa Hidalgo) and her amorous husband Robert (a solid performance by Mauro Ribera) travel to England after Carol's brother Paul dies suddenly. They discover an evil Satanic cult that's lead by Carol's wicked and alluring sister-in-law Fiona (ravishing redhead Helga Line of "Horror Express" and "The Vampires' Night Orgy"). Robert gets drawn into the coven. Writer/director Jose Ramon Larraz, who previously gave us the intensely erotic classic "Vampyres," delivers a tremendously tasty'n'trashy cinematic brew of raunchy sexuality and twisted perversity: we've got voyeurism, masturbation, lesbianism, plenty of copulation, sodomy and even bestiality (one gorgeous lady cult member makes love to a black billy goat!). The spooky ooga-booga throbbing rock score by Cam and Juan Marine's rough, grainy cinematography further enhance the deliciously lurid hothouse atmosphere of depraved desires and unbridled carnal passions. Line, who was 50 when she acted in this picture, looks absolutely smashing in the buff and performs her sex scenes with sizzling abandon. In the movie's nastiest scene a pathetic fat guy has a sword shoved into his anus (ouch!). Raw and ribald, this racy number sizes up as a good deal of scuzzy Eurosleaze soft-core horror exploitation fun.