A Candle for the Devil (1973)

by Mark Murton

Original Title: Una vela para el diablo

Also Known As: It Happened at Nightmare Inn

Directed by: Eugenio Martin

Synopsis: Sisters Marta (Aurora Bautista) and Verónica (Esperanza Roy) run a small hotel in Spain and come up with a questionable way of dealing with any female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.

Purr Blur: As Verónica leaves the hotel and makes her way up the street a gray and white tabby cat can be seen sitting washing itself.

A Candle for the Devil - Una vela para el diablo - Verónica Esperanza Roy walking on street with gray and white tabby cat preening

Absorbed in its ablutions, the kitty doesn’t react as she passes by.

A Candle for the Devil - Una vela para el diablo - Verónica Esperanza Roy walking on street with gray and white tabby cat preening animated gif

Final Mewsings: Cats may not always be moralistic but at least they are squeaky clean.

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