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I will consider this DVD viewing a first-time watch for me, because I saw the unedited edition now released on disc by Code Red, under the European title THE DEVIL WITHIN HER (not to be confused with the Joan Collins film of the same name). Indeed, this Italian horror movie has gone through several title changes -- from CHI SEI? in its own country, to its most recognizable American name, BEYOND THE DOOR. But the only way to see it is under the complete DEVIL WITHIN HER form, since the U.S. version -- which I did see on a crappy videotape 20+ years back -- is a much more incomprehensible mess. Two directors tackled this (Ovidio G. Assonitis and Roberto D'Ettore Piazzoli), which is obviously a ripoff of THE EXORCIST with hints of ROSEMARY'S BABY. Director Ovidio states he got the idea from seeing the Polanski film, and from only reading the Exorcist novel.

Juliet Mills (of TV's NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR) stars as a British woman named Jessica living in San Francisco with her husband Robert (Gabriele Lavia) and her two small children. She becomes impregnated with what may be a spawn of the devil himself, and as a result she goes through a series of disturbing trends: smashing her hubby's favorite fish tank, eating a raw banana peel from the street, kissing her sleeping little boy lustfully on his lips, spewing blood and vomit, and rotating her head and levitating. A strange bearded man (Richard Johnson) who has had ties with her from the past, follows her husband around and introduces himself as Dimitri, a cultist who is now trying to help Jessica and to also release his own soul.

I don't think this is a good movie, but it's serviceable horror fare with enough shocks and eerie optical effects considering it's an EXORCIST copycat made on a limited budget. Some of the photography is hauntingly done, and Juliet Mills is quite good in her part as the possessed mom. The participation of Richard Johnson also lends something of class to such horrific goings-on. I think this film gets too harshly judged, though I am not surprised if most of those reviewers only got to see the inferior common U.S. Theatrical Cut. **1/2 out of ****

In all fairness, this movie is a ripoff. However, if you know what it's gonna be and you're cool with that, it is damn entertaining.

From the get-go with the kids cussing and the bizarre antics of the parents, you know you're in for an Italian trash treat. It just gets better and better. By the end, you'll be loving life, if you're anything like me.

Recommended for fans of Fulci, Argento, D'Amato, etc. It was a little more old school than I thought it was gonna be, but I'm good with that. It is definitely more early 70's than late 70's. I like that Bava used the same kid in "Shock" aka "Beyond the Door 2." 6 out of 10, kids.

Oy vey, what a doozy we have here. "Beyond the Door" (also known as "Chi sei" and "The Devil Within Her") has Juliet Mills as a San Francisco housewife who becomes pregnant with a Devil child, which puts a hamper on her otherwise bourgeois West Coast existence. She also becomes apparently possessed, and does a lot of really wacky and scary stuff.

A low-budget, unabashed riff on "The Exorcist" and "Rosemary's Baby," "Beyond the Door" is one of the weirdest offerings in the possession horror sub-genre of the 1970s, and despite its unashamed ripping-off of about every possession film up to that point, there are still moments of technical flair and genuine creepiness here. An Italian production, the film was directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis, who at times seems to be tapping into surrealism with the moody and disorienting camerawork; as some other reviewers have noted, there are things about this film that are very much dreamlike. Take for example, the first five minutes: We have a sea of candles appear on screen, with overhead narration by none other than Satan himself; the camera pans to the right, as Juliet Mills inexplicably stands amidst the candles in a white nightgown, wearing a brainwave monitor. Three minutes later, we have a random montage of Mills grocery shopping in the Bay Area set to a hokey funk track by Sid Wayne. Surrealist horror, or funk rock music video? I don't even know, nor do I want to attempt an answer.

The film suffers tremendously from godawful dubbing, and Mills' foul-mouthed children who look about ten but talk like nineteen-year-olds bring some terribly laughable lines, while the bulk of the dialogue between the family is utterly brainless chatter. Despite all silliness, the real treat of this film lies in the execution of its possession scenes which, despite their derivative nature, are really well-done and at times genuinely scary. Mills does a commendable job with the script and is convincingly frightening as she transforms into a complete monster. There are some surprisingly out-there twists in the script that will leave you scratching your head, but also work in favor of the "surrealist horror" wave the film seems to be riding (funk rock music video is still a solid choice though, just for the opening credits alone).

