Demoniac (1975)
I initially acquired Demoniac by fluke.
I bought a 10 film horror set from Boulevard Ent, 5 discs of double films. One of the discs had a 12 rated flick on it called Exorcism which turned out to be the complete uncut Synapse dvd of Franco's film with all the extras.
Like a pig in shit i was.
Then a couple of years back i bought the Screenbound release purely so i had the film in a proper case.
Anyway, the film starring the great man Jess Franco himself who plays a former priest, now erotic fiction writer for a Parisian magazine who witnesses a porny style Black Mass show in a cellar bar. Franco believes that both cast and audience are possessed so goes about murdering them in a bold Franco-esq expressionistic rite of exorcism.
To be honest this isn't very good although i always love watching Jess the actor, he always seems so, well, miscast, and Demoniac, Exorcism , L'éventreur de Notre-Dame or whatever the hell it's actually called is no different. It's entertaining enough and there's plenty of nudity from the missus (Lina Romay), Monica Swinn and others but the whole thing lacks tension of any sort especially when it comes to lightin the first ten minutes that the sexy Black Mass is simply an act in front of an audience but Franco is always watchable and he portrays unhinged like only he could.
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