Denila, an art-restorer, is sexually assaulted and tortured when a
Satanic Entity nailed to a 15th Century Crucifix comes to malevolent
life. Now...possessed by the Entity, she must undergo a Horrendous
Exorcism.
And the winner for most obvious rip off, worst editing and worst dubbing
I've ever seen so far goes to "The Eerie Midnight Horror Show" or "The
Sexorcist" or "The Tormented". (Depending on where in the world you saw
this film) It is not only a cheap rip off of The Exorcist...it's named
"Midnight Horror Show" trying to trick you into thinking it's related
to "Rocky Horror Picture Show".
The film was directed by Mario Gariazzo and stars Stella Carnacina as
the poor lass that gets possessed and begins a masturbating spree. She
plays Danila, an art student, who visits an abandoned church to pick out
some artifacts that are worthy of saving. Turns out that back in the
17th century the clergy of the church decided having all night orgies
was cooler than Jesus. Danila picks out a statue of one of the thieves
that was crucified with Christ. After attending a party where she
witnesses her mother cheating on her father and getting her naked body
whipped with a thorny rose, she heads over to the art studio to clear
her head. Her night gets worse as the dude on the cross seems to come
to life and has sweaty sex with her. The sex is so hot that the floor is
set ablaze. This is where the possession begins. She returns home and
starts furiously masturbating. (Have I gotten your attention yet) The
rest of the movie has her trying to hump any dude that comes near. With
her bizarre new personality, the parents call in a priest to exorcise
the demon.
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| I'm Satan. What's up girl? |
None of the movie makes a lot of sense but it did hold my interest.
It's hard not to when she utters lines to her own father like....
“I've got an idea; why don't you try it too, daddy? Come on. Or are
you afraid it would be wrong? There's no such thing as incest, it's just
an invention of priests. Make love to me!” The film starts well
enough but drifts off into typically Italian sleaze that was common in
their cinema at that time. One problem is that Danila isn't a
particularly interesting character...other than being a sex fiend. She
spends most of movie screaming and writhing in pain. I was writhing as
well with the most disturbing scene of the film which has her being
crucified.
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| Make love to me Daddy |
The editing of the film was horrible but overall I've seen much worse
films with the subject matter at hand. It has 3 or 4 intense scenes
which linger in your mind a while but no new ground is broken here in
their attempt to outdo The Exorcist. It starts to go downhill at about
the halfway mark. The ending is kind of amatuerish. I must mention
before ending this that Ivan Rassimov did a good job with his portrayal
of Satan. He certainly makes you feel uncomfortable.
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| I'll rock your world girl.... |
