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{{Infobox film
| name           = Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath
| image          = ClubSatanTheWitchesSabbath.jpg
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| caption        = DVD released by [[Extreme Associates]]
| native_name    = 
| director       = [[Shane Bugbee]]
| writer         = Amy Bugbee <br> Shane Bugbee
| screenplay     = 
| story          = 
| based_on       = 
| producer       = Mark Zane <br> [[Matt Zane]]
| starring       = Paris Gables
| narrator       = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = [[Hart D. Fisher]]
| music          = 
| studio         = Extreme Associates
| distributor    = Extreme Associates
| released       = {{Film date|2007|03|21|United States|ref1 = <ref name = "AVN3">{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/news/video/club-satan-to-throw-i-witches-sabbath-i-release-party-22317|title = ''Club Satan'' to Throw ''Witches Sabbath'' Release Party|last = Adams|first = Eddie|date = 14 March 2007|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>}}
| runtime        = 75 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath''''' (also known as '''''The Devil in Miss Gables''''') is a 2007 American [[Pornographic film|pornographic]] [[horror film]] written and directed by [[Shane Bugbee]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/shane-bugbee-searched-for-the-bad-side-of-america-and-didnt-find-it/|title = Shane Bugbee Searched for the Bad Side of America and Didn't Find It|last = Donaghey|first = River|date = 29 May 2013|website = vice.com|publisher = [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://theaither.com/culture-talk-shane-bugbee-discusses-satanism-his-latest-books-new-podcast-and-the-upcoming-days-of-rage-part-2-event/|title = Shane Bugbee Discusses Satanism, His Latest Books, New Podcast and the Upcoming 'Days of Rage Part 2' Event|date = 14 July 2019|website = theaither.com|publisher = The Aither|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> co-written by Amy Bugbee,<ref name = "AVN1">{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/news/video/tightfit-teams-with-shane-bugbee-11202|title = TightFit Teams with Shane Bugbee|last = Sullivan|first = David|date = 2 May 2007|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> and produced and distributed by [[Extreme Associates]]. The film was endorsed by the [[Church of Satan]], contains an actual [[Black Mass]], and was touted by its creators as being "the first Satanic porno film." It stars Paris Gables as Lilly, a churchgoing Catholic [[ingénue]] whose increasingly sexual thoughts lead to her embracing [[Satanism]]. An unproduced sequel, titled ''Club Satan: Bleed, Angels, Bleed'', was announced by Shane Bugbee in March 2007.<ref name = "FYI1">{{cite web|url = https://adultfyi.com/conversations-with-shane-bugbee3122007/|title = Conversations with Shane Bugbee- 3/12/2007|date = 12 March 2007|website = adultfyi.com|publisher = AdultFYI|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref><ref name = "FYI2">{{cite web|url = https://adultfyi.com/extreme-associates-makes-satanic-pactupdate/|title = Extreme Associates makes Satanic Pact- update|date = 12 May 2016|website = adultfyi.com|publisher = AdultFYI|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>

== Plot ==

Lilly, a virginal Catholic schoolgirl, visits a playground and then a church for [[Confession (religion)|Confession]]. It has been sixty-nine days since Lilly's last Confession, and she admits to being troubled by thoughts of rough sex with men and women, as well as incest with her parents and younger brother, and fears that these fantasies will condemn her to [[Hell]]. During Confession, Lilly suffers a breakdown, during which she alternates between tearfully chastising and harming herself and spewing [[blasphemy]] while masturbating with a [[Jesus]] figurine and a [[Bible]]. The priest sends Lilly to see a pair of nuns, who denigrate Lilly while abusing her physically and sexually, including with a [[crucifix]] and [[Prayer beads]]. Lilly, as she is being assaulted, fantasizes about having sex with the nuns, and about the nuns using the Jesus figurine to splash her with their urine in a mockery of [[Baptism]].

