Film

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

6.4195438mFantasy Horror

Director: Kenneth Anger
Year: 1954

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.

Top cast

Samson De Brier

Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

Marjorie Cameron

The Scarlet Woman / Kali

Joan Whitney

Aphrodite

Katy Kadell

Isis

Renate Druks

Lilith

Anaïs Nin

Astarte

Paul Mathison

Pan

Curtis Harrington

Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker

Kenneth Anger

Hecate

Peter Loome

Ganymede

Directed by

Kenneth Anger

Written by

Kenneth Anger