6/10
With Kojak and the woman from one of the "Pink Panther" movies, how can you go wrong?
19 May 2005
This is the first Mario Bava movie that I've ever seen, and if it's any indication, I'm going to like the rest of his movies. While traveling in Spain, Lisa Reiner (Elke Sommer) gets lost. She hitches a ride with a couple and they end up in a house inhabited by a blind woman, her strange son, and the housekeeper (Telly Savalas). Everything seems normal at first, but bizarre things begin to happen, and we eventually discover that there are many things about each character that we don't know.

Much of the horror in "La Casa dell'esorcismo" (the American title is "Lisa and the Devil") comes from camera angle and blurred shots, creating the sense of descent into terror and madness. The whole movie was a little bit silly, but it's actually quite interesting. Telly Savalas is lascivious as ever, and Elke Sommer is really one hot babe. I definitely recommend this movie
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