France

• Death's Ecstasy
• La bête

The most genuinely erotic film you'll ever see...
"The Beast" has won acclaim in world cinema with its extraordinary and erotic tale stimulating wide and remarkable interest. From the opening moments of the story, when a mare and a stallion are locked together in majestic coupling, we learn that the young man eagerly watching the mating is more than usually fascinated by the animals. He is to marry a beautiful young woman who will then inherit a vast fortune. But mysterious and sinister obstacles stand in the way; and the bridegroom is cursed not to survive the marriage. Before her wedding night the young woman dreams - of a beast who rapes a shepherdess. The dream continues in a fury of limitless mad love. Later the tables are turned, and the beast, raped by the shepherdess, dies in an unbelievable ecstasy of happiness. Naked now, and awake, the aroused woman enters the room of her future husband, where she discovers in horror that he is the Beast of her dream....