Lisa And The Devil (Lisa e il diavolo) (The Devil in the House of Exorcism) Reviews and Ratings


  • ringoestrella258
    October 29, 2009
    ringoestrella258
    Mario Bava´s masterpiece. One of the most poetic horror films ever made.
  • UglyThing
    September 10, 2009
    UglyThing
    whatta asshole of producers! Bava refused to put his name on this movie since he had been asked to add 'exorcist-a-like' footages to his 'Lisa e il diavolo' The movie it has some good moments (see necrophile scene) but it's not well understandable.
    Final exorcism of a preacher...( read more) it put me down, i can't see this movie again. This is not a TRUE Bava movie, that's all.
  • engrymfilm
    September 10, 2009
    engrymfilm
    Capitalizing on the Exorcist has brought this butchered version of Bava's 'Lisa and the Devil'. A very humorous curiosity that's worth a watch.
  • thrusz
    September 10, 2009
    thrusz
    I thought you couldn't really make the movie any worse. Somehow, the movie got worse.

    You can definitely see that this is trying to ride the coattails of The Exorcist. Not only was a shameless movie given a second cut with a new title and new scenes, but the scenes th...( read more)emselves are direct stealing from The Exorcist. The people behind this movie should be sued seven times from Sunday for just adding Blatty's story into their own. I mean, the contortioning, the vomiting, the hallucinations. It's all there. Scene for scene this movie just knocks off The Exorcist.

    What's infinitely worse is that the exorcism story that is suggested in the title barely fits in with the original Lisa and the Devil. If you didn't know, this movie was just another release of Lisa and the Devil. I feel torn because I've already reviewed in depth Lisa and the Devil and that movie was pretty abysmal again. Honestly, watching this movie a second time was even more terrible. I mean, the movie was shitty as it was to begin with. Why did I need to rewatch it?

    I don't think anyone is allowed to give me sh*t because I did give it a second chance, but when I remembered how bad Lisa and the Devil was, I half paid attention to the original film footage and only gave full attention to the exorcism stuff. The exorcism stuff is halfway decently done outside of just being a cop out, but you can definitely tell that those scenes were done on a budget. Hell, even Elke Sommer looked drastically different from the filming of the first movie to the continuation used for The House of Exorcism. I cannot stress how shameless this movie is. There are the sequences where the movie is not necessarily disgusting in the original Exorcist, but depend on vulgarity to get the audience's attention. This movie, I swear to God, must have stolen direct lines from the first movie just to pad this movie's unnecessary creation.

    I feel like I have to justify even writing this review by giving a Lisa and the Devil review. What I will say is that I was kind of disapointed by the end of Lisa and the Devil. (I don't really remember what I wrote in my original review, but while thinking about it, I do realize that I just didn't care for the ending. Sure, it was fun to get an airplane, but why let her leave the house if you are just going to f*ck with her on an airplane.) This ending isn't much better. I mean, we see the original her escaping the house, but that's really the end of that. The story now loops to put her back into the city, implying at least some degree of optimism, but the new ending is just as goofy as the airplane. There's this weird exorcism of a house which is clearly filmed at a different time than the Lisa and the Devil footage that doesn't really explain much. I think they just wanted to have the lighting storm that was implied during The Exorcist. But they use this time to throw rubber snakes at the priest? Then, right when the exorcism starts to die down...

    ...the credits roll.

    Now, I'm not complaining too much because the movie was boring as it was an every second we could have shaved off of this terrible movie meant another second I didn't have to watch it. But there's so much more to be said rather than just showing me images. Really, this movie is the PowerPoint presentation of exorcisms. They can show me all the images I want to know that someone did some work somewhere, but that work really means very little to me as a viewer. Also, like a PowerPoint presentation, someone else did all of the work and I just got reworked highlights to make it seem like someone else did all the work. This movie is just god-awful and I don't recommend anyone who has anything better to do than watch it. I literally just sat through it so I could say that I've watched both Bava boxes all of the way through.
  • threefolddado
    September 10, 2009
    threefolddado
    A confusing cut of the superior "Lisa And The Devil" mixed with some lame Exorcist clone footage. Skip this and see "Lisa and The Devil" instead.
  • spiralrayonshorts
    September 10, 2009
    spiralrayonshorts
    Basically Lisa and the Devil,only with added footage and a subplot that rips off The Exorcist...not very good..stick with the original Bava version instead
  • kingmob6
    July 23, 2009
    kingmob6
    Not going to be my favorite Bava by a long shot, but the dreamy visuals and gorgeous sets make it worth a look at least once.

    Looking forward to seeing how this was edited into another film called House Of Exorcism

    Worth a rental, give it a look at least the one time.
  • chingchongjingjong
    March 15, 2008
    chingchongjingjong
    Surreal Mario Bava film. Probably one of this better movies. Completely Re-edited and re-written for US release as "House of Exorcism".
  • mpghoul1973
    February 8, 2008
    mpghoul1973
    Bavas surreal masterwork. He blurs the line between reality and imagination. Its a film that demeands total attention from the veiwer and lets us come to our own conclusions. One of my favorite from the italian master.
  • futsin
    July 11, 2007
    futsin
    Damn, what a trip! :D Telly Savalas claims this was the film that inspired his lollypop thing, where he had to do it on this film. It's also a tripped out film that is very much worth the journey. The imagery, style, and mythology and dreamy quality is just astoundingly good. The...( read more) script may at times appear poorly written, but if you stick with it, you'll see there's a lot to love. :D
  • mjgildea
    May 10, 2007
    mjgildea
    Lisa and the Devil sucked in ways I can only hope to describe. If the haggard characters aren't mucking the whole thing up, Telly Savalas with his goddamned lollipops are. This movie has only the smallest possible fraction of charm and intensity that Bava's previous work does. A ...( read more)few of the things he does are interesting but for the most part, Bava hung the Gone Fishin' sign on the door after the first 5 minutes and never came back.
  • KESSLER72
    March 20, 2007
    KESSLER72
    one strange ass movie - this features KOJAK himself Telly Savalas......
  • brianpark08
    December 10, 2006
    brianpark08
    Weak movie. VERY WEAK
  • tk7and7is
    November 17, 2006
    tk7and7is
    Yeah, it's silly sometimes, but Bava never disappoints as a visual stylist. Kojak as devil is a sublime touch.
  • sleepykiss
    October 3, 2006
    sleepykiss
    Saw this at a midnight showing in college. Someone please explain it to me.
  • flynnparadox
    September 13, 2006
    flynnparadox
    Bava goes off the deep end and comes up with a strange, dream-like erotic horror nightmare.
  • hypotheticalcorpse
    July 11, 2006
    hypotheticalcorpse
    Surreal dreamy atmosphere

Summary

Lisa And The Devil (Lisa e il diavolo) (The Devil in the House of Exorcism) Summary