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22 November 1974 (Italy) more
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Deliver her from evil. more
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Ippolita is a paralyzed young woman with serious mental problems stemming from the death of her mother... more | add synopsis
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Creepy movie plenty of horrible and disgusting images more (36 total)

Cast

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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)
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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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112 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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
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Creepy movie plenty of horrible and disgusting images, 30 September 2008
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Author: ma-cortes from Santander Spain

This filthy and spooky movie concerns about Hipolita(Carla Gravina), she's a invalid young with unsettling problems from his mother died for a car crash in an accident along with her father(Mel Ferrer) and then she resulted paralyzed. She only has understanding for his brother(Remo Girone.)Her mental problems and intervention a medic(Umberto Orsini) lead to an act of possession by an ancestor framed as witch by the Inquisition. She's deeply possessed and begins seducing a young. An exorcism by a Father(George Colouris) exorcist seems to be the only mean to heal the young invalid.

This exploitation picture displays eerie horror,witchcraft, grisly killing,bestiality, satanism and lots of blood and gore. Large cast with American actors working in Italy, such as Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, and George Colouris.Revolting, horrible scenes and nasties images take place on orgy scenes with goat included .Packs luxurious scenarios with a lush corridor plenty of sculptures and careful cinematography reflecting glamorous sets by Joe DÁmato, though cheesy special effects on the levitation scenes. Creepy and adequate to terror musical score by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. The motion picture is regularly directed by Alberto De Martino. He's an Italian craftsman, working from the 60s in all kind of genres and B movies. As, he directed Peplum(Secret seven, Spartan gladiators, Invincible gladiator, Valley of stone men), Spaghetti Western(Django shoots first, Providence, Charge of seven cavalry),Warlike(Dirty heroes), European spies genre(OK Connery, Operation Lady Chaplin), and Terror(Miami Golem, Horror, Holocaust 2000), among others.

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