Lisa and the Devil (1974)

Original title

Lisa e il diavolo

Directed by

Mario Bava

Genre

horror film, mystery film, satanic film

Country

Germany, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 159 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tourist named Lisa gets lost in Toledo and ends up spending the night at a strange villa with a countess and her son. Strange and unsettling events unfold around her.

mysteriousatmospherichauntinggothicdreamlikeslow-pacedunsettlingeerie

What happens

Lisa and the Devil (Italian: Lisa e il Diavolo) is a 1974 horror film directed by Mario Bava and starring Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina and Alida Valli. It follows a tourist named Lisa (Sommer) who loses her way in Toledo and spends the night at a villa belonging to a mysterious countess and her son. The film is an Italian, West German, and Spanish co-production. The film was first released in Spain in November 1974 as El diablo se lleva a los muertos (lit. 'The Devil Takes the Dead'). Following a lukewarm reception, the film was retooled by producer Alfredo Leone, who sought to exploit the popularity of The Exorcist by adding newly-filmed scenes featuring a priest attempting to exorcise a possessed Lisa. This version, entitled The House of Exorcism, was released on April 2, 1975. Mario Bava permitted the new cut but only claimed ownership of Lisa and the Devil. Decades after its initial screening, Bava’s original cut was released on home video, where it received a more positive response. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The House of Exorcism (1975)
• The Girl in Room 2A (1974)
• The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974)
• Nude for Satan (1974)
• The Night of the Devils (1972)
• El televisor (1974)
• Murder Mansion (1972)
• Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)