Through the Looking Glass
A Serious Breakthrough for the Artistic Treatment of Explicit Sex
A woman living in an oppressive marriage discovers a terrifying sexual presence lurking in the house’s attic.
Horror
6.2
17 reviewsRuntime: 91 min.
Budget: $200,000
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1976-09-22
Director(s): Jonas Middleton
Production: Mastermind Productions
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0075324
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Martin Oaks★ 9/102/26/2026
**Elegant and erotic onirism** The sensual and wonderfully enigmatic Catharine Burgess plays Catherine, a woman still tormented by the death of her father, and mired in deep emotional repression. Catherine ends up venturing into a depraved sexual hell through an ancient mirror stored in the attic of her mansion. Going through it, Catherine immerses herself in a world of surreal fantasies where her most hidden desires materialize, and where her own father claims her again to continue abusing her. Through erotic encounters with figures that defy logic and time, Catherine begins a process of sexual catharsis and personal liberation, confronting her traumas while navigating a dreamscape that blurs the border between reality and delirium. “Through the Looking Glass” stands as one of the aesthetic summits of the "Golden Age" of adult cinema, distancing itself from crude realism to embrace a highly cinematic gothic surrealism. Catharine Burgess's interpretation manages to convey a psychological evolution and an exacerbated eroticism. His transition from melancholic frigidity to sensory plenitude is the axis that sustains the entire narrative. Jonas Middleton's direction uses the mirror as a visual tool to unfold the identity of the protagonist, and the soft lighting and the use of baroque sets provide an unusual technical sophistication, attempting to convey this exploration of the subconscious. Catherine's encounters function as mirrors of her own internal conflicts, elevating the explicit content to a category of psychological drama.