The Priest (1978) follows a devout Catholic priest whose rigid faith is shattered by erotic temptation and guilt, leading him into a spiral of repression and self-destruction. As his spiritual torment intensifies, the boundaries between sin and salvation collapse in an atmosphere of obsession and moral decay. This transgressive religious drama blends psychological horror and sexual taboo in Eloy de la Iglesia’s daring critique of clerical hypocrisy and Francoist morality.
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- Severin’s Blu-ray is included in the “Exorcismo: Defying a Dictator & Raising Hell in Post-Franco Spain” box set with Far from the Trees (1972), The Bell from Hell (1973), Creation of the Damned (1974), The Devil’s Exorcist (1975), The People Who Own the Dark (1976), Battered Flesh (1978), Faces (1978), Triangle of Lust (1978), Sins of a Nympho (1979), Dimorfo (1980), That House in the Outskirts (1980), Bloody Sex (1981), Supernatural (1981), After… Part One: Can’t You Be Left Alone? (1983), After… Part Two: Tied Up and Tied Up Well (1983), Morbus (1983), Poppers (1984) and Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada ‘S’ (2024). It contains a 168-page booklet.
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