Overall, "Beyond the Door" is a divisive film because it has moments of acute technical success and truly spooky moments, but it's also horribly dubbed, generally badly acted, and the plot is a rehash of the decade's earlier possession films with some absurd twists thrown in for good measure. As I said before, it is worth a watch for Mills' possession alone, and for the borderline surrealist visuals on display, but the undertone of utter silliness rarely escapes the screen. 6/10.

But, now that I'm older, it isn't so bad-ass. Still, it has some pretty chilling scenes that should be seen by any horror nut out there! I decided to buy a copy of 'Beyond the Door' (1974, also known as Chi Sei?) because I had seen it late night in the '70's and it really gave me the creeps as a kid! Of course, it's an obvious Exorcist rip-off, but this time it's Juliette Mills whose possessed and instead of green pea soup she spits up, it's a kind of black inky stuff, which is just as gross to the viewer! She also does all the cussing & growling that was to expected of her to be convincing as a plaything of the Devil and there's also some levitating (floating, really!) towards the end, for good measure! One of the creepiest scenes I remember as a kid, was when her two children tell their father "Daddy daddy, please don't leave us alone with mommy!" and he's like "Oh, it'll be alright, I have to be at work! Bye!" - haha - of course! So, they go into the bedroom later and say "Mommy mommy!" and Ms. Mills is on her stomach, but her head turns all the way around to look at them with evil eyes! THAT part is why I bought this damn film! That was as close to the Exorcist-head-spin they could do without being an OBVIOUS rip-off, but it's effective nonetheless. So, all in all, I bought this video to re-live old fears and to conquer them! haha - Worth a rental or a cheap buy off ebay, like I did! I give it 5 out of 10 stars! ***** As in, average!

Of all the "Exorcist" rip-offs made right after the box-office success of the original, "Beyond The Door" is the most blatant. All of the sensationalistic happenings of the first movie occur here (head spinning, levitation, green pea vomit, foul language spoken in a demonic voice), but in "Beyond The Door" they occur not so much as a manifestation of demonic possession as they do because they occurred in "The Exorcist". This tale of a woman becoming possessed by her demonic fetus (they even threw some "Rosemary's Baby" into the mix) certainly didn't help the careers of its stars Juliet Mills and Richard Johnson, despite its box office success (indeed, Shakespearean trained Johnson saw his career degenerate into more and even schlockier films than this). Still, one has to admire the film for its chutzpah: it's such an OBVIOUS rip-off that one can't help giving it credit for having the nerve to be such.

Amazing, the power of advertising. I had never seen this film, but I definitely recalled the TV spot that creeped me out as an impressionable youngster way back in the day. Apparently I wasn't alone in this; BEYOND THE DOOR fell into that category of movies that most cult aficionados were aware of but had likely never had the chance to watch. Now that I've finally seen it, I can only express my disappointment.

Talky, lethargic and needlessly obtuse, this mishmash of ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE EXORCIST squanders every opportunity it affords itself. Juliet Mills plays Jessica Barrett, a San Francisco housewife and mother of two whose comfortable existence is shattered by an unexpected pregnancy — instead of joy she's overcome by strange feelings of dread and unease. She and her music producer husband Robert (a miscast Gabriele Lavia) are alarmed to learn that the fetus is developing at a greatly accelerated rate, precluding an abortion; their family doctor is at a complete loss to explain it. With Jessica exhibiting bizarre behavior to hubby and the kids, a mysterious figure from her past named Dimitri (ZOMBIE's Richard Johnson) appears out of the blue to hover on the periphery, watching and waiting. He only inserts himself into the situation once it becomes clear that some kind of supernatural force is at work — the mother-to-be demonstrates telekinetic powers, speaks in an inhuman voice and vomits up a lot of green bile. In desperation Robert turns to Dimitri for answers, but the stranger only makes demands. There can be no contact with doctors, and the child must be born...

Although Mills and Johnson are quite good, taking their roles and the material seriously, I just couldn't bring myself to care about their characters or what happens to them. Most of the supernatural manifestations are effectively staged (notably in a scene depicting the demonic possession of objects in the Barrett children's room), but unfortunately these moments are buried deep within a sluggish, confusing narrative. I was surprised that a '70s Italian rip-off of trend-setting American horror films could actually prove tamer than its inspirations — no peeing on the carpet or masturbating with a crucifix here. Eating a rotten banana peel picked up off the street just doesn't quite compare.

