The Antichrist
Released 22 November 1974, three weeks after the Turkish film, Seytan, this is one of the first overt carbon copies of The Exorcist (1973), and borrows many elements from William Friedkin's film, including pea-green vomit, and one of the characters falling down a lengthy staircase.,Ippolita Oderisi: This time I'm going to win. You're all afraid, you stinking pots of shit!,UK cinema and video versions were cut by 13 secs by the BBFC to edit shots of a live toad being crushed to death. The Optimum DVD is fully uncut.,Featured in Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks: The Antichrist (2014),"L' Anticristo" is far from being a perfect horror film but it does manage to entertain. Made purely to cash in on the success of "The Exorcist", Alberto De Martino's "The Antichrist" is a relatively high-budget Italian possession movie with a talented cast and some ambitious (if a little dated-looking) effects. With a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai, plus cinematography by Joe D'Amato, this is a polished affair with real talent being thrown at it. It's not surprising, therefore, that the film is successful in some areas.

The film's strong points are the acting, a genuinely unpleasant possession and the soundtrack. Carla Gravina is excellent as the aristocrat who is possessed and proceeds to leak green soup and waggle her tongue like there's no tomorrow. Combined with great potty-mouth demon dialogue and a startling appearance, the possession is both startling and unintentionally humorous in equal measure.

I won't go into detail but after watching this film, I'll never look at a goat in the same way again.

Worthy of a rental if you're looking for an alternative horror film, this should provide an entertaining evening's viewing, providing you're in the right mood.

6 out of 10.,