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The Demon

The Demon
★ 7.2/10•1964•1h 40m•18•Horror•Drama

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

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 Rondi · Screenplay

Luciano Martino · Screenplay

Ugo Guerra · Screenplay

Brunello Rondi · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageIT
Release DateJan 31, 1964

Actors

Daliah Lavi

Daliah Lavi

Purificazione (Purif)

Frank Wolff

Frank Wolff

Antonio

Anna Maria Aveta

Sister Angela

Tiziana Casetti

Agata

Dario Dolci

Don Tommaso

Franca Mazzoni

The Mother Superior

María Teresa Orsini

María Teresa Orsini

Nun

Rossana Rovere

Rossana Rovere

Antonio's Wife

Luciana Angiolillo

Luciana Angiolillo

La Signora di Craco (uncredited)

Andrea Bosic

Andrea Bosic

Priest (uncredited)

Nino Castelnuovo

Nino Castelnuovo

Buca (uncredited)

Maria Ciriello

(uncredited)

Giovanni Cristofanelli

Padre Tommaso (uncredited)

Francesca Farinacci

(uncredited)

Laura Nucci

Laura Nucci

La Madre di Purif (uncredited)

Luca Pascarella

(uncredited)

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