1960s drama in which a couple on holiday in Tangiers find themselves caught up in a mystery involving a missing woman and the slave trade. Stephen Armstrong (George Nader) and his wife Marie (Ann Smyrner) are horrified when they hear that a woman known to them, the beautiful Diane (Maria Rohm), has gone missing. They duly agree to help investigate and come across conniving magician Manderville (Vincent Price) and his assistant Rebecca (Martha Hyer), who appear to be affiliated to a mysterious place known as the 'House of 1,000 Dolls'. Have the pair been using their hypnotic abilities for evil purposes?

Spanish director Jésus Franco directs this controversial sado-masochistic drama, regarded by many as his masterpiece. Based on the novel 'Philosophy in the Boudoir' by Marquis De Sade, the film tells the story of an innocent young woman, Eugenie (Marie Liljedahl), who is taken by her father (Franco regular Jack Taylor) to stay at an island paradise at the request of the elegant Madame de Saint Ange (Maria Rohm), with whom he is obsessed. There, Eugenie becomes the unwitting pawn in a game of sexual debauchery and sadomasochistic pleasure as the enigmatic hostess and her stepbrother conspire to corrupt her, transforming her from a virginal innocent into a sexually-charged, drug-addicted sadist.