Lilly is deemed hopeless and kicked out of the church by the nuns and begins sobbing in an alleyway when she is approached by a man named [[Simon Iff]]. Iff comforts Lilly, reassures her that her desires are natural, and encourages her to give in to them, which Lilly does by performing oral sex on Iff. After Iff ejaculates on Lilly's face, he reveals that he somehow knows Lilly's name before inviting her to a gathering, reassuring Lilly, "You'll have a great time, I promise. And I also promise that you'll never feel bad again."

Hours later, Lilly visits the address given to her by Iff, a warehouse inhabited by a [[cult]] that worships [[Satan]], who manifests before Lilly. Lilly gives the "kiss of shame" ([[anilingus]]) to Satan, who then calls forth his five [[Secret Chiefs]], including Iff. A pair of [[high priest]]s and the Secret Chiefs induct Lilly into their cult by performing a [[Black Mass]] before the Secret Chiefs engage in a rough [[gang bang]] with Lilly. During the gang bang, Lilly drinks and drenches herself in "unholy blood" from a [[kapala]] and urinates on a ceramic bust of Jesus. The gang bang ends with four of the Secret Chiefs ejaculating onto Lilly's face while the fifth ejaculates onto the bust of Jesus, which is then smashed by Lilly after she proclaims herself to be "Satan's fucking whore."

The credits roll over footage of Lilly, now in [[Goth subculture|gothic]] attire, at a concert held by the [[Dark Funeral|Devil's Disciples]].

== Cast ==

{{Cast listing|
* Paris Gables as Lilly
* [[Matt Zane]] as High Priest #1
* [[Shane Bugbee]] as High Priest #2
* [[Dark Funeral]] as The Devil's Disciples
* [[Kyle Stone]] as [[Simon Iff]]/Secret Chief #5
* Frank Towers as [[Satan]]
* Dakota as Nun #1
* Cassandra Cruz as Nun #2
* Dominic Ross as Secret Chief #1
* Rick Masters as Secret Chief #2
* John West as Secret Chief #3
* Scott Lyons as Secret Chief #4
}}

== Production ==

''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath'' was produced by brothers [[Matt Zane|Matt]] and Mark Zane for [[Extreme Associates]].<ref name = "AVN2">{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/news/video/matt-zane-revisits-backstage-sluts-92964|title = Matt Zane Revisits ''Backstage Sluts''|last = Sullivan|first = David|date = 13 August 2008|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> The Zane Brothers' cousin, [[Rob Zicari|Rob Black]], was the owner of Extreme Associates and, according to writer and director [[Shane Bugbee]], the only pornographer who would listen to Bugbee's pitch for ''Club Satan.'' On working with Extreme Associates, Bugbee noted, "As far as creativity went, it was really freeing over there. It was very nice."<ref name = "FYI1"/> According to Matt, Bugbee's goal for the film was not to disgust viewers with repulsive acts but to destroy "the psychological and emotional taboos that society has set forth and engrained with endless social programming." Matt further stated, "This is not porn for mere entertainment, this has a philosophy within it."<ref name = "YNOT">{{cite web|url = https://www.ynot.com/the-devil-s-in-the-details-on-extreme-associates-club-satan-shoot/|title = The Devil's in the Details on Extreme Associates' ''Club Satan'' Shoot|date = 13 February 2007|website = ynot.com|publisher = YNOT|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> Bugbee's inspirations for the film included the [[Marquis de Sade]] and the [[Nancy Friday]] book ''Men in Love, Men's Sexual Fantasies: The Triumph of Love Over Rage.''<ref name = "FYI3">{{cite web|url = https://adultfyi.com/shane-bugbee-visits-ksex/|title = Shane Bugbee Visits KSEX|date = 12 May 2016|website = adultfyi.com|publisher = AdultFYI|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>

