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The Demon

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.

1h 40m1964TMDb 7.2

HorrorDrama

Italian

Crew and Cast

Brunello RondiDirectorDaliah LaviDaliah LaviPurificazione (Purif)Frank WolffFrank WolffAntonio
Anna Maria AvetaSister Angela
Tiziana CasettiAgata
Dario DolciDon Tommaso
Franca MazzoniThe Mother SuperiorMaría Teresa OrsiniMaría Teresa OrsiniNunRossana RovereRossana RovereAntonio's WifeLuciana AngiolilloLuciana AngiolilloLa Signora di CracoAndrea BosicAndrea BosicPriestNino CastelnuovoNino CastelnuovoBuca
Maria Ciriello
Giovanni CristofanelliPadre Tommaso
Francesca FarinacciLaura NucciLaura NucciLa Madre di Purif
Luca Pascarella
Lea Russo
Nicola TagliacozzoUncle Giuseppe

Storyline

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.

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Info

Original title
Il demonio
Status
Released
Released
31 January 1964
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB score
7.2 / 10 (56 votes)

Production

Director
Brunello Rondi
Writers
Ugo Guerra, Luciano Martino, Brunello Rondi
Studios
Titanus, Vox Film, Les Films Marceau-Cocinor
Countries
France, Italy

Languages

Original
Italian
Spoken
Italian