The Antichrist (1974)
Day 16 of Sobriety. No, not the 2009 film of the same name by Lars Von Trier, but an Italian film from 1974, directed by Alberto De Martino, which is sometimes titled The Tempter . I am not familiar with Alberto De Martino, but looking him up on Wikipedia, it seems he made a lot of pepla (sword-and-sandal) films, some gialli, westerns, spy movies, but only a couple of other horror movies. I’d heard The Antichrist was derivative of the The Exorcist , but I’d say it was more like the unholy offspring (see what I did there) of The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby . The plot centers on Ippolita, a wheelchair-bound young woman who was paralyzed in a car crash that also caused the death of her mother. However, Ippolita’s paralysis has been diagnosed as psychosomatic, induced by her traumatic experience. That trauma has also caused her to have various other mental issues, including a possessive dependence on her extremely wealthy father. She also seems to be somewhat psychic. Her f...