Directed by: Franco Lo Cascio, Angelo Pannacciò
Stars: Richard Conte, Françoise Prévost, Elisabeth Tulin, Patrizia Gori, Jean-Claude Vernè, Mimma Biscardi, Franco Garofalo, Sonia Viviani
Language: English
Country: Italy | Imdb Info
Also known as: Un urlo dalle tenebre, Naked Exorcism, The Possessor, The Exorcist III: Cries and Shadows
Description: Young student Piero stumbles upon something forbidden while photographing near a secluded waterfall — a mysterious, naked woman dancing alone in the water’s mist. Unbeknownst to him, she is not mortal but a demonic entity named Haggia, and the camera captures more than an alluring image: it awakens a curse. When he later discovers a strange amulet at the scene and foolishly puts it on, his life begins to unravel.
As the days pass, Piero’s behavior becomes erratic and dangerous. Strange visions plague him, reality blurs with nightmares, and the malevolent presence grips his body — triggering haunting transformations, violent outbursts and a sinister descent into darkness. His mother, already worried, and his sister Elena, a nun with a troubled past, realize this is far beyond medicine or psychiatry.
Desperate, Elena turns to the spiritual realm for salvation. An exorcist, portrayed by veteran actor Richard Conte, arrives from abroad — summoned to confront the evil that has corrupted Piero’s soul. As the tension mounts, the film shifts into a demonic showdown: rites, haunted memories, and the boundary between faith and horror blur in a final exorcism that claims more than one life, and leaves behind a chilling question — has evil truly been expelled… or only driven deeper?
Drenched in 1970s Euro-horror sensibilities — from sweaty, claustrophobic interiors to sudden bursts of violence and psychological dread — The Return of the Exorcist remains a cult-era possession thriller. It delivers a potent mix of occult horror, exploitation-style tension and religious panic: a film where innocence, curiosity, and despair collide under the shadow of something ancient and unholy.
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