The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974)

Denila, an art-restorer, is sexually assaulted and tortured when a Satanic Entity nailed to a 15th Century Crucifix comes to malevolent life. Now...possessed by the Entity, she must undergo a Horrendous Exorcism.

And the winner for most obvious rip off, worst editing and worst dubbing I've ever seen so far goes to "The Eerie Midnight Horror Show" or "The Sexorcist" or "The Tormented". (Depending on where in the world you saw this film)   It is not only a cheap rip off of The Exorcist...it's named "Midnight Horror Show" trying to trick you into thinking it's related to "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

The film was directed by Mario Gariazzo and stars Stella Carnacina as the poor lass that gets possessed and begins a masturbating spree. She plays Danila, an art student, who visits an abandoned church to pick out some artifacts that are worthy of saving.  Turns out that back in the 17th century the clergy of the church decided having all night orgies was cooler than Jesus.  Danila picks out a statue of one of the thieves that was crucified with Christ.  After attending a party where she witnesses her mother cheating on her father and getting her naked body whipped with a thorny rose, she heads over to the art studio to clear her head.  Her night gets worse as the dude on the cross seems to come to life and has sweaty sex with her. The sex is so hot that the floor is set ablaze. This is where the possession begins.  She returns home and starts furiously masturbating. (Have I gotten your attention yet) The rest of the movie has her trying to hump any dude that comes near.  With her bizarre new personality, the parents call in a priest to exorcise the demon.

None of the movie makes a lot of sense but it did hold my interest.  It's hard not to when she utters lines to her own father like....“I've got an idea; why don't you try it too, daddy? Come on. Or are you afraid it would be wrong? There's no such thing as incest, it's just an invention of priests. Make love to me!” The film starts well enough but drifts off into typically Italian sleaze that was common in their cinema at that time.  One problem is that Danila isn't a particularly interesting character...other than being a sex fiend.  She spends most of movie screaming and writhing in pain.  I was writhing as well with the most disturbing scene of the film which has her being crucified.

Make love to me Daddy

The editing of the film was horrible but overall I've seen much worse films with the subject matter at hand.  It has 3 or 4 intense scenes which linger in your mind a while but no new ground is broken here in their attempt to outdo The Exorcist.  It starts to go downhill at about the halfway mark. The ending is kind of amatuerish.  I must mention before ending this that Ivan Rassimov did a good job with his portrayal of Satan. He certainly makes you feel uncomfortable.

Kevin Booker

I'm Satan.  What's up girl?