Exorcismo Page #4

there are people

who get together to invoke Satan.

There are black masses,

covens and whatnot.

Obviously, that's an excuse to use drugs

and give themselves over to sexual excess.

It's just a racket organized

by a few who are getting rich off it.

But unfortunately, sometimes

there are a few fanatics

and crimes are committed.

Ritualistic crimes.

On Witchcraft by Bodin.

Lash for the Demons by Dengo.

Pseudo-Monarchy of the Devils by Agrippa.

Interesting books.

And I suppose they are hard to find.

Yes, very hard.

I am, Reverend... how should I say it?

A very modest aficionado of occultism,

witchcraft, and all that.

I have a subscription

to a few monthly magazines.

I read that this way of killing,

by twisting the victim's neck,

was used by Satan himself

to eliminate the witches

who proved unfaithful to him.

- Is that correct?

- Yes. That's what those books say.

But what's your point, Inspector?

Why are you telling me this?

It's simple. I want you to help me.

You are an expert in this, a researcher.

And I suspect that the killings

of John Gibson and Richard Harrington

were ritualistic crimes.

They probably belonged

to one of those circles.

That's absurd. I knew them well.

Are you sure?

Well, listen to this, my friend Dunning.

Richard Harrington

was on drugs when he was killed.

He had taken LSD.

I can show you the autopsy report.

No need for that.

He used drugs since he came back

from a trip to Africa, a research trip,

I believe.

I suppose you know that lately

some churches have been desecrated.

Yes, I know.

It has to be someone

who is very disturbed.

Someone who is insane. Or perhaps...

a renegade priest.

A priest