Exorcism (1975)

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

A sadistic priest Paul Vogel played by Jesus Franco himself makes his living by writing pornography for a S&M magazine.His publisher Franval praises Vogel's work for its authenticity unaware that the mad priest draws inspiration from the exorcisms and inquisitions he undertakes in order to save sinners' souls.Vogel discovers that Franval and his cohorts indulge in satanic games and embarks upon a new series of divinely inspired murder.Of course there is a team of investigators hot on the trail of this sadistic sex murderer.I saw this film under the title "Exorcism".It's a typical Franco's chock full of sleaze and misogynistic violence.There isn't much gore to speak of,but plenty of whipping,rough sex and knife play.The killing scenes look very cheap and the story is paper-thin.However if you are a fan of depraved smut give this one a look.

Typical Franco trash featuring dubbing sounding as if it was done by some people they pulled off the street. The emotion of the original language would hardly have helped this yawn fest about a wacko ex-priest who kills people to save their souls. Despite the sex, its not sexy, despite the violence, its not very violent. Worth watching only for Franco-philes who find naked old men and retro hairy European women arousing. Horror fans steer clear.

EXORCISME (1974) ** Jesus Franco, Lina Romay. Jesus Franco directs and stars in this story about a crazed ex-priest who witnesses a series of staged "Black Masses." Convinced the participants are possessed by Satan, he kills them in order to "exorcise" their demons. Although this storyline has a lot of promise, numbingly repetitive dialogue and Franco's amateurish acting keep the film from reaching its true potential. It's also padded with numerous sex scenes--featuring suggested autoerotism, bondage, sexualized torture, lesbianism and an orgy, among other things--none of which serve to advance the plot. The result is a film that tries to be both porno and horror film, but doesn't really succeed at either.

My copy is titled Exorcism and is absolutely great. There's naked girls chained upside down getting whipped and covered in sacrificial blood and some demented ex-priest stabbing people with at least one scene of guts or a heart or something removed from what was probably a dead pig.I think maybe this movie should be viewed as a comedy, its certainly believable that it was intended as such.