Mark of the Devil (1970)

Quite brutal, especially for its time, Mark of the Devil is an intentionally frustrating watch as most witch hunting movies are. We know these women (and occasionally men) are innocent, yet we're powerless to do anything to help them. 

The torture scenes are exploitative, to be sure, yet they exude a hypnotic fascination, particularly those involving a young woman who was sexually assaulted by a member of the clergy and continues to scream the truth even to her eventual demise.A troubled production, the film unfolds in a slightly episodic fashion, yet there's a strong through line involving a dashing Udo Kier and the fetching Olivera Katarina as unrequited lovers and their attempts to circumvent the evils of head witch finder Herbert Lom and a truly ugly example of man's misogyny and hatred of women, The Albino, played with contemptible glee by Kurt Barlow himself, Reggie Nalder. 

If there's one thing to glean from Mark of the Devil, it's this:You don’t accuse Herbert Lom of having a limp dick without facing severe consequences.