Draft:The Devil's Mistress (1965 film)

The Devil's Mistress is a 1965 American western horror film, directed and written by Orville Wanzer. The film's plot follows Liah, an Indian half-caste, who takes her revenge on four ruthless cowboy desperadoes who have gunned down her husband for the sheer joy of killing.

Cast

 * Joan Stapleton - Athaliah
 * Robert Gregory - Frank
 * Wes Moreland - Charlie
 * Douglas Warren - Joe
 * Oren Williams - Will
 * Arthur Resley - Jeroboam

Production
Filming took place in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Reception
An review from Movies and Mania reads: "The Devil’s Mistress is not a coherent picture; that may have been the point. Questions are posed but never answered. The couple has travelled from Salem, “to escape religious persecution” – is the woman, Liah, a witch? Why does the meat they serve their ravenous houseguests taste strange? Is Liah avenging herself by causing the deaths of these men – two of whom she kisses passionately, imparting some kind of fatal malady; another is bitten by a rattler; the fourth dies by hanging – or is she the agent of a higher power: “I will send the poison of the serpent and the mouth of the beast upon them”? The ending is characteristically enigmatic."