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Release Date:
December 4, 1978
Original Title:
L'osceno desiderio
Alternate Titles:
L'osceno desiderio - La profezia
L'osceno desiderio - Le pene nel ventre
L`Osceno Desiderio
Obscene Desire
Poseída
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Cineiniziative S.R.L.
Cinema 2000 S.A.
Triton
Production Countries:
Italy | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
Amanda, a beautiful American girl is soon to be married to Andrea Orsomandi, a wealthy nobleman who lives in an extravagant Gothic mansion. However there exists something dark, sinister and supernatural within the walls of the mansion. It seems that Andrea has been driven to madness and is a victim of the evil contained within the house. It soon transpires that he is involved in black magic, perverse rituals and serial killings with the aid of his sadistic henchman and gardener Giovanni. Killing prostitutes in order to exorcise this Evil. Now the demonic forces set out to possess Amanda,take her soul and turn her into another victim of the mansion.
Author:
Giulio Petroni
Director:
Giulio Petroni
Director of Photography:
Leopoldo Villaseñor
Music:
Jesús Franco
Original Music Composer:
Carlo Savina
Screenplay:
Piero Regnoli
Story:
Joaquín Domínguez
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