Coventry No seriously, I want to know where I can find this castle! For work as well as for holidays, I often travel through rural France and the medieval castle where the largest part of the film takes place looks like a beautiful and idyllic place to visit … And the fact that it's apparently inhabited by dozens of breath-taking, ravishing and scantily clad lesbians is an added value, of course. "Morgane Et Ses Nymphes" is a typical and almost routine product of the early 70s euro- exploitation industry. For some reason, surreal and pseudo- artistic stories about lesbian vampires in remote and isolated parts of the world were extremely popular. Next to Jesus Franco in Spain and Jean Rollin in France, who were undoubtedly the two most productive directors of this bizarre cult sub-genre, there were a handful of other directors who delivered a few films that gained cult-followings over the years, like Harry Kümel ("Daughters of Darkness"), José Ramon Larraz ("Vampyres") and Bruno Gantillon with his "Morgane Et Ses Nymphes". Strictly seen, this one is different, since the wenches aren't vampires. The titular Morgane is a sort of coven-sorceress who lures innocent young girls to her castle, along with the help of a creepy midget named Gurth, and then subsequently brings them into an erotic and surreal trance. The girls are offered the choice to remain young and beautiful forever whilst staying with Morgane in her castle, or to be dumped in the dungeons with a horde of old women. Hmm, tough choice! This overcomes also Anna and Françoise, two lively twenty-something beauties on a trip through the French countryside. They get lost and are forced to spend the night in a barn, though not before fondling each other intensely of course, but at dawn Françoise discovers that Anne is missing. She herself is lured to the castle, but Morgane immediately feels a bizarre and unique type of affection for Françoise and keeps her closer to her side than all the other "slaves". There's basically almost nothing happening in this film and, to be entirely honest, the cult reputation of this film is heavily exaggerated and undeserved. The filming locations and cinematography are fantastic and Bruno Gantillon manages to maintain a gloomy and ominous atmosphere throughout, but those are about the only positive aspects I can think of. The all-female cast (with the exception of Alfred Baillou as the whiny and pitiable Gurth) is attractive to look at, but their sexual escapades are brief and not exactly arousing.For me personally, the one special thing about this film is the fact that it provided the inspiration for my own daughter's name. My little girl is also named Morgane, because I like the idea she's named after a mysterious and seductive lead-sorceress of a cult.

The_Void It might have its problems, but at the very least, The Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay is memorable for the fact that it's so damn strange! Director Bruno Gantillon succeeds in creating a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere; which bodes very well with the fantasy styled plot. As the title suggests, the backbone of this film revolves around sex and since most of the characters are female, that should please fans of lesbian porn. The plot itself is typically strange and focuses on a castle ran by the mysterious and sinister Morgana le Fay. Two young ladies are travelling across the country when they get a surprise one morning. One of them awakes to find that the other has disappeared, and upon searching for her friend, she happens upon a boat. The boat takes her to an eerie castle where she meets Morgana le Fay and is taken in by the women in the castle. She is offered immortality in return for her soul, but as jealousies take hold she decides to make an attempt to escape, but getting away from Morgana le Fay is not so easy...One of the main problems I had with this film is the fact that not a great deal happens, so it's easy to get bored with it; the dream-like atmosphere is actually a hindrance in this respect as when you're watching a dreamy, boring movie - it can sometimes be difficult to stay awake! To its credit, The Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay is a very beautiful movie. There's no shortage of eye candy, all the women in the film look great and the lavish sets are well designed and suit the film. I can't say that it's a particularly graphic film, though that isn't a big problem. The lesbian sequences are well filmed and fairly erotic, which of benefit to the film. The film is a lot like the lesbian vampire flicks that cult French director Jean Rollin made around the same time that this film was made; although personally I'd rank this one higher than the majority of Jean Rollin rubbish that I've seen. This is not a great film and it does have its fair share of problems, but it also has a lot of good things about it, and while I can't say it's a film that everyone should see; it should please genre fans at least.

armandcbris This was, admittedly, a film I picked up for the titillation factor, since I enjoy the sight of women from the 70's in their natural, undressed Euro glory.However, this film was done in such a way as to find me enjoying it throughout, despite my initial misgivings. Granted, I don't think it's the greatest movie ever, but the settings and the "fairy-tale" feel of it I found to be quite good, and the erotic elements were considerably enjoyable. The dialogue also wasn't as cheesy as I was expecting, which is always a good thing, considering many similar films of that era can't escape those faults.The DVD is quite good, the quality of the picture is excellent, and includes a good interview with the director, Bruno Gantillon. Recommended for fans of 70's erotica and fantasy.

christopher-underwood The French can usually be relied upon to try and ruin a decent sex film with pretentious dialogue and this Rolinesque outing is no exception. The sexiness survives though thanks to the splendour of the setting, the well established fantasy form and the beautiful girls and diaphanous costumerie. Reasonably well paced, this may seem slow to some but as everything looks so wonderful, from the rolling countryside and fabulous castle to the colourful swirling costumes and nakedness, there should be few complaints. Never quite as nasty or sexual as it often suggests it will be but nevertheless very easy on the eye and certainly most erotic on occasions.