The Exorcist: Italian Style
| L'esorciccio | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ciccio Ingrassia |
| Written by | Ciccio Ingrassia Marino Onorati |
| Starring | Ciccio Ingrassia Lino Banfi |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori |
| Music by | Franco Godi |
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Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
L'esorciccio (internationally released as The Exorcist: Italian Style and The Exorciccio; the title puns on "Ciccio," a hypocorism of Francesco) is a 1975 Italian Horror comedy film written, directed, produced and starring Ciccio Ingrassia.
A parody of William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973), it is the second and last film directed by Ingrassia after Paolo il freddo (a parody of Paolo il caldo).
In the film, an amulet of Beelzebub is located in Iran. Once transported to Italy, it causes the spirit possession of a mayor's son. Following a rape performed by the possessed boy, an exorcist is summoned. The evil spirit keeps changing host bodies, and eventually possesses the exorcist himself. The exorcist vanishes at the film's end.