The overwhelmingly morbid sense of necrophilia exuded by the movie, with bavas camera lovingly caressing draperies and corpses, is punctuated by flamboyantly eerie exterior night scenes in which the directors morbid romanticism achieves intensely beautiful effects. A tourist spends the night in a derelict spanish villa seemingly held in. Upon seeing a painting of the devil in the town square she comes across leandro telly savalas, a mysterious butler resembling the devil in the painting. Ostensibly, telly savalas as leandro is the devil and elke sommer is lisa, hence the title, but other characters emerge to obscure that plot and create a different logic. Carnage original title reazione a catena aka a bay of. Lisa and the devil lisa e il diavolo the devil in the house of. Spain il diavolo e i morti lisa and the devil usa lisa. In its original form, lisa and the devil concerns the plight of pretty tourist lisa reiner sommer, who seems to come unstuck from her surroundings and perhaps time itself after viewing a provincial fresco of the devil. With telly savalas, elke sommer, sylva koscina, alessio orano. Lisa and the devil is a 1973 horror film by mario bava the story revolves around lisa reiner elke sommer, an american tourist in toledo, spain. I would suggest that lisa and the devil has aestheticstylistic similarities to dont look now by nicolas roeg, dont look now special edition bluray 1973 and the comfort of strangers by paul schrader. After seeing the devil telly savalas in an ancient spanish fresco, comely tourist lisa reiner elke sommer meets him in the flesh.
Their finest hour offers five british wwii classics. The story involves a young american tourist who stays the night at the home of a family of spanish aristocrats whose house is plagued by supernatural evil and dark secrets involving necrophilia. Sightseer lisa reiner steps away from her tour group in spain as it admires a painting of the devil and the dead on the side of an ancient building. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper leandre. Originally shot in 1972, lisa and the devils lyrical approach to operatic horror found no takers for international distribution in 1973, so a year. The people who come into her life, calling her by another name and the plot itself is otherworldly enough to remind horror thriller fans of the twilight zone original tv series. Lisa and the devil 1973 posters the movie database. In 1973, the vfl competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on the field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. Lisa reiner elke sommer, a tourist in spain, sees a medieval fresco depicting the devil carrying away the dead. Lisa and the devil was later reedited and rereleased as the house of exorcism 1976, 91min, adding the horror of diabolical possession, following the exorcists phenomenal success. Lisa and the devil is a 1974 horror film directed by mario bava.
The house of exorcism lisa e il diavolo lisa and the devil 1973, italy west germany spain. Lisa and the devil was first shown at the cannes film market on 9 may 1973. She misses her tour bus and finds a ride with the aristocratic francis and sophia lehar fajardo and koscina, who are being. After he sees a daredevil perform at a monster truck rally, barts new dream is to become a daredevil himself, however some. Lisa and the devil is a logicless supernatural romp through metaphysical hell composed of scenes that feel like weaving in and out of pieced together. A tourist spends the night in a derelict spanish villa seemingly held in the supernatural grip of an eccentric butler, who resembles a depiction of the devil she had seen on an ancient fresco. It is widely regarded as one of bavas finest films and certainly his most ambitious. Lisa and the devil begins with the arrival of lisa rainer elke sommer.
Images lisa and the devil the house of exorcism dvd double bill is a tidy package. Lisa and the devil 1973 soundtrack main theme youtube. Savant had thought the curious swimming grain look of the older laserdisc was a weird pal ntsc conversion flaw, or evidence that the movies had been digitally compressed at at less than optimal rate, as in an avid editing computer. Every corner of the soul is lost to the icy clutch of the supernatural lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. Mario bavas extravagant style and love of the fantastic animate this dreamy 1972 horror movie about an american tourist in spain elke sommer who. Mario bava first directed lisa and the devil 1973, 95min, a lush, lyrical film about a beautiful, mysterious woman who goes on a terrifying journey of murder, necrophilia and horrific revelations. Lisa and the devil lisa e il diavolo the devil in the. Monster movie night the boy that cried werewolf season 11 epiosde 6 ep 225. Lisa and the devil arrives with two standard audio tracks. Lena headey may be best known for playing cersei lannister on game of thrones, but she started her career playing very different characters. Directed by mario bava with elke sommer, telly savalas, sylva koscina 1973, 95min, 35mm. May 04, 2012 a group of tourists are drawn into a nightmare after their car breaks down near a spanish villa. It involved lisa elke sommer being possessed by a demon. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter.
Lisa and the devil takes place in a softly creepy underworld of pleasure and horror that actually leaves you to wonder what youve just watched. Regarded as mario bavas most personal and unconventional film, lisa and the devil stars elke sommer as a tourist in spain who, upon seeing the image of a bald, grinning devil in an ancient fresco, wanders away from her group and finds herself drawn into a confounding labyrinth of mysterylured ever deeper by a mysterious figure telly savalas who may in fact be the frescos satan made flesh. Oct 02, 2014 regarded as mario bavas most personal and unconventional film, lisa and the devil lisa e il diavolo is a diabolical thriller flavored with the dreadful imagery and tormenting logic of an. Lisa and the devil 1973 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lisa and the devil 1973 soundtrack lisa finale youtube. The comfort of strangers dvd 1990 theres no mention of digital restoration in the product description.
A group of tourists are drawn into a nightmare after their car breaks down near a spanish villa. Lisa and the devil 1973 posters the movie database tmdb. Lisa and the devil, bavas fever dream of a film made in 1973, was the. The overlook film encyclopedia has this to say about lisa and the devil. No quotes approved yet for lisa and the devil lisa e il diavolo the devil in the house of exorcism. Lisa ann, mark anthony, dsnoop the devils gangbang. Bavas original film, lisa and the devil, also received a very limited theatrical release. The tale of lisa s confusion, and of having her very reality turned inside out, is fascinating.
Lisa and the devil the house of exorcism bluray release date. New castle after dark presents lisa and the devil by. Poster for the house of exorcism lisa e il diavolo lisa. The original cut of lisa and the devil 1973 was edited and used as flashback material to surround the possession theme. Innocent, voluptuous lisa elke sommer begins her travails when she keeps on encountering a sinister fellow. Lisa and the devil is such a mixed bag of both very good and very lost. Lisa ann, mark anthony, dsnoop the devils gangbang 71085. Regarded as mario bavas most personal and unconventional film, lisa and the devil lisa e il diavolo is a diabolical thriller flavored with the dreadful imagery and tormenting logic of an. In a mannequinfilled curio shop she encounters the first of a filmlength succession of malevolent hallucinations, a man closely resembling the devil. To capitalize on the success of the exorcist 1973, some new footage, featuring robert alda as a priest, was shot. Lisa elke sommer and others are invited to spend the night at a mysterious mansion.
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