Joel Jet was the still photographer for ''Club Satan'' and allegedly stormed off the set in disgust due to being uncomfortable with the film "crossing the line" between pornography and religion, an incident corroborated by actor Rick Masters.<ref name = "YNOT"/> The film's editing and post-production were handled by [[Hart D. Fisher]] of Crime Pays, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ainews.xxx/2009/02/19/fisher-moorehead-alliance/|title = Fisher Moorehead Alliance|date = 19 February 2009|website = ainews.xxx|publisher = AINews|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://ainews.xxx/2009/02/25/d-is-for-demon-x-is-for-x/|title = D is for Demon, X is for... X|date = 25 February 2009|website = ainews.xxx|publisher = AINews|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> allegedly after Extreme Associates' in-house editor "wouldn't touch it."<ref name = "FYI1"/>

''Club Satan'' was the film debut of the black metal band [[Dark Funeral]], who contributed their song "King Antichrist" to the soundtrack of ''Club Satan.'' The band's scenes were shot both before and during a performance that they held at the Key Club in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles]], on January 21, 2007. During the show, the band subjected Paris Gables, the star of ''Club Satan'', to a mock [[human sacrifice]] in the name of [[Satan]]. On the band's inclusion in the film, Bugbee stated, "Their music sets a serious vibe... it has power and an almost supernatural energy; an energy that has emotions and inspires action."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/news/video/controversial-metal-band-to-appear-in-club-satan-release-22017|title = Controversial Metal Band to Appear In ''Club Satan'' Release|last = Adams|first = Eddie|date = 5 March 2007|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://blabbermouth.net/news/dark-funeral-makes-movie-debut-in-club-satan-the-witches-sabbath|title = DARK FUNERAL Makes Movie Debut In ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath''|date = 7 March 2007|website = [[blabbermouth.net]]|publisher = Blabbermouth|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>

In a press release by Extreme Associates, it was claimed that actors [[Kyle Stone]] and Rick Masters had both walked off the set of the film in disgust over a scene in which a ceramic bust of [[Jesus]] was ejaculated upon and smashed, with Masters having allegedly declared that Bugbee had "gone too far."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.xbiz.com/features/20118/images-of-heaven-that-take-me-to-hell|title = Images of heaven (that take me to Hell)|last = Ponante|first = Gram|date = 12 March 2007|website = xbiz.com|publisher = [[XBIZ]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> Stone and Masters both disputed this allegation, with both men claiming that they had not left the film's set and had not been asked to desecrate a bust of Jesus. Stone and Masters both asserted that they would not have done so, even if asked, with Stone stating, "I'm not a big fan of organized religion, but I'm not going to step on anybody else's beliefs, either."<ref name = "YNOT"/> In another press release, star Paris Gables claimed to have had an [[out-of-body experience]] during the film's climactic [[Black Mass]] and declared, "Since that shoot I have had endless nightmares, bad [[karma]] and a sinking feeling deep within my stomach. I see things at night around every corner and wonder if I am going even crazier than I already am. I think I need an [[exorcism]]!"<ref>{{cite web|url = https://adultfyi.com/extreme-associates-paris-gables-i-think-i-need-an-exorcism/|title = Extreme Associates Paris Gables: I Think I Need An Exorcism!|date = 12 May 2016|website = adultfyi.com|publisher = AdultFYI|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>

To promote the film, a website, www.clubsatan.com, was launched in February 2007. Visitors to the website could enter a contest to create their own trailers for ''Club Satan'', with the contest's winner getting the chance to be flown out to [[Los Angeles]] to direct a pornographic film scene for Extreme Associates.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/news/video/club-satan-gives-the-devil-his-due-20754|title = ''Club Satan'' Gives the Devil His Due|last = Albo|first = Mike|date = 3 February 2007|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> The website also contained a teaser trailer, picture and poster downloads, and samples of the soundtrack for ''Club Satan.''<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rogreviews.com/3898/extreme-associates-launches-club-satan-web-site/|title = Extreme Associates Launches ''Club Satan'' Web Site|last = Pipe|first = Roger|date = 2 February 2007|website = rogreviews.com|publisher = [[Roger T. Pipe|RogReviews]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref>

