The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

1954·38'

Kenneth Anger

FantasyHorror

EN - English

Letterboxd TMDB #43337

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.

Cast

Samson De Brier Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast Marjorie Cameron The Scarlet Woman / Kali

Joan Whitney Aphrodite

Katy Kadell Isis

Renate Druks Lilith Anaïs Nin Astarte

Paul Mathison Pan Curtis Harrington Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker Kenneth Anger Hecate

Peter Loome Ganymede