Teenage Exorcist

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Michael Berryman and Brinke Stevens in Teenage Exorcist (1991)

A college grad student moves into an old mansion and is soon beset by evil demons who possess her and make her life a living hell.A college grad student moves into an old mansion and is soon beset by evil demons who possess her and make her life a living hell.A college grad student moves into an old mansion and is soon beset by evil demons who possess her and make her life a living hell.

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Trivia
According to screenwriter/star Brinke Stevens, Eddie Deezen's role was originally written for a cute girl. However, after Deezen was cast, Brinke had to do frantic rewriting on the set. Sally and Diane were also only friends in the original script. Someone working on the film thought that Brinke and Elena Sahagun resembled each other, so the script was re-written to make them sisters.

Quotes
Diane: I'm so helpless here you culd do anything you wanted to me.

Connections
Featured in Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era (2011)

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House of the Devil

Teenage Exorcist (1991)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

A teenager (Brinke Stevens) buys a house and gets a terrific deal on it from the Realtor (Michael Berryman) who is practically giving it away. Soon the teenager learns why and it's because there's a demon in the house and soon the sweet girl finds herself possessed. Thankfully Father McFerrin (Robert Quarry) knows what to do.

TEENAGE EXORCIST is one of those films back in the day that was released straight-to-VHS where teenage boys would rent it on the weekend to show at their parties. Stevens, who wrote the screenplay based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, must have saw this as an opportunity to do something that did more than require her to get naked but sadly the film is basically just one joke that keeps playing itself out.

The biggest problem is that there's just nothing too special here. The film goes for plenty of laughs but not all of them are reached and more often than not the material just seems very stretched and desperate for a laugh. There are some funny moments including one sequence where a woman is taking a shower when the demon comes up from behind and drops the soap Another funny sequence has the Father trying to talk his way out of being attacked by a group of zombies.

Fans of the genre will enjoy seeing Stevens, although she really doesn't have much to do. It's always fun seeing Berryman and Quarry gets a few funny moments as the Father. TEENAGE EXORCIST runs way too long at 86 minutes but those wanting to relive their VHS days might find this worth viewing.