The Antichrist (1974)

Original title

L'anticristo

Directed by

Alberto De Martino

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 107 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman becomes possessed by a demonic force and her family seeks help from a priest. The film follows their struggle against the supernatural evil.

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What happens

The Antichrist (Italian: L'anticristo), also released as The Tempter, is a 1974 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Umberto Orsini, Alida Valli, Remo Girone, Anita Strindberg, and George Coulouris. The musical score was composed by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. It is widely regarded as a cash-in on The Exorcist, a similarly-themed and widely-successful American film released the previous year. It is considered a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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