There doesn't seem to be many genres or ideas that hadn't been explored or exploited by the Italian film makers. Amusingly L'anticristo manages to be more effective horror movie than the original Exorcist that it just makes its counterpart look quite lame.
There's so much more feeling in this movie and more depth to the characters than in many of the movies in this genre. I think the main character is more likable than the child in The Exorcist because she has her own weaknesses and traumas that lead the way to her possession. The movie engages to watch it completely to see what happens to her.
For being released in 1974 this movie still has a modern look in it but of course its special effects look quite goofy to tell the truth. But its flaws can be forgiven for the fantastic score composed by Ennio Morricone.
This movie is at the same time very tormenting and powerful but also hilarious and entertaining. So being a rip off doesn't mean that it's necessarily a bad movie. Watch it to see a different adaptation of the possessed by the devil story.
There's so much more feeling in this movie and more depth to the characters than in many of the movies in this genre. I think the main character is more likable than the child in The Exorcist because she has her own weaknesses and traumas that lead the way to her possession. The movie engages to watch it completely to see what happens to her.
For being released in 1974 this movie still has a modern look in it but of course its special effects look quite goofy to tell the truth. But its flaws can be forgiven for the fantastic score composed by Ennio Morricone.
This movie is at the same time very tormenting and powerful but also hilarious and entertaining. So being a rip off doesn't mean that it's necessarily a bad movie. Watch it to see a different adaptation of the possessed by the devil story.