The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974)
Directed by Mario Gariazzo
Genres - Mystery, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Sex Horror, Supernatural Horror |
Release Date - Dec 1, 1978 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 92 min. |
Countries - Italy |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
This twisted Italian oddity, originally titled L'Odessa, is an incomprehensible muddle of Devil-possession horror and lots of kinky soft-core sex (its original U.S. title was The Sexorcist). The story revolves around a weird religious icon -- depicting one of the two thieves crucified with Christ -- and the demonic sexual influence it exerts on a young art student (Stella Carnacina). After a gory dream sequence in which the woman imagines herself being nailed to a cross herself, the statue eventually comes to life and begins to sexually torment her ... whereupon the entire film careens off-track into Exorcist territory, where it slogs for an uninvolving and unoriginal final hour.
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demon, artist, crucifixion, demonic-possession, purity, robbery, student