Daughters of Satan

Daughters of Satan

Year: 1972

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Hollingsworth Morse

HorrorHorror the undead and monster classicsTerrifying haunted and supernatural horrorGothic and eerie haunting horrorTwisted dark psychological thriller

When a man acquires a painting that shows witches being burned at the stake, he is shocked to recognize his own wife among the condemned. The artwork pulls him into a secret cult of sensual, fire‑wielding witches who revel in torture and desire, forcing him to confront a terrifying link between the image and his own marriage.

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1

Painting purchase at Carlos's shop

James Robertson visits Carlos Ching's antiques store and buys a painting from 1592 depicting conquistadors burning three women and a dog. He is startled to notice that one of the women bears a striking resemblance to his wife, Chris. The painting hints at a coven called the Duarte coven and sets the mystery in motion.

Day 1 morning Carlos's antique store
2

Chris disturbed by the painting

Back at home, Chris is disturbed by the painting and mentions the Duarte coven by name. She hints at a hidden history connected to the artwork and the couple’s fate. The tension between them begins to mount.

Day 1 morning Robertson home
3

Nicodemus the dog and the painting's fading

A dog resembling the painting's canine companion arrives at the Robertson home, wearing a collar with the name Nicodemus. James notices the dog and sees the image in the painting shift as if reacting to real events. The supernatural link between the painting and their lives grows stronger.

Day 1 afternoon Robertson home
4

Juana Rios arrives and resembles a painting figure

Juana Rios arrives, claiming to answer a housekeeper advertisement the couple did not place. She recognizes the painting and bears a striking resemblance to one of the depicted women. Chris asks her to leave, but Juana insists on staying to help fulfill her alleged destiny.

Day 1 afternoon Robertson home
5

A second figure disappears from the painting

After Juana settles in, the second figure from the painting—the other witch—disappears. The altered painting confirms that the coven’s influence is manifesting in their world. James remains unaware as danger closes in around the Robertsons.

Day 1 evening Robertson home
6

Mortuary traces and Carlos's murder

James traces Nicodemus’s collar to a mortuary and discovers a coffin bearing his own name along with the body of a tortured woman. He then searches Carlos’s antique store and finds Carlos dead with a dagger in his heart, while an unknown man attacks him and he manages to flee. The chain of killings and the paintings' clues push James deeper into the mystery.

Day 1 evening Mortuary and Carlos's antique store
7

James seeks help from Dr. Dangal

James consults Dr. Dangal, who suspects that Chris may be possessed and questions the couple’s strange changes. Kitty, a patient and dominatrix tied to the coven, rambling about evil deeds, resembles the third woman in the painting. The doctor begins to recognize that the painting’s imagery is echoing through real events.

Day 1–2 Dr. Dangal's office
8

Possession hints and nightly visions

James and Dangal discuss the painting’s power as the images reappear at night, even when Juana, Chris, and Nicodemus are inactive. Dangal has a disturbing vision of the three witches dancing as he drives home. Kitty’s influence over James and the mystery intensifies.

Night Dr. Dangal's office
9

Dangal dies in a coven-linked incident

Kitty triggers an explosion that kills Dr. Dangal on a bridge, further linking the coven to deadly consequences. James’s sense of safety erodes as the coven tightens its grip. The revelations about the painting mount as the threat becomes personal.

Night On a bridge
10

Funeral and Kitty's seduction of James

Following Dangal’s funeral, Kitty tries to seduce James and shows him another painting depicting a different witch-burn scene, bearing a striking resemblance to James as Roberson’s descendant. Kitty believes the ancestral vengeance will reach his family. James’s paranoia deepens as the coven’s reach appears to stretch across generations.

After Dangal's funeral Funeral location
11

Coven plans at the dilapidated villa

The coven gathers at a dilapidated villa to enact their rituals, while Chris is strung up and beaten by Kitty for failing to fulfill her task. Juana meanwhile continues to insert herself into the Robertsons’ fate. The scene marks a turning point as the trio tightens their grip on the household.

Later Dilapidated villa
12

Car trap and the midnight countdown

Chris drugs James and, with Juana and Kitty, places him in a car atop a precipice with ice blocks under the tires. The trio gathers at the edge for a ceremonial countdown, while outside the city lights fade. Just before midnight, James awakens, breaking the deadly setup.

Just before midnight Precipice edge
13

Restaurant gathering and identity reveal

While James regains consciousness, Chris, Juana (Almina Remundo), and Kitty converge at a restaurant and come out of a trance, with Juana confirming her alias as a nurse. Chris expresses fear for Jim’s whereabouts, and the group discusses their next steps. The unfolding revelations deepen the sense that the coven’s plans are far from over.

Same night Restaurant
14

Final confrontation and the death of James

Chris returns home to find Jim alive but groggy after escaping the car trap. The painted images begin to fade from the walls as a sense of relief gives way to trepidation. In the final moment, in James’s office, Chris reaches for a dagger and stabs James to death.

After midnight James's office

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