- Year
- 1974
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Director
- William Girdler
- Updated
- 9 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (47/100)
Abby
The blaxploitation Exorcist. A minister's wife is possessed by a sex demon. Warner Bros sued.
A shameless blaxploitation riff on The Exorcist, in which the wife of a minister is possessed by a Nigerian sex spirit accidentally released by her archaeologist father-in-law, played by William Marshall of Blacula. She turns foul-mouthed and violent, and only an exorcism will save her.
Warner Bros sued for its obvious debt to The Exorcist and got it pulled, which has made it hard to see and burnished its cult reputation. It is cheap and derivative, but Marshall lends it dignity and the possession scenes have real energy. A notorious obscurity.
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- Blaxploitation, 1971 to 1975
Melvin Van Peebles caught gonorrhea on his own set, filed a workers' comp claim, and bought more film stock with the settlement. Four years later the studios had mined the audience out and moved on.
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