I won't waste time summarizing the plot for this film since the other users have done quite a good job themselves. Basically, you've got just one more in a stream of films that cashed in on the success of William Friedkin's 1973 classic "The Exorcist". I can only recommend "Beyond the Door" to those who enjoy these types of movies. Director Ovidio G. seems to be the Italian version of William Girdler, who directed his own "exorcist" knock-off that same year with "Abby", a blaxsploitation version that was actually taken out of theaters after two weeks due to a lawsuit filed by Warner Brothers for plagiarism. If I'm correct, "Beyond the Door" was also attacked by Warner Brothers but I'm not sure what the outcome of that one was. It did manage to stay in the theaters though and actually did good at the box office. "Beyond the Door" copies "The Exorcist" in almost every way and you will either hate it or love it. This time, instead of a young girl, we have Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor, Passions) who levitates, vomits, spins her head around, and curses like a sailor, saying things like "lick the whore's vomit" in a demonic voice. Sound pretty familiar? "Beyond the Door" was marketed during it's theatrical release as being filmed in Possess-O-Sound, which was basically the same thing used for the Sensurround effect in the film "Earthquake"; huge speakers with the bass turned way up. To sum things up, this is not a well-made movie at all. I was especially turned off by the devil himself doing a little narration at the beginning of the film. You will, however, have a good time watching it and be entertained if you like this kind of thing. There's a few lines of dialogue from the girl playing the daughter that are a hoot and have to be heard to be believed. I'm pretty sure that whoever wrote this script was smoking some of the wacky tobbacy. I voted 7/10 for entertainment value and being one of those movies that are bad in a good/fun way. Otherwise, I give it only a 3.

i have seen this movie back in the exorcist year...never figure out this movie then because it was all chopped up..saw it 5 time too..but all of you guys who saw it back in the 70's.get the code red version,uncut,unrated and more details about Dimitri encounter with Jessica and the devil.it's like let's make a deal with Satan and get jag in return.a Rosemary's baby vs The Exorcist.it's also resorted.don't get the VHS version also.back than i gave it 4 stars.but code red version save the story and received a 7 stars.there is a scene that was cut that explain more about Dimitri's mystery approach toward Jessica.now the repeated words,the child must be born was driving me crazy.the final scene will leave you questing.i also found the cans of green peas as a tribute to the devil films.yes,it's a ripoff of The Exoricst and i believe they paid warner bother 90 millions as Julietta mills quote on the extra features...

A woman is having a baby despite taking the pill and experiencing abnormal fetal growth rates. The baby is a devil child(as we learn indirectly from the opening narration by Lucifer no less). Sure, it's easy to dismiss this film as nothing more than a blatant rip-off of The Exorcist. Make no mistake it is. We have head-turning here, vomiting, moving around on a bed, a devil/demonic plot, and other bizarre occurrences. What we don't have is any real suspense, sense of storytelling, inspired direction, acting of any merit, or the wholly important thematic thread of priest/religion/God exhibited in the original Exorcist. Juliet Mills made me feel sorry for her that she was the headline performer in this muddled mess. She is asked to do lots of things beneath her: vomit, say ridiculous profanity, move her lips while some guy with a deep voice rants on and on about ten more years(that's another ridiculous plot thread), and perhaps the most inane of all scenes eat a rotten banana peel of dirty street steps. Mills, though not a great actress by any means, always was able to have an air of dignity. Not in this. At least she is not alone. Richard Johnson, the other primary non-Italian co-star, gives yet another unsatisfying, bland performance as some guy named Dimitri who we see in the beginning go off a cliff and then verbally hear him make a pact with the devil to live ten more years. What a stupid story! Wait till you see the end with the kid on the boat. I know someone somewhere thought that was oh! so clever. NOT! The Italian supporting cast was generally poor. Mill's two children are more than aggravating as they call their parents by their first name and utter profanities throughout. When Regan wasn't possessed, she was a sweet kid that the audience could care for. Who cares about these kids? Director Ovidio Assonitis does occasionally strike fool's gold with a scene here and there that shows some potential. I liked the opening narration. In fact I think it is the best thing about the movie. Some of the scenes of dolls with bright eyes and a smashed fish tank were fairly well-done too. By and large; however, the film misses way too much and is a very poor imitation of not only The Exorcist but ANY decent horror film of the 1970s.

Satan possesses the baby of a young woman in San Francisco which causes her to act out violently in this early 70's Exorcist ripoff.

