Exorcismo (1975)

A young woman participates (unknowingly) in a satanic ceremony and gets possessed by the spirit of her late father.

Director:

Juan Bosch

Writers:

Juan Bosch, Jordi Gigó,

Stars:

Paul Naschy, Maria Perschy, María Kosty

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Paul Naschy	...	Father Adrian Dunning
Maria Perschy	...	Patricia
María Kosty	...	Deborah
Mercedes Molina	...	Leila (as Grace Mills)
Jordi Torras	...	Dr. Lewton Buchanan
Luis Induni	...	Udo
Roger Leveder	...	Richard Harrington
Joan Llaneras	...	John (as Juan Llaneras)
Marta Avilés	...	Sandra
Juan Velilla	...	Comisario
Florencio Calpe	...	Christian
Dora Santacreu	...	Abigail

Storyline

The story in this horror movie involves a young woman's unknowing participation in a satanic ceremony which causes her to be possessed by the spirit of her dead father. She promptly begins exhibiting the standard symptoms - curses, vomiting, and even twisting the heads of a few people 180 degrees. Naschy plays the village priest summoned to perform the rites of exorcism, and must fend off the possessed's lewd advances before casting the evil spirit out of her body.

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Plot Keywords:

priest | exorcism | village | raid | maid | 

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Taglines:

A theme that has thrilled audiences all over the world - now terrifyingly set forth.

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

10 March 1975 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Exorcism

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 35,954,270 (Spain) (3 March 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Profilmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color (Gevacolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paul Naschy's voice was dubbed by Jack Taylor for the English language version of the film.

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Connections

Referenced in Naschy of the Full Moon (2011)

User Reviews

Dull Exorcist rip-off, not worth seeing!

While I certainly consider The Exorcist to be a horror classic, I have to admit that I don't hold it in quite as high regard as many other horror fans do. As a consequence of that, I haven't seen many of The Exorcist rip-offs, and if Exorcismo is anything to go by, I'll have to say that's a good thing as this film is boring as hell and certainly not worth spending ninety minutes on it! In fairness to the other Exorcist rip-offs, this is often considered one of the worst, and so maybe it wasn't the best place for me to start. It's not hard to guess what the plot will be: basically it's the same as the one in The Exorcist and sees a girl get possessed by a demonic spirit (which happens to be the spirit of her dead father). The village priest is then called in to perform the exorcism. Like many Spanish horror films, this one stars Paul Naschy, who is pretty much the best thing about the film. Exorcismo was directed by Juan Bosch, who previously directed the derivative Spanish Giallo 'The Killer Wore Gloves'. I haven't seen any of his other films, but on the basis of these two: I believe that originality wasn't one of his strong points. There's not a lot of good things I can say about the film itself; it mostly just plods along and the exorcism scene isn't worth waiting for. I certainly don't recommend it!