'' Tragic Ceremony '' ( , ) is a 1972 horror film directed by Riccardo Freda ( credited as Robert Hampton ) and starring Camille Keaton , Tony Isbert , and Máximo Valverde . Its plot follows a group of young people who find themselves haunted in the hours after witnessing a black mass while lodging at a remote estate during a rainstorm . The film received a limited theatrical release in Italy on 20 December 1972 . In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective " Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano : Italian Kings of the Bs " at the 61st Venice International Film Festival . The film was never dubbed in English and had no real distribution outside of Spain and Italy . It is only available in subtitled form
61st Venice International Film Festival
61st Venice International Film Festival
Tragic Ceremony