Demon Witch Child

After watching a selection of slow brooding Spanish horror on Vinegar Syndrome's "Curse of the Devil" (1973) set that also includes "The Vampire's Night Orgy" (1973) as well, the third and final film in the set "Demon Witch Child" picks up the pacing. There is a lot of the…

Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti"

Any film that features a young girl made up to look like the balding satanist crone she’s possessed by and then has her out there fighting and killing grown men and cutting off their penises, is always going to be pretty good. This Spanish film does post-Exorcist cash-grab…

Lexzilla

Yet another example of how a perfectly acceptable and much more commonly used title has been bulldozed by Letterboxd's/TMDB's weird rules. Let's find the worse most generic title that the film ever went by, that's the clear choice here. Why is this the thing? The poster…

Scumbalina

Something of an absurd Spanish take on The Exorcist from director Amando de Ossorio. The quite brilliantly titled Demon Witch Child begins with an old witch hilariously throwing herself out of a window after being arrested for vandalising a church and kidnapping a baby. In…

Slig001

Much like their exploitation neighbor in Italy, THE EXORCIST (1973) fever caught Spain by storm as well, with a handful of copycats riding on William Friedkin's successful coat tails with Paul Naschy's EXORCISM (Exorcismo, 1974) and THE DEVIL’S EXORCIST (El juego del…

Jon Peters

Boy oh boy, nothing quite beats the magical cocktail of po-faced sincerity applied to an absurd premise when mixed with English dubbing that was apparently orchestrated by people who spoke no English and possibly have never interacted with other human beings. Marvel as de…

laird

Dreamy satanic soap opera with all the dark pageantry a 70s rip off can muster. Weird violent flourishes, dark magic, and a unique styling that amplifies the brooding chaos. If I had bought this as a bootleg Exorcist behind the 7-11, I would not have been disappointed.

13beersl8r

Amando de Ossorio's take on satanic possession goes in some gnarly and gruesome directions. Plus it makes the girl who is possessed more provocative and alluring. Both kind of twist this film around pretty well. Evil smiles and snide remarks plus an insane scene with her…

RanchoTuVu

The gold standard of Exorcist knock-offs.

Jeremy Milks