249 The She-Beast ( 1966 )

This  Anglo-Italian  venture  about  a  reincarnated  witch  would  pack  a  fair  punch  if  there  was  a  decent  print  available  but  it's  close  to  unwatchable  as  it  is. The  film  is  partly  meant  as  a  satire  on  communism  but  most  of  the  jokes  fall  flat.

Ian  Ogily  ( in  his  film  debut  ) plays  an  arrogant   newly-wed, Philip  , visiting  Transylvania  with  his  wife  and  being  directed to  a  rundown  hotel . Both  are  skeptical  of  their  fellow  guest  Van  Helsing's  ( John  Karlsen )  warnings  of   a  supernatural  threat , assuming  he's  just  conning  them  out  of  a  drink. After  a  fracas  with  the  lecherous  hotelier  Groper  ( Mel  Welles ) their  car  is  tampered  with  and  they  swerve  into  a  lake. Both  apparently  survive  but  it's  not  his  wife  that  comes  up  with  him.

Barbara  Steele  ( as  Veronica )  

Sex : Veronica  starts  making  love  with  Philip  in  the  most  graphic  scene  we've  covered to  date

Death  : Survives

Barbara  was  a  big  star  in  Italy  at  this  point, much  better  known  than  she  was  in  Britain

Lucretia  Love  ( as  Groper's  neice )

Sex : Groper  attempts to  rape  her  but  she  fights  him  off  in  a  scene  that  has  very  little  relevance  to  the  rest  of  the  picture.

Death : Survives

Lucretia  was  a  well-known  actress  in  Italian  horror  in the sixties  and  seventies  but  she  retird  around  1980.