L'éventreur de Notre-Dame (1979)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Henri Bral de Boitselier (writer)
Jesus Franco (screenplay)

Release Date:

1979 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

...practitioner of gruesome satanic rites.

Plot:

A disturbed priest, who witness an occult ritual, thinks the people are possessed and start a private inquisition to exorcise the demons by torturing them to death. |

Plot Keywords:

Priest | Ritual | Paris | Cut Out Heart | Adultery

Cast

Lina Romay	...	Anne (as Rosa Almirall)
Catherine Lafferière	...	Martine
Jesus Franco	...	Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue (as Jess Frank)
Nadine Pascal	...	Rose, a sadist (as Lynn Monteil)
Pierre Taylou	...	Pierre de Franval
Roger Germanes	...	Malou, the deputy inspector
Monica Swinn	...	Maria, a sadist
France Nicolas	...	The Countess
Sam Marée	...	David Carter
François Guillaume	...	Martine's Lover
Caroline Rivière	...	Gina, the Nightclub Girl (as Carole Riviere)
Philippe Lebrun
Olivier Mathot	...	Inspector Tanner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio de Cabo	...	(extended edition)
Maria Forlan

Also Known As:

Chains and Black Leather (Canada: English title)
Demoniac (USA) (cut version)
El sádico de Notre-Dame (Spain)
Exorcism (UK) (DVD title)
Exorcism and Black Masses (USA) (X-rated version)
Exorcisme (France)
Exorcisme et messes noires (Belgium: French title) (racier version)
Exorcisms (USA) (video title)
Expériences sexuelles au château des jouisseuses (France)
Sexorcismes (reissue title (X-rated version))
The Ripper of Notre Dame
The Sadist of Notre Dame (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

95 min | Argentina:93 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

Belgium | France | Spain

Language:

French | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | UK:(Banned) (original rating) | UK:18 (re-rating) (cut)

Company:

Cetelci S.A.

Euro-trash porno/horror

EXORCISME (1974) ** Jesus Franco, Lina Romay. Jesus Franco directs and stars in this story about a crazed ex-priest who witnesses a series of staged "Black Masses." Convinced the participants are possessed by Satan, he kills them in order to "exorcise" their demons. Although this storyline has a lot of promise, numbingly repetitive dialogue and Franco's amateurish acting keep the film from reaching its true potential. It's also padded with numerous sex scenes--featuring suggested autoerotism, bondage, sexualized torture, lesbianism and an orgy, among other things--none of which serve to advance the plot. The result is a film that tries to be both porno and horror film, but doesn't really succeed at either.