Witchcraft ’70 is a 1969 Italian mondo shockumentary originally titled Angeli Bianchi… Angeli Neri (“White Angel, Black Angel”). It was directed by Luigi Scattini (Sexy magico; Sweden: Heaven and Hell) and features a notable soundtrack by Piero Umilian that has been issued on CD and a gatefold vinyl album.
The US release featured additional sequences by sexploitation director Lee Frost (The House on Bare Mountain; Mondo Freudo; Love Camp 7; The Thing with Two Heads). In the UK it was released as The Satanists.
The film features Church of Satan leader Anton LaVey and his wife Diane LaVey, African witchcraft and Indian Kali worship. The Italian version was narrated by Alberto Bevilacqua whilst the English language release featured the voice of exploitation regular Edmund Purdom (Absurd; Pieces; Don’t Open Till Christmas).