Bugbee, in the weeks preceding the film's release, feuded with detractors on [[Blabbermouth.net]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blabbermouth.net/news/satan-vs-blabbermouth-net-club-satan-director-slams-detractors|title = Satan Vs. BLABBERMOUTH.NET: ''Club Satan'' Director Slams Detractors|date = 11 March 2007|website = [[blabbermouth.net]]|publisher = Blabbermouth|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> as well as with the creators of ''Phallusifer—The Immoral Code'', another Satanic black metal adult film that was also released in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blabbermouth.net/news/black-metal-porn-directors-engage-in-war-of-words|title = Black Metal Porn Directors Engage In War Of Words|date = 16 March 2007|website = [[blabbermouth.net]]|publisher = Blabbermouth|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://blabbermouth.net/news/phallusifer-director-responds-to-hollywood-character-behind-club-satan-movie|title = ''Phallusifer'' Director Responds To 'Hollywood Character' Behind ''Club Satan'' Movie|date = 17 March 2007|website = [[blabbermouth.net]]|publisher = Blabbermouth|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref>

== Release ==

''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath'' was released [[direct-to-video]] by Extreme Associates on March 21, 2007,<ref name = "AVN3"/> after initially being announced for release on March 25.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blabbermouth.net/news/satanic-metal-forces-unite-behind-666-porn|title = Satanic Metal Forces Unite Behind 666 Porn|date = 10 March 2007|website = [[blabbermouth.net]]|publisher = Blabbermouth|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref> The release was celebrated with a party held at the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles]] club Ivar that featured "massive insane visuals, multi-media art shows, [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]], [[Sadomasochism|S&M]] and mind numbing explosions of the best industrial music available."<ref name = "AVN3"/>

Disputes with distributors led to two versions of ''Club Satan'' being released:<ref name = "FYI3"/> a standard one, available for purchase from most adult film retailers, and a Director's Cut, only available for purchase online and through [[video on demand]] from [[Extreme Associates]]. The Director's Cut contains footage of [[fisting]]<ref name = "FYI3"/> and "pissing nuns" as well as a "Cum Christ Scene."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://bravewords.com/news/club-satan-the-witches-sabbath-walpurgis-night-screenings-announced/|title = ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath'' – Walpurgis Night Screenings Announced|date = 23 April 2007|website = bravewords.com|publisher = [[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]]|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref> The physical editions of the Director's Cut came packaged with a bonus CD soundtrack containing songs by [[Acheron (band)|Acheron]], Crypt 33, [[Dark Funeral]], [[Electric Wizard]], Fuckemos, Heathen Barrett Urban, Namsilat, [[Society 1]], and Wicked Little Dolls.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://bravewords.com/news/club-satan-the-witches-sabbath-directors-cut-to-contain-bonus-cd-soundtrack-dark-funeral-archeron-society-1-featured/|title = ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath'' Director's Cut To Contain Bonus CD Soundtrack; DARK FUNERAL, ARCHERON, SOCIETY 1 Featured|date = 30 March 2007|website = bravewords.com|publisher = [[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]]|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>

The Director's Cut of ''Club Satan'' was screened in [[New York City]], [[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], and [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]], in celebration of [[Walpurgis Night]] on April 30, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/news/video/satanic-porn-flick-screens-on-walpurgis-night-10896|title = Satanic Porn Flick Screens on Walpurgis Night|last = Sullivan|first = David|date = 24 April 2007|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref> An afterparty was held in Chicago at Exit 1315 W. North Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ynot.com/witches-sabbath-screening-set-for-high-satanic-holiday/|title = ''Witches Sabbath'' Screening Set for High Satanic Holiday|date = 24 April 2007|website = ynot.com|publisher = YNOT|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref> Other screenings for the film's Director's Cut were announced for [[Los Angeles]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Atlanta]], [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.xbiz.com/news/22688/club-satan-world-premiere-on-walpurgis-night|title = ''Club Satan'' World Premiere on Walpurgis Night|date = 25 April 2007|website = xbiz.com|publisher = [[XBIZ]]|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref>

