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Director:
Alberto De Martino
Writers:
Gianfranco Clerici (writer)
Alberto De Martino (writer)
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Release Date:
22 November 1974 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Deliver her from evil. more
Plot:
Ippolita is a paralyzed young woman with serious mental problems stemming from the death of her mother... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)
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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lea Lander ... Mariangela (uncredited)
John Francis Lane ... Party guest (uncredited)
Giuseppe Marrocco ... Oderisi servant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alberto De Martino 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Gianfranco Clerici  writer
Alberto De Martino  writer
Vincenzo Mannino  writer

Produced by
Edmondo Amati .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ennio Morricone 
Bruno Nicolai 
 
Cinematography by
Joe D'Amato  (as Aristide Massaccesi)
 
Film Editing by
Vincenzo Tomassi 
 
Art Direction by
Uberto Bertacca 
 
Makeup Department
Euclide Santoli .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Alfredo Nicolai .... production manager
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Adolfo Troiani .... camera operator
 
Other crew
Peter Fernandez .... voice director (English version)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blasphemy (USA) (poster title)
The Antichrist (International: English title) (informal literal title)
The Tempter (USA) (dubbed version)
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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:18 (uncut DVD version) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | 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 more

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Just honestly bad, 13 November 2000
Author: Feldspar-3 (feldspar@cryogen.com) from Massachusetts

There are exactly two elements in this movie that work. The first is a well-done special effect of an imploding screen. The second is the choice to have the saliva of the possessed woman bear an unmistakable resemblance to... another substance. This becomes the only element of the sexual subtext that is genuinely unsettling, rather than just unpleasant and nasty.

Other than that, this is a poorly-made attempt to rip off "The Exorcist". And by "rip off", I don't mean just that this was a possession movie made to cash in on the popularity of "The Exorcist"; I mean that elements from the Blatty/Friedkin production are copied so shamelessly that it evokes disbelieving laughter at the effrontery.

Sadly, "The Tempter" fails to do what "The Exorcist" did, and give those elements a context that makes sense. The Blatty/Friedkin film remains compelling because it is a mystery; it is not about the shocking visual effects but rather of a truth that no one wants to believe. Every scene contains a clue to the mystery; every clue chips away at civilized denial that such a thing could happen. This movie could actually have gone "The Exorcist" one better, by constructing the same sort of mystery and treating the strong subtext of sexual temptation as a piece of the puzzle and not just a chance for cheap thrills. Instead, this movie is made with the vague notion that projectile vomiting at a priest is boffo box office, baby. "The Exorcist" is clockwork inside and "The Tempter" is just Jell-O.

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