The Possessed
(1975)
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The Possessed
(1975)
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Julián Mateos | ... |
Father Juan
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Marián Salgado | ... |
Susan Barnes
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Fernando Sancho | ... |
Police Chief
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Lone Fleming | ... |
Anne Crawford
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Ángel del Pozo | ... |
Mr. Barnes
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Kali Hansa | ... |
Gypsy Witch
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Daniel Martín | ... |
William Grant
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Tota Alba | ... |
Mother Gautère
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Roberto Camardiel | ... |
Managing Editor
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María Kosty | ... |
Esther
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Fernando Hilbeck |
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Julia Saly | ... |
Barnes' maid
(as La Pocha)
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María Vidal | ... |
Simona Comodare - Mother of the first sacrificed child
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Concha Gómez Conde | ... |
Mother of the kidnapped child
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Ernesto Vañes |
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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. Written by Humberto Amador
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.