According to producer [[Matt Zane]], the film did not sell as well as expected, with Zane lamenting, "The press and interest was there, but getting that movie placed in stores was next to impossible."<ref name = "AVN2"/>

== Reception ==

''[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]'' gave ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath'' a score of 4/5 and wrote, "With a metal soundtrack, dark lighting, grainy effects and Paris Gables playing the role of an uncontrollable [[Hypersexuality|nymphomaniac]] who submits herself to the will of the Christian faith, score one for the Satanists."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://avn.com/movies/club-satan-the-witches-sabbath-7001|title = ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath''|date = 17 September 2007|website = avn.com|publisher = [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date = 26 October 2025}}</ref> Oren Cohen, the owner of TightFit Productions, similarly praised the film, writing, "It's amazing—to say that Shane's done a lot with a little is an understatement."<ref name = "AVN1"/> Denis Sheehan of Askew Reviews praised Paris Gables's performance and the film's "hectic" atmosphere and concluded, "Loaded with occult rituals, sacrilegious behavior, and backed with a black/death metal soundtrack, ''Club Satan'' certainly is not a movie for the faint of heart, or even the seasoned porno veteran."<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.askewreviews.com/adults/club_satan.htm|title = ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath''|last = Sheehan|first = Dennis|publisher = [[Internet Archive]]|website = askewreviews.com|access-date = 26 October 2025|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190904080615/http://www.askewreviews.com/adults/club_satan.htm|archive-date = 4 September 2019}}</ref> While ViceList commended all but the film's first and final sex scenes, it also opined, "There is this constant attempt from [[Extreme Associates|EA]] to put out movies that combine hardcore sex with an anti-religious message. And with each flick, there seems to be more set-ups and far less sex. At some point, you have to realize that you're not making porn anymore and just save the sex for something filthier. Nobody wants to be preached at while they're jerking off."<ref>{{cite web|url = http://vicelist.com/viceblog/DVD-Review-Club-Satan-The-Witches-Sabath.html|title = DVD Review: ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath''|date = 25 November 2007|publisher = [[Internet Archive]]|website = vicelist.com|access-date = 26 October 2025|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090314192428/http://vicelist.com/viceblog/DVD-Review-Club-Satan-The-Witches-Sabath.html|archive-date = 14 March 2009}}</ref>

The film was nominated for Most Outrageous Sex Scene at the [[25th AVN Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2008Nominations.pdf|title = The 2008 AVN Awards Nominations|publisher = [[Internet Archive]]|website = [[AVN (magazine)|avnawards]].com|access-date = 1 November 2025|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080227073556/http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2008Nominations.pdf|archive-date = 27 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://adultfyi.com/2-girls-1-cup-matt-zane-zane-women-rather-see-creampies-than-people-making-love-on-a-pirate-ship/|title = ''2 Girls, 1 Cup'' & Matt Zane; Zane: Women rather see creampies than people making love on a pirate ship|date = 13 May 2016|website = adultfyi.com|publisher = AdultFYI|access-date = 27 October 2025}}</ref> but lost to ''Ass Blasting Felching Anal Whores.''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=88772&mi=all&q=2008+avn|title = AVN Announces 2008 Adult Movie Awards Winners|last = Javors|first = Steve|date = 13 January 2008|publisher = [[Internet Archive]]|website = [[XBIZ]].com|access-date = 1 November 2025|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150417010452/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=88772&mi=all&q=2008+avn|archive-date = 17 April 2015}}</ref>

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== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|1289541}}
* ''[https://www.iafd.com/title.rme/id=d0c31b86-bde2-49f5-a077-c81fd6c3c29c Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath]'' at the [[Internet Adult Film Database]]

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