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"Malabimba: The Malicious Whore (Uncut Version) (1979)" Review

Synopsis: The lives of Andrea Karoli (Enzo Fisichella) and his grief-stricken family are turned upside down when the body of his teenage daughter, Daniela (Katell Laennec), becomes possessed by the spirit of her recently deceased mother. Directed by Italian schlock film master Andrea Bianchi, this exploitation thriller also stars Mariangela Giordano as Sister Sofia, the nun tasked with exorcising the spirit from young Daniela.

Review: Looking for an erotic rip-off of "The Exorcist", well if that's what you are looking for then you will love this Italian sleaze fest. Now when I say sleazy I mean sleazy, this film is filled with plenty of sex, nudity, incest oddly enough some stuffed animal santa play. This version also has the "hardcore" footage added back in which surprisingly didn't take away from the film like it does with some films like Thriller: A Cruel Picture. There is plenty of sex ,but there is not as much gore as I thought there was going to be ,but there is a nun suicide scene that makes up for the lack of gore so I can't complain too much about the gore. One thing I did get that I did not expect was a film that was not boring and I say this because I have realized that there is decent amount of Italian exploitation films that are slow moving and at times boring (but they do make up for in the violence and gore) ,but I found this one to be quite entertaining. This film also has a great atmosphere with a very gothic feel to it that really helps to set the mood. I think the cast was picked perfectly and each actor plays their role with perfect sleaziness. Now even though I did like this film I definitely would not say it's the best Italian film I have ever seen ,but it is the best Exorcists ripoff. Overall this a great film from the sleazy sub-genre of  Italian exploitation cinema and would recommend this to any genre fan or sex-ploitation fan!

-Daniel Damnation

Genre: Exploitation/Sleaze , Release Year: 2007(DVD), Company: Severin Films, Website: www.severin-films.com

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