Possible minor spoilers.
Under any title (the tape I saw was called The Eerie Midnight Horror show, with red-lips artwork aping Rocky Horror) this movie isn't very special. It starts off okay, with a cool credits sequence and some interesting sexual touches (a whipping with roses, sex with a living statue), and it looks like it's building to something memorable, but...no. Despite an attractive cast and gorgeous Italian scenery, the whole affair is pretty dull and pointless. A moment of unintended humor marks the turning point: lovely Denila's parents discover her masturbating and call the doctor! The doctor prescribes warm milk! But unfortunately, the movie doesn't even provide many laughs, and once the facts of Denila's affliction are established, we are given boring sermons on the evils of kinky sex and the importance of family. To top it off, the possession is one of the dullest ever filmed. As the possessed one, Stella Carnacina eats her own hair, develops stigmata, and screams a LOT. Most of the minimal makeups are saved for the chain-lashing climax, and I think most viewers will have stopped caring long before. For possession and Ivan Rassimov completists only.
Under any title (the tape I saw was called The Eerie Midnight Horror show, with red-lips artwork aping Rocky Horror) this movie isn't very special. It starts off okay, with a cool credits sequence and some interesting sexual touches (a whipping with roses, sex with a living statue), and it looks like it's building to something memorable, but...no. Despite an attractive cast and gorgeous Italian scenery, the whole affair is pretty dull and pointless. A moment of unintended humor marks the turning point: lovely Denila's parents discover her masturbating and call the doctor! The doctor prescribes warm milk! But unfortunately, the movie doesn't even provide many laughs, and once the facts of Denila's affliction are established, we are given boring sermons on the evils of kinky sex and the importance of family. To top it off, the possession is one of the dullest ever filmed. As the possessed one, Stella Carnacina eats her own hair, develops stigmata, and screams a LOT. Most of the minimal makeups are saved for the chain-lashing climax, and I think most viewers will have stopped caring long before. For possession and Ivan Rassimov completists only.