We meet Jessica Barrett, her music mogul husband Robert, and their two young children Gail & Ken. As soon as Jessica reveals to Robert that she is pregnant, she gets violently ill and feels like the baby is trying to kill her. Soon agter that, strange things happen to her. She starts hearing what appears to be the devils voice, something inside of her makes her kill her husbands fish, and one night she actually levitates out of bed. Finally, her husband Robert realizes that she is acting out because of the baby inside of her which is possessed. Can he stop the evil without killing Jessica?

Beyond the Door surprised me as to how effective it was as a possession movie. The imagery of this movie is so creepy and unsettling, especially when Jessica first reveals herself to her daughter as being possessed. The acting by Juliet Mills was top notch. I know of her from being the comedic yet evil witch Tabitha from soap opera Passions. She brought that same devilish energy to the performance. I also enjoyed not only the imagery of the possession scenes, but the sunny and happy backdrop which was the San Francisco location shoots throughout.

Overall I would recommend Beyond The Door. It is a fun possession horror film that often gets overlooked as an Exorcist knockoff.

6/10

'...you gotta stop that, or it's going to blow my mind. Man if you don't quit crying, you're gonna have a really bad trip. For Pete's sake, get under the blanket and cool it, will you?'

"Beyond the Door" is pretty much a combination of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist"--though with none of the style or quality of these films. It's an Italian-made film--with some English speaking actors and some Italians who are dubbed. However, unlike most Italian films, much of this was made in the US.

The film begins with some really silly dialog from Satan as well as some full-frontal nudity that seemed very gratuitous. This is all part of some strange introduction that doesn't make a lot of sense.

The scene now switches to San Francisco and shows a very bizarre set of kids with their mother, played by Juliette Mills. This entire family is weird--with the boy constantly drinking condensed Campbell's Green Pea soup (??) and the sister using some of the most bizarre and inappropriate dialog I've ever heard. Part of it, I am sure, is for shock value and part of it is simply bad writing (see the example at the top of the review). As for the husband, he lives in complete denial, as throughout the film his wife becomes increasingly bizarre and possessed and yet he refuses to get her professional help. All this, apparently, because she carries the spawn of Satan within her.

So is this any good? Well, yes and no. The film is dumb and derivative. The writing, especially the writing, is just terrible. But, no the other hand, I must admit that the special effects for Mills were pretty amazing for 1974. Worth seeing if you have very, very low standards.

BEYOND THE DOOR definitely riffs on THE EXORCISTS, but has an entirely different feel. While THE EXORCIST took normal, banal moments or settings and injected them with a sense of dis-ease, BEYOND THE DOOR has a disturbed, dream-like feel to it. There isn't a single normal thing about this movie to lull viewers into safety or complacency. Juliet Mills' erratic, violent behavior, the montage-like exteriors as Mills shops in San Francisco and her husband visits the psychic are weirdly unsettling with no pretensions. Ditto for the sequences with the children and the glowing-eyed dolls. The scene in which Mills is trussed up in bed with electrodes attached to her scalp is almost unbearable to look at for Mills' creepy facial expression. I first viewed this when I was a sophomore in high school, watching it on an independent TV station late at night. The movie weirded me out like no film before it(until I saw ALICE SWEET ALICE)and was truly unsettling. Very symbolic, with attempts to convey concepts of evil through cinematic language. Interesting, if only for seeing a different interpretation of the demonic possession genre.

San Francisco woman : Juliet Mills lives with her husband : Gabriele Lavia and children : David Colin Jr , Fiorini . She once again finds herself pregnant , but this time with a demonic child inside . As she is possessed by the unseen power of Hell . Along the way a strange person named Dimitri : Richard Johnson appears and going after her, but what does he really wish ? . As a demonic possession lives , and grows and grows and grows in... Terror lives Beyond the Door! .Evil grows Beyond the Door ! The Ultimate in Horror ! .Beyond the Door is is the most terrifying event in the history of mankind is about to occur !. Evil grows Beyond the Door !

One of the first William Friedkin's Exorcist sick rip-offs with large plagiarism by taking scenes here and there of this classic movie . This is a horrifying and blood chilling drama of possession with creepy incidents , thrills , supernatural happenings, loathing chills and blood-curling events that may induce nauseas . Juliet Mills plays the pregnant woman and subsequently possessed by guess what , giving an acceptable acting , and passable performance from Gabriele Lavia as her unfortunate hubby and the best results to be Richard Johnson as the mysterious man who suddenly shows up with dark purports .

