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NOW RESTORED UNCUT FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE For his second film as writer/director, famed Fellini collaborator and Oscar® nominated screenwriter Brunello Rondi (La Dolce Vita, 8½) created this profoundly unnerving (Film at Lincoln Center) overlooked classic (Gruesome Magazine) that would influence Witchfinder General, Don’t Torture A Duckling and The Exorcist: In rural Southern Italy, an emotionally disturbed young woman – a damn near perfect performance (Rock! Shock! Pop!) by Daliah Lavi of The Whip And The Body – turns to witchcraft to curse her former lover. But is her increasingly alarming behavior due to obsession or possession? Frank Wolff (Once Upon A Time In The West) co-stars in this still-potent 1963 shocker co-written/co-produced by Luciano Martino (The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh), scanned in 4K from the original negative at RAI-TV in Rome with newly discovered footage – including the complete ‘spider walk’ scene – missing from all previous releases. Special Features Audio Commentary With Film Historian Kat Ellinger The Kid From A Kibbutz – Daliah Lavi And The Road To Il Demonio Once Upon A Time In Basilicata La Taranta – Documentary Short By Flavia The Heretic Director Gianfranco Mingozzi Trailer
STARRING: Anna María Aveta, Daliah Lavi, Dario Dolci, Franca Mazzoni