Island of Death (1976)

Original title

Τα Παιδιά Του Διαβόλου

Directed by

Nikos Mastorakis

Genre

horror film, exploitation film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Greece

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple posing as newlyweds travels to a Greek island and murders people they consider sinful. The killings are graphic and sexually violent.

shockinggrimybrutalexploitativemean-spiritedtransgressiveunsettling

What happens

Island of Death (Greek: Τα παιδιά του Διαβόλου, Ta pediá tou Diavólou, transl. Children of the Devil), also known as Devils in Mykonos and A Craving for Lust, is a 1976 English-language Greek exploitation horror film directed by Nico Mastorakis and starring Bob Behling, Jane Lyle, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons, Jannice McConnell, and Nikos Tsachiridis. Its plot follows two tourists—a young man and woman, both sexual sadists posing as newlyweds—who visit the Greek island of Mykonos and start a rampage of murder, killing anyone they believe to be sinful or perverted. Filmed on location in 1975, Island of Death was theatrically released in the United Kingdom in late 1977 in a truncated version. It received a limited theatrical release in the United States under the title Isle of Perversion, bearing an X rating. Due to its graphic depiction of rape, murder, torture, incest, and bestiality, the film was wildly controversial and became one of the most widely banned films in the world. It was among 39 titles banned on home video in the United Kingdom during the "video nasty" panic. Island of Death was first released fully uncut in 2003 by the American distributor Image Entertainment. Arrow Films released the uncut version again on DVD in 2010, and on Blu-ray in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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