It stars Robert Englund in a dual role, as both Chevalier and the Marquis de Sade.

The film has received several negative reviews, noting Hooper's lower quality output following the release of Poltergeist.

A young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier, who is a descendant of the Marquis de Sade.

"[4] Englund noted that the script was changed so that it was no longer about de Sade, but based on a collection of his erotic short stories, and that he would be playing a descendant of him as well as playing de Sade himself in a number of flashbacks.

[4] Englund commented "I wasn't too thrilled about it, and the producers realized it, so to keep me happy, they hired one of my favourite directors .