L'Anticristo
AKA: The Anti Christ
The Tempter
Hexen, Satanisch Gequalt Schrein nach Erlosung
Schwarze Messe Der Damonen
(1974)
Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast:
| Carla Gravina | ........................ | Ippolita |
| Mel Ferrer | ........................ | Massimo Oderisi |
| Arthur Kennedy | ........................ | The Bishop |
| George Coulouris | ........................ | Father Mittner |
| Alida Valli | ........................ | Irene |
| Mario Scaccia | ........................ | Faith Healer |
| Umberto Orsini | ........................ | Dr. Marcello Sinibaldi |
| Anita Strindberg | ........................ | Gretel |
| Ernesto Colli | ||
| Remo Girone | ........................ | Felippo Oderisi |
| Lea Lander | ........................ | Mariangela |
The paralyzed young woman is suffering from a childhood trauma and slowly starts showing signs of being possessed by an ancestor who was forced to become a nun, but left the convent to join a satanic cult. Her uncle Kennedy, a priest, knows what to do.
Some good, effective sequences highlight this chiller that is not really that similar to the Friedkin classic. Unsettling score by Ennio Morricone, who -- like director De Martino -- pulls all the stops at the thrilling finale. Photographed by Joe D'Amato!
Review by Paul Rockall: Fucking outrageous "Exorcist" rip off. The central performance by Carla Gravina coupled with the silly English dubbing wouldn't have looked out of place in the Leslie Nielsen spoof "Repossessed" but she is great fun once she starts levitating, puking, cursing and going down on a goat! Read More....
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Runtime: 112 to 91 mins.
Note: The Italian domestic version is the most complete version of this movie. The Candian release is the next best, only slightly cut and still clocking in close to 112 mins. Don't be fooled by the box which reads "96 mins." The UK release is perhaps the most heavily censored. The movie has been outright banned in some countries (Finland, for example).
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