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Magdalena von Teufel Besessen  (1974)

The Germans jump into the saucy possession bandwagon with this ultra-sleazy demonic tale of sexual madness! Magdalena is a beautiful virgin living at an all girls boarding house. When her grandfather is mysteriously crucified by Satan himself, Magdalena's body is suddenly violated by Lucifer! She writhes around in pain and ecstasy! She breaks human limbs, demands the local priest to "stick it in me" and spits out black snakes! When the upper attic is supernaturally destroyed, Magdalena keeps running around naked, so it's off to the local shrink for tests. The doc doesn't know what to do, so he takes her to his ranch where she falls in love with a younger physician only to torment him sexually. When Beelzebub starts taking her from behind, her behavior only gets worse! Time for some religious advice and more unearthly nastiness! Don't settle for any alternate print! Digital Conquest's version comes your way completely uncut with all the full frontal nudity and deviant behavior intact!

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The Devil With Seven Faces  (1971)

A giallo/crime thriller hybrid that introduces us to a woman named Julie Harrison (Baker). Julie is being harassed by a couple of mysterious men for reasons unknown and it makes her nervous enough to turn to her friend and lawyer Dave Barton for help. Barton semi-dismisses her and as she is leaving his office becomes the victim of an attempted kidnapping. Barton and his friend Tony save the day, but Julie’s problems are just beginning. She explains that she has been receiving troubling phone-calls from her estranged twin sister Mary. As the story progresses we learn that Mary may have been involved in a major diamond heist, screwing over and leaving behind her partners and her husband in the process. Complicating matters further, these no-nonsense criminals believe that Mary is Julie! It’s clear that they will stop at nothing to regain their prize and God help anyone who dares to stand in their way! Barton seems to have interests of his own while Tony becomes romantically entangled with Julie putting him in an equal amount of danger. There are, as always, plenty of twists during the running time to keep you enthralled and as the events unfold the violence escalates. Far from perfect (the lighter – the wig – the car chase), though still a solid film with Baker in constant danger while a loungier-than-usual Stelvio Cipriani soundtrack decorates the unfolding events.

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Luci Lontane  (1987)

Milian stars as a man named Bernardo. He has just lost his wife days earlier and is trying the best way he knows how to cope while maintaining his duties as a father and a diligent businessman. This becomes more and more difficult when his son constantly disappears only to claim he was spending time with his mother. As things turn out, this is no mere attempt on the part of a distraught child to come to terms with death; it is, in fact, the truth! With time, the bodies of the newly deceased resurrect more and more frequently around the area and Bernardo finds himself in the middle of something much greater than he ever imagined! Besides finding an inner strength he never knew was within, could Bernardo also once again find love? And if that’s what is to be, can this new kind of love survive? Distant Lights is very clearly rooted in the science fiction genre though it is an atmospheric and mysterious film that takes its time to get where it is going. Milian is to be commended for his work here. Although he usually creates a ‘character’ (and he does that very well), here he has created a man, and a very believable one at that! Many rewards are in store for the patient; this Italian movie is both capably written and directed! Enjoy Distant Lights totally uncut (Some prints are reported to run less than 90 minutes while Digital Conquest's very rare version reaches a full 102 minutes!) and in widescreen!