Anticristo, L' (1974)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Gianfranco Clerici (writer)
Alberto De Martino (writer)

Release Date:

27 February 1975 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Tagline:

Deliver her from evil.

Plot:

Hipolita (Carla Gravina) is a paralyzed young woman with serious mental problems stemming from the death of her mother...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Nipples | Good Versus Evil | Saliva | Possessed

Cast

Carla Gravina	...	Ippolita Oderisi
Mel Ferrer	...	Massimo Oderisi
Arthur Kennedy	...	Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
George Coulouris	...	Father Mittner
Alida Valli	...	Irene
Mario Scaccia	...	Faith Healer
Umberto Orsini	...	Dr. Marcello Sinibaldi
Anita Strindberg	...	Greta
Remo Girone	...	Filippo Oderisi
Ernesto Colli	...	Possessed Man
Bruno Tocci	...	Possessed Man's Friend
Beatrice De Bono	...	Woman healed by statue
Vittorio Fanfoni	...	(credit only)
Luigi Antonio Guerra	...	(credit only)

Also Known As:

Blasphemy (USA) (poster title)
The Antichrist (International: English title) (informal literal title)
The Tempter (USA) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) (1975) | Norway:18 (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Capitolina Produzioni Cinematografiche

Movie Connections:

References The Exorcist (1973)

Rip-off Yes, But Still a Decent Film

I remember seeing this movie when I worked at one of my local video stores back in 1998. The description of the movie on the box was rather hilarious as it is obviously bashing itself by saying "Move over Linda Blair". Yes, this is one of the many rip-offs of the famous Friedkin directed film "The Excorcist". Now, just because it was a blatant rip-off does not mean that it wasn't a decent film.

First of all, this movie has a very good and creepy soundtrack done by Ennio Morricone. If it weren't for the soundtrack this movie would not have been very good. Second, one of the leading stars in the movie is the infamous Mel Ferrer who has been in many Italian horror flicks in the later part of his acting career. Third, the atmosphere of this movie is actually very well done. It was done well enough to keep your interest high.

Unfortuanitly, the down parts of the movie are when the lead actress who gets possessed starts talking just like Linda Blair in "The Excorcist" and she also starts vomiting green crap all over the place just like in "The Excorcist". But if you are a fan of this genre of film making than you can overlook these blatant rip-offs. All in all, I liked this movie. It is nothing great but still enjoyable and worth watching. 7\10 stars