Verdict
Summary
Eurosleaze at its most mediocre, Lorna … The Exorcist is a slow-moving supernatural sex and nudity fest with filmmaker Franco’s signature leery camera angles and languid gaze at the naked female figure. There’s a bit of voice over narration here and there, added to help the viewer orient themselves in a plot that sometimes goes nowhere.
Plot:
A desperate father who made a bad deal 18 years ago tries to undue what can’t be undone.
Review:
A hip middle-aged man named Patrick (Guy Delorme) meets an alluring stranger named Lorna (Pamela Stanford with wildly unattractive makeup and hairstyle, but the rest of her looks just fine), and their one-night stand takes a turn he’s totally unprepared for: She offers him a night of uninhibited, no-holds-barred sex for fortune and the forfeiture of the daughter he will have someday. Thinking that she’s just being kinky, Patrick takes the deal and plunges in, literally and figuratively. 18 years pass, and Patrick has gone on to have a charmed life, with good luck, success, and a beautiful daughter named Linda (Lina Romay) who begins having startling dreamlike encounters with Lorna who seduces her in her dreams. But is Lorna actually manifesting, or is she a figment of her imagination? Soon, Linda is behaving strangely, and along with her daytime, all-the-time psychosis comes the disturbance of another woman in a mental institution (Catherine Lafferiere) whose doctor (played by this film’s director Jess Franco) believes she’s possessed by a demon. Is Lorna a succubus / demon, or merely a metaphor for past sins come home to roost? As Patrick realizes his daughter is behaving strangely and all but throws herself at him for a new sexual experience, he remembers that seductive woman whom he made a deal with 18 years ago. In order to stop what seems inevitable, he goes hunting for Lorna, with the intent to kill her!
Eurosleaze at its most mediocre, Lorna … The Exorcist is a slow-moving supernatural sex and nudity fest with filmmaker Franco’s signature leery camera angles and languid gaze at the naked female figure. There’s a bit of voice over narration here and there, added to help the viewer orient themselves in a plot that sometimes goes nowhere. The eroticism is thick and veers into hardcore territory a few times with gynecological close-ups, sometimes graphic cunnilingus, and a tone that doesn’t care if it was ever meant for the mainstream, but there’s still an audience for this stuff, and if you’re able to withstand the goofy premise and how it’s all presented (a standout moment is when the succubus sends crabs to infest a woman’s crotch during sex), then this might be for you.
Kino Lorber’s recent Blu-ray release of Lorna … the Exorcist was the debut title as part of their “Kino Cult” series with a nice high definition transfer, an audio commentary by Tim Lucas, three on-camera interviews, and two audio tracks. A slipcover was issued for the first run.
