Lisa and the Devil (1973) American Cut AKA The House of Exorcism ...

From the father of Italian Horror Mario Bava comes a tale of nightmarish surrealism and supernatural suspense. Lisa, an American tourist travelling in Spain, loses her tour party and seeks refuge in the tumbledown mansion of a blind countess after being guided there by the distinctly satanic butler of the house, Leandro. The Son of the Countess notices Lisa’s striking resemblance to his dead lover and pursues her as a night of murder, strange eroticism and dark hallucinations begins.

This is the re-edited and partially re-shot version of this film released in the US as The House of Exorcism to cash in on the popularity of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist.


This film is a part of my Mario Bava collection, which includes:

I Vampiri (1957) Italian cut and English cut
Black Sunday (1960) European Cut and American Cut
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) Italian cut and American cut
Black Sabbath (1963) Italian cut and American cut
The Whip and the Body (1963)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Planet of the Vampires (1965) Italian cut and English cut
Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Four Times That Night (1971)
A Bay of Blood (1971) Italian Cut and English cut
Baron Blood (1972) Original Cut and American cut
Lisa and the Devil (1974) Original cut and House of Exorcism cut
Rabid Dogs (1974) Original cut and Kidnapped cut
Shock (1977)

Most of you don't have to download every upload. It's hard to say what's the best version to watch for everyone but the standard version will always be uploaded first and it will include a commentary track by Tim Lucas. The standard versions have better video and audio quality. All the other versions are there for archivists and Bava enthusiasts or if you really want to watch a specific language dub.