Barbara Steele blurs the line between muse and menace in a lakeside Italian curse tale.
AN ANGEL FOR SATAN
She brings the beauty of heaven, but wears the soul of hell.
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.
An Angel for Satan is a 1966 Italian horror-mystery film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque about a countess whose return to her ancestral home—and the restoration of a cursed statue—unleashes bodily possession and a series of mysterious deaths in a superstitious lakeside village.
- Director
- Camillo Mastrocinque
- Writers
- Giuseppe Mangione, Camillo Mastrocinque, Luigi Emmanuele
- Release
- 1966
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- Also Known As
- Un ange pour Satan, Ein Engel für den Teufel, Um Anjo para Satã, I ekdikisis tou Satana, Ангел для Сатаны, An Angel for Satan
Synopsis
Why Cult
Steele commands the screen as both Harriet Montebruno and the enigmatic Belinda, bringing her signature eerie allure to a tale of possession and seduction.
Set in a foggy 19th-century Italian lakeside village, the film drips with psychotronic Gothic touches—secret passageways, unfriendly locals, and a villa hiding supernatural secrets.
A submerged nude statue with a deadly reputation is dredged up, setting off a chain of hypnosis, doppelgangers, and mysterious deaths—classic Italian supernatural intrigue.
An artist's commission to restore a statue becomes a descent into the occult, as restoration unveils more than just stone—think sculptor meets supernatural menace.
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Questions from the Vault
What is An Angel for Satan about? +
An Angel for Satan follows the Countess of Montebruno, whose return to her childhood home and the restoration of a cursed statue leads to a series of mysterious deaths and her own possession by the spirit of the statue's model.
Who directed An Angel for Satan? +
An Angel for Satan was directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.
How long is An Angel for Satan? +
An Angel for Satan has a runtime of 90 minutes.
What genre is An Angel for Satan? +
An Angel for Satan is a horror and mystery film.
When was An Angel for Satan released? +
An Angel for Satan was released in 1966.