Black Magic Rites (Italian: Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel Trecento..., lit.

[1]: 104  It was initially submitted on 31 July 1972 and again on 11 August, where it was again rejected with the censors stating that the film "consists of a rambling series of sadistic sequences, meant to urge, through extreme cruelty mixed with degenerate eroticism, the lowest sexual instincts".

[1]: 104 Black Magic Rites was released in Italy as Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel Trecento... where it was distributed theatrically by Primula Cinematografica on 17 January 1973.

"[1]: 103  Writer Scott Aaron Stine echoed the plotless statements, saying that the film had "no story, no real narrative" and just "offers bits of filler between scenes of gratuitous sex and violence.

"[4] The review commented on the plot, stating that "conventional genre film admirers may find the proceedings baffling and a mite pretentious, one cannot argue that Polselli has a particular talent for combining Gothic horror with disturbing and often indelible erotic imagery.