La endemoniada (1975)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 1975
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Isaac Hernández Poncela / Richard Films P.C.
Executive Producer: Julio Vallejo
Producer: Isaac Hernández

SCRIPT
Script: Amando de Ossorio

DIRECTION
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Assistant Director: Francisco Rodríguez

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Vicente Minaya

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Pedro del Rey

MUSIC
Music: Víctor y Diego

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Pablo Pérez

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Decorator: Fernando González

CAST
Julián Mateos (Father Juan)
Marián Salgado (Susan Barnes)
Fernando Sancho (Police Chief)
Lone Fleming (Anne Crawford)
Ángel del Pozo (Mr Barnes)
Kali Hansa (gypsy witch)
Daniel Martín (William Grant)
Tota Alba (Mother Gautère)
Roberto Camardiel (managing editor)
María Kosti (Esther)
Fernando Hilbeck
La Pocha (real name: Julia Saly)
María Vidal
Concha Gómez Conde
Ernesto Yáñez
Lucy Tiller
Paquita Trench
Monty Prous (real name: Montserrat Prous)
Beatriz Villasante

PLOT SUMMARY

A witch gets her revenge on the politician who had her jailed by possessing his daughter. In desperation, he turns to an exorcist for help.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: International Film Distributors (1979)

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: United International Pictures y Cía. S.R.C.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Coliseum Films (1976)
Video Distributors: Simitar Video; Sinister Cinema; Wizard Video

TIMELINE

1975
February
11: Spain - production ends

March
3: Spain - theatrical release

1976
May
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Demon Witch Child
L'eretica - Italian title
Der Exorzist und die Kindhexe - West German title
El poder de las tinieblas
The Possessed - US title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
The Exorcist (1973)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side no.47 (July 1995) p.19 (UK)
review (by Allan Bryce)

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies p.119
credits, review

KEYWORDS

children, exorcisms, kidnappings, the occult, police, politicians, possession, priests, prisons, revenge, suicide, the supernatural, tombs, witches, witchcraft

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009