Exorcism (1975)
4/10
The only memorable thing for me is that Exorcism was one of the first films that I ever saw on VHS
17 January 2021
Before my parents bought a VCR I can remember watching Exorcism at a friend's house around 1984. The nudity would have raised a few schoolboy giggles, otherwise it was unremarkable. A Spanish Exorcist rip-off that is set in England, and filmed both there and in Spain, it suffers from the usual bad dubbing. Spanish horror legend Paul Naschy plays a priest called in to help with a series of brutal murders (sharply bearded men having their heads twisted around 180 degrees) and a demonically possessed young woman, who spits the usual green pea soup and obscenities. My favourite line has Naschy say to a policeman "I'm sure you haven't come to me to talk about streaking". The movie is very slow and dialogue heavy, it takes almost an hour to spice things up with a black magic ceremony inside some old ruins featuring some naked women and an African drummer. It's 70 minutes until we finally see the woman properly possessed. I do love my Euro horror and the UK VHS (which I own) has great artwork, sadly the film is rather boring.
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