The Demon

The Demon (1964)

25/10/1963 (GB)
Horror
1h 40m

A night she wakes up bound to the bed and with the bleeding body. The revenge of the devil will not delay!

Overview

Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence.

  • Brunello RondiDirector, Screenplay
  • Luciano MartinoScreenplay
  • Ugo GuerraScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Il demonio

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

Keywords

  • witch
  • italy
  • superstition
  • witch burning
  • possession
  • catholicism
  • love spell

Top Billed Cast

Daliah Lavi

Daliah Lavi

Purificata

Frank Wolff

Frank Wolff

Antonio

Anna Maria Aveta

Sister Angela

Tiziana Casetti

Dario Dolci

Don Tommaso

Franca Mazzoni

The Mother Superior

María Teresa Orsini

María Teresa Orsini

Nun

Rossana Rovere

Rossana Rovere

Antonio's Wife

Maria Ciriello

(uncredited)

Giovanni Cristofanelli

Father Tomasso (uncredited)

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