This knock-off saga about Beyond the Door is formed by three films this "Beyond the Door 1974" starred by this good trio Juliet Mills , Gabriele Lavia, Richard Johnson , followed by the sequel "Beyond the Door 2" 1979 by Mario Bava or John Old Jr in his final film with Daría Nicolidi, John Steiner , again the child David Colin Jr and the lousy "Beyond the Door 3" 1991 with Savina Gersak , Bo Svenson, Mary Kohnert , skip this one and go to right to the best directed by the famed Bava that nothing to do with other versions , that's why it is made by the great Mario , being the second semi-sequel much better than the first and third ."Beyond the door" or "Obsession Chi Sei" or "The Devil within Her" was regular but professionally directed by Oliver Hellman and assisted by Richard Barrett . Rating 5.5/10 . Mediocre but passable and acceptable . The picture will appeal to exploitation fans and Italian horror moviegoers .

I saw this for the first time recently. Read somewhere that Fangoria listed this as one of the best horror film which it is not. This film is a blatant rip off of Exorcist but nowhere close to the masterpiece. The only difference is that here the possessed person is a grown up woman n the demon is an unborn child inside her. It has a lousy scary scene of dolls creating havoc n a blatant rip off of head turning, green puke, demonic facial make up, etc. The lead actress is a lil lookalike of Kirsten Dunst. There is an unnecessary scene where the lead actor is harassed by street musicians. One reviewer rightly said that satanists (lawyers) made the most money outta this film due to copyright issues but whatever said n done, i read that the film was a big success n it led to two other films copy its name, Bava's Shock n Bo Svenson's film, both were passed on as part 2 n 3 respectively. Now this is surprising but still avoid this trash.

Remember the scene in "The Exorcist" where Linda Blair projectile vomited green liquid across the screen? Of course you remember. It's one of those scenes that you don't even have to have seen it to remember it - it's that famous.

The makers of "Beyond the Door", also known as "The Devil Within Her", certainly remember it, and a few of the other effects shots from Friedkin's horror classic, namely the head spinning and the levitating.

"The Exorcist", no matter how many times you watch it, is insidious, shocking and disturbing. You think you know what's coming but it always finds a way to sneak up on you.

The best that can be said about "Beyond the Door" is that enhances your appreciation of the movie it rips off by showing you how bad that movie might have been if it were directed by hacks like this one is, rather than a master like William Friedkin.

I think the vomit in "The Exorcist" was pea soup. In "Beyond the Door", it's a thicker substance like something you'd see in an Indian restaurant. Rather than spraying out as a projectile, it tumbles out of the woman's mouth like mud driven downhill in a rainstorm. Seeing the possessed woman eating it again with apparent relish was the only part of this movie that made me feel anything other than boredom, but I wouldn't say it was a pleasant feeling (disgust and nausea).

The movie is a mess, with no real story other than "woman is possessed and husband takes a long, long, long time to realise it". It has a curious prologue with a dastardly narrator promising "soon you will be caught up" in the events of the film, and then some nudity that has nothing to do with the rest of the movie. The voice lies - I never felt caught up or involved at all in what I was watching. The movie is pointless garbage and I was so grateful when it was finally over.

It made sense that everyone was cashing in on the success of The Exorcist at the time, but none of them really knew what made that film so effective in the first place. Everyone assumed it was all the head spinning and green vomit, so most of the rip offs added more of that and dropped the more thoughtful and character driven aspects of that film.

Beyond the Door is one of these films that ups all the gross out elements, but forgets to have characters that are engaging. It also adds elements of Rosemary's Baby into the mix as we see our leading lady (Juliet Mills) feeling a Satanic cult and becoming pregnant with Satan's child. Pretty soon, she's leviating, rolling her head around, and oozing green gore out of her mouth.

The script is so nonsensical that you can't help but treat it as camp. Sometimes entertaining camp, but no one is going to be able to take this movie seriously. It's worth a watch just to see how ridiculous one movie can get.

In 1973, William Friedkin shocked audiences with his powerful movie adaptation of Peter Blatty's bestseller The Exorcist; unsurprisingly, 1974 saw opportunistic Italian film-makers offering eager horror fans several tawdry rip-offs, including Alberto De Martino's L'anticristo (The Antichrist), Mario Gariazzo's L'ossessa (AKA The Sexorcist), and this convoluted mess by Ovidio G. Assonitis, which also sees fit to throw in a bit of Rosemary's Baby for good measure.

