The Possessed (1975)
"La endemoniada" (original title)

An old witch seeks vengence through the daughter of the politician who had her thrown in jail. Soon the little girl's head is spinning around, and an old priest is called in to perform an ... See full summary »

Director:

Amando de Ossorio

Writer:

Amando de Ossorio

Stars:

Julián Mateos, Marián Salgado, Fernando Sancho

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julián Mateos	...	Father Juan
Marián Salgado	...	Susan Barnes
Fernando Sancho	...	Police Chief
Lone Fleming	...	Anne Crawford
Ángel del Pozo	...	Mr. Barnes
Kali Hansa	...	Gypsy Witch
Daniel Martín	...	William Grant
Tota Alba	...	Mother Gautère
Roberto Camardiel	...	Managing Editor
María Kosty	...	Esther
Fernando Hilbeck
Julia Saly	...	Barnes' maid (as La Pocha)
María Vidal	...	Simona Comodare - Mother of the first sacrificed child
Concha Gómez Conde	...	Mother of the kidnapped child
Ernesto Vañes

Storyline

An old witch seeks vengence through the daughter of the politician who had her thrown in jail. Soon the little girl's head is spinning around, and an old priest is called in to perform an exorcism.

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Plot Keywords:

priest | politician | exorcism | witch | child in peril | 

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Taglines:

Good and evil battle for possession of the innocent!

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

May 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Possessed

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 12,764,676 (Spain) (3 March 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Isaac Hernández Poncela, Richard Films P.C.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because Linda Blair was dubbed by Marián Salgado in the Spanish version of The Exorcist, director Amando de Ossorio cast Salgado as the lead in his answer to the successful American horror movie.

User Reviews

Mediocre Exorcist clone

This film apparently was a Spanish attempt to cash in on the success of The Exorcist, which came out the year before. To sum up the cliche'd plot, a cult of Satanic gypsies kidnaps a little baby boy, and the police arrest an old gypsie witch that they suspect has the child. The witch jumps out of a window to her death, but manages to possess the police chief's teenage daughter. The girl starts getting a foul mouth on her, and later transforms into a teenager version of the old witch and sacrifices the missing baby to Satan and then proceeds to kill a few more people for good measure. After the little witch tries to kidnap her baby cousin to sacrifice, finally a priest tries to exorcise her leading to the rather pointless ending.

Overall, the movie was very slow and had little originality to offer. The violence wasn't particularly gory or graphic and there aren't many special effects to speak of. The only good thing I can say for this movie is that they did a good job of making the transformed version of the young girl look a lot like the old witch.