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Alberto De Martino's imitative occult horror film, photographed by Aristide Massaccesi (aka Joe D'Amato), is probably the best of numerous Italian copies of The Exorcist that flooded theaters in the m... read more read more...id-'70s. Carla Gravina stars as Ippolita, a paralyzed young woman with serious mental problems stemming from the death of her mother. Her crisis of faith and the intervention of a well-meaning psychologist lead Ippolita to remember her past life as a witch during the Inquisition. Eventually, Ippolita becomes possessed and starts seducing local men, only to break their necks. Eventually, she sleeps with her brother, makes a local sorcerer lick vomit from her hand, and levitates out the window. It takes an exorcism performed by an aging monk (George Coulouris) and the family housekeeper (Alida Valli) to restore order. De Martino and the talented cast manage a few chilling moments despite the predictable storyline, and Gravina is quite good in the lead. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Alberto De Martino

Release Date: February 27, 1974

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DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005

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  • September 15, 2011
    An enjoyable but dated and cheesy Italian "Exorcist" rip-off. It doesn't have the exact same story as The Exorcist but it borrows heavily from it but without managing to be as scary or chilling and a lot of its attempts to be so end up being quite funny, particularly the obscene ... read morelanguage. The effects haven't aged well, especially the optical effects, but there's effort been put into it and for its day it isn't a bad film considering its budget. It's well shot, has a good central performance and an effectively moody and atmospheric score. The film starts off slow but gets better as it goes along. Not that effective as a serious horror movie anymore though.
  • January 27, 2009
    Italian rip-off of the Exorcist that just kind of misses the mark. The victim in this case isn't a vulnerable little girl, it's a woman in a wheelchair with daddy issues and somewhere around levitating paraplegic ... the spell of the movie was broken for me.
  • September 27, 2008
    seriously awfull optical effects doesnt stop this one from being a highly enjoyable Exorcist rip off. good stuff!

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Sarah Boslaugh
October 30, 2009
Sarah Boslaugh, Playback:stl

Now von Trier's trying his hand at the horror porn genre without abandoning the genital close-ups, making Antichrist a sort of horror porn squared. Full Review

Pablo Villaca
February 9, 2005
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

O único elemento que merece elogios, nesta cópia patética de O Exorcista, é a bela Carla Gravina; o resto deve ser exorcizado de nossas memórias.

Scott Weinberg
October 18, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

It involves Satan, a possessed woman's tongue and a billy goat's butthole. Again, the distinction between scary and unpleasant becomes revoltingly clear. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
October 8, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

Geoff Andrew
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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