Succubus (2024)
Scroll down to Watch Full MovieJanine Reynaud as Lorna Green
Jack Taylor as William Francis Mulligan
Adrian Hoven as Ralf Drawes
Howard Vernon as Admiral Kapp
Nathalie Nort as Bella Olga
Michel Lemoine as Pierce
Pier A. Caminnecci as Hermann
Améri actorco Coimbra as The crucified
Succubus (German: Necronomicon – Geträumte Sünden, lit. 'Necronomicon
– Dreamt Sins') is a 1968 West German horror film directed by Jesús Franco and
starring Janine Reynaud, Jack Taylor, Adrian Hoven, and Michel
Lemoine. It follows Lorna Green, a performer at a Lisbon nightclub
who performs fictionalized acts that involve erotically charged sadomasochistic murders.
As she begins to suffer violent, surreal nightmares, it is suggested that Lorna
may be under mind control by a man who may be Satan incarnate.
Plot
In Lisbon, Lorna Green works as a nightclub dancer who
performs sadomasochistic acts that end with simulated murders, which
shock and titillate the club patrons. She is overseen by her manager, William
Francis Mulligan, an American who "discovered" Lorna and helped her
forge her nightclub act. After performing at the club one night, Lorna returns
home and is visited by William, who spends the night.
Lorna has a bizarre dream in which she is a countess who is
running late to a dinner party being held for her at her castle. She travels
there by trolley, and is met by Pierce, a mysterious man who feels he has
manifested Lorna as a "disciple of evil" and a devil on earth to do
his bidding. Lorna meets with a man named Admiral Kapp, and the two engage in
a word association game with one another, repeating names of famous
writers and artists, before Lorna stabs him through the eye socket.
The following day, Lorna and William stroll through the city
together and stumble upon a funeral wake where numerous women mourn in the
street. A curious Lorna approaches the body in the chapel and removes a shawl
covering the dead man's face. She is horrified to see the man—who has been
stabbed through the eye—resembles the Admiral Kapp from her nightmare. Later,
she accompanies William to a party held by psychiatrist Ralf, where the
partygoers indulge in LSD. Lorna goes into a trancelike state where she
begins writhing on the floor in front of the guests, who, under the influence
of the drug, approach her like animals, crawling along the floor.
William recounts a story to Lorna about a countess who,
under the influence of Satan, murdered her husband after he built her a
palace. Later, at the club, Pierce watches Lorna from a distance before
approaching her at her table, addressing her as the Countess. She rebuffs him,
and tells William and his friends that she does not know the man. In another
dream, Lorna brings her friend, Bella, to visit a dilapidated seaside castle
where she resides. She takes Bella to a room full of mannequins in
various period dresses, and seduces her before bludgeoning her with a statue.
Bella attempts to flee before several of the mannequins come to life, after
which Lorna stabs her to death. Lorna awakens from the nightmare to find her
apartment largely empty, as she has made plans to relocate to Berlin with
William.
Lorna accompanies William to Berlin. Unbeknownst to her,
William meets with Pierce, with whom he has been in cahoots; the two have
conspired to manipulate Lorna. Lorna, in a trance-like state, enacts the
sadomasochistic club act in she and William's rented apartment. Held captive
for the act are a man and woman with whom Lorna has performed in her club act.
William looks on as Lorna stabs the man to death before killing the woman, who
pleads for her life. William calls Lorna's name, breaking her trance, and she
flees upstairs where gunfire erupts, and she screams.
William returns to Lisbon and enters his apartment there,
where he finds a nude Lorna lounging on his couch. She asks him to kiss her,
which he obliges, before she plunges a knife through his neck. Pierce appears
and drives Lorna to the harbor, where he promises her that his power will
"bring her peace," and deems her his "Faustina." The two
enter the castle together.
