Steele plays Veronica who along with her new husband Philip (Ian Ogilvy) are traveling in Europ on a honeymoon.
The country they visit is never named but several characters rever to it as "The People's Republic" and there are a lot of anti communism thrown in to the mix, which I really enjoy.
Anyway on a trip out of twon they have a car accident and Philip is rescued but his wife is missing. In her place is a hideous witch that terroized the countryside a few hundred years before.
Philip is told by Count Von Helsing (John Karlsen) that the witch has replaced Veronica so she can seek revenge. The witch does enact very bloody revenge on the relatives of those that killed her. The most graphic killing occurs when she uses a sickel to kill Ladislav Groper (Mel Welles) and the blood spews everywhere.
When the witch is finished she throws the sickel away and it lands on a hammer. Hey, I thought it was funny. Philip and Von Helsing try to capture the witch and get Veronica back.
The film was directed by Mike Reeves and it was his first film after a brief stint directing parts of "Castle Of The Living Dead". The print from Sinister is a beautiful widescreen edition with great color.
I assume most of the people reading this have seen it, but if you haven't check it out. The witch is hideous.
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