However, indoing so he brings back memories of her past life which involved herworshipping Satan, and the woman is soon possessed by the Devil. Her psychiatrist believes that her problem maybe mental rather than physical and sets out to cure her. The plotis not far removed from William Friedkin's 1973 film and focuses on awheelchair bound woman. Of course, the film has something of abad reputation for a reason - and how much you enjoy this film may wellhinge on just how important a coherent plot line is to you but if youcan ignore that, what we have here is a very good horror film. The same can't be said for Alberto De Martino's TheAntichrist, however, which is so far in front of all the other Exorcistrip-offs that I've seen that you could just about throw all the rest ofthe Italian devil/demons films into the mix and this one would stillrise above the majority of them. I've only seen a handful of Italian Exorcist rip-offs but I've seenenough to know that this type of film generally isn't very highquality. Ferrer (Tobe Hoopers' "Eaten Alive"), Coulouris ("The Skull"), and Arthur Kennedy ("The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue") lead a solid supporting cast, also including Alida Valli ("Suspiria"), Mario Scaccia ("The Perfume of the Lady in Black"), and Remo Girone ("Live by Night"). The cast gives it 100%, especially Gravina. This is a reasonably trashy film, for those who enjoy the sleazier side of Italian genre cinema, boasting a "goat orgy" as a highlight. Whatever the film may lack in creativity, De Martino makes up for that with a decent sense of showmanship.
Gravina spews up a generous amount of bile. Of course, we also get a fairly familiar demonic sounding voice, who utters the usual amusing obscenities, and Ms. There are plenty of practical effects, and some hilariously bad effects as well. Still, it's gratifying when, after an hour has gone by, he and his crew start pulling out all the stops for the sake of an entertaining show. (It was trimmed of approximately 16 minutes in North America, where it was called "The Tempter".) Fortunately, director / co- writer Alberto De Martino takes the story, and its themes of faith, seriously, and directs his cast toward performances that help to get the viewer involved. Certainly, less patient horror fans will be squirming in their seats, as the story is stretched out to almost two hours long. "L'anticristo" wins no awards for originality, but for a (mostly) uninspired "Exorcist" cash-in, it's actually pretty good.
ANTICHRIST MOVIE TORRENT PROFESSIONAL
Ultimately, a professional exorcist (George Coulouris) is brought in. Now she's easy prey for Satan himself, who possesses her. She is able to recall a past life, centuries ago, when she was persecuted as a witch. A psychiatrist (Umberto Orsini) is called in to help her, but he only makes things worse by hypnotizing her.
At present she is suffering a lack of faith, feeling abandoned by both God and her father Massimo (Mel Ferrer), who's hooked up with a younger woman (Anita Strindberg). Carla Gravina plays Ippolita Oderisi, a young woman who's been physically disabled due to a long ago accident.