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(1976)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man and woman are seen in bed. She removes her top. Her breasts are seen. She rolls over and is seen from the side and back. Her buttocks are visible. The man is nude. His pubic hair is visible but no penis.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is haunted by a mysterious cloaked figure in the woods near his house. He tries to pursue it a couple of times.
  • An old man is seen stalking the main character, showing up at his house and staring at him.
  • A man goes to confront the old man and to tell him to leave him alone. The old man ignores him and will not speak. Out of frustration the man gets into a scuffle with another man and the police break it up.
  • A woman goes into an old man's house and enters his basement looking for occult objects. She finds a wax ball and steals it. The old man shows up with a gun and wrestles with her.
  • A man sets fire to his studio that is under construction. A witch tells him an incantation to recite at the fire. He struggles with firemen trying to put out the fire. Two policemen arrest him.
  • A man has some kind of physical attack in a store. He grabs his chest, struggles to keep standing and falls down. People come and help him up.
  • A recurring memory bothers a man who accidentally struck a little girl with his car and killed her.

Profanity

  • At least one G-D.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several people are seen smoking. A witch is seen drinking whiskey. A man is seen drinking in a bar briefly.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There is a fair amount of tension throughout the film as a man is tormented, stalked and pursued by evil forces. The scenes with a hooded cloaked figure are fairly impressive but tame by today's standards.

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Violence & Gore

  • A witch holds a ceremony to rid the man of the curse put upon him by the old man. Two women and one man are present. There are incantations spoken, candles lit and a bell rung. At the end, the old man walks in with a gun and shoots the witch dead.
  • An old man runs from the house where a witch has conducted a ceremony to free a man from a curse put on him by the old man. He is pursued by something unseen and flees, tossing his gun aside. A shadow moves upon him as he lies on the ground.

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