Beyond the Door (AKA The Devil Within Her) stars Juliet Mills as Jessica Barrett, wife of successful record producer Robert, and mother to pea-soup drinking Ken and foul mouthed Gail. When Jessica unexpectedly discovers that she is expecting a third child, she begins to suffer from severe mood swings, frightening her kids and worrying her husband.

As Jessica's strange behaviour worsens (head spinning, vomiting, swearing, etc.,), a concerned and exasperated Robert eventually accepts an offer of assistance from stranger Dimitri (Richard Johnson), who just happens to be his wife's ex-lover; but is Dimitri genuinely concerned for Jessica, or does he have his own selfish reasons for helping her? Juliet Mills makes a very poor substitute for Linda Blair, dribbling puke from her mouth rather than expelling with force, levitating a paltry six inches above the floor, and lacking imagination when it comes to cursing, and Assonitis's dull direction, plus a script that makes virtually no sense, results in a turgid mess that is only worth watching if you're a movie masochist. In fact, the only moment in the whole film that really grabbed my attention was when Robert was inexplicably harassed by street musicians, including a funky jazz flautist who plays with his nose. Hilarious!

What a wild and wacky film this was. Juliet Mills foaming at the mouth and tossing her vomit at anyone within firing range. She really must have been fed up to the teeth with her proper English image.Her old beau rocks up expecting a piece of the action in so far as being reborn it would appear but is out of luck. The kids are groovy and the entire thing is shot through a pea soup haze similar to that that adorns the youngster's bedroom wall. Warner Brothers were mortified of course but surprisingly lost their court battle to have the picture suppressed.Its a disgraceful and dismal film but why I still like it so much and continue to be drawn and fascinated by it 40 years later I cannot fathom. The Devil maybe. Or perhaps its just luxurious to bask in its cultish ineptness and stupidity.The ultimate Spaghetti Horror.God knows the 1973 head spinner was going to be ripped off at some stage of the game and the abject plagiarism at work here was just the shot to ring the box office bell. And loudly.

How can a film be scary and funny at the same time? I don't know, but that's what Beyond the Door manages to be. It's an Exorcist rip-off with a bit of Rosemary's baby thrown in for good measure, filtered through some Italian film companies' shattered brain pan. Best example of this is the very beginning of the film, which Satan narrates himself while we watch a writhing naked woman on a plinth, whose face then turns into Jesus. A Jesus with boobs.

Jessica lives in San Francisco with her husband Robert and their two kids, Gail (who talks like a hippy and sounds ten years older than she looks) and Ken (who is about five and swears like a trooper!). Jessica is once again pregnant, and therefore exhibits the usual symptoms of what we used to called Irish Toothache: nausea, eating weird things, in this case a rotten banana off the street, extreme mood swings, murdering a bunch of gold fish, blaming her husband for every single wrong in the world, slapping her kids about.

Vomiting blood isn't the best indication that the pregnancy is going well, and even stranger is that the pregnancy is progressing at an alarming rate. Jessica is concerned and wants to have an abortion as the pregnancy is now causing her to float about the room and leave mud everywhere (don't think about it). When the doctor agrees to the abortion, she goes mental and insists that the baby be born! Women, eh?

I burst out laughing when the kids started begging with their father not to leave them alone with their mother, but then the film did a strange thing by becoming effective and creepy. When the kid brother is alone he starts talking to an invisible thing sitting in a rocking chair, his sister arrives, going on about something or other and totally oblivious to the fact that every doll in the room has turned to stare at her. What's harder to ignore is the room going completely mental, the dolls walking about, and a cake floating up to the ceiling and getting squashed.

The kids are shipped off somewhere and the strange fellow turns out to be Jessica's ex-boyfriend Richard Johnson, who didn't fare to well with the occult way back in The Witch In Love either. He wants the baby to be born and insists he help, whereas the doctor thinks it's probably for the best if the demon spawn of hell be removed. It's like the worst abortion debate in the world, all set to the soundtrack of a woman vomiting, cussing and flying about the room.

I've been looking forward to this film for some time and wasn't disappointed. I thought the really daft period of Italian horror started later in the decade, but here it is, a fully fledged trash classic that ticks all the boxes you need. Or I need, anyway.