Tourist Lisa (Elke Sommer) gets lost in Spain. She accepts a ride from a rich man, his wife and a chauffeur. They break down in front of a mansion with a blind woman (Alida Valli), her gorgeous son (Alessio Orano) and their butler (Terry Savalas). They stay for dinner and really strange things start to happen. The movie looks great. It has beautiful sets, tons of atmosphere (LOTS of fog) and creepy lighting. But the film moves VERY slowly and it's really confusing until the last half-hour when things start to come together. The big problem is the movie isn't scary. It's a HORROR film, but you'd never guess. There are a few gory, scary murders but that's it. Most of the acting is bad except for Savalas (who's enjoying every minute of it) and Orano (so incredibly handsome and giving a fine, low-key performance). If you like beautiful, quiet, slow, nonscary horror films, this is for you.
The reditied "House of Exorcism" is much much worse. "Lisa" had a (mostly) understandable plot..."House" doesn't. New footage of Sommer being possessed is intercut with footage from "Lisa" and it doesn't work. It's totally incoherent. Sommer is very good played a possessed woman (I was surprised at some of the things she said) but it can't save the film. To be avoided at all costs.
The reditied "House of Exorcism" is much much worse. "Lisa" had a (mostly) understandable plot..."House" doesn't. New footage of Sommer being possessed is intercut with footage from "Lisa" and it doesn't work. It's totally incoherent. Sommer is very good played a possessed woman (I was surprised at some of the things she said) but it can't save the film. To be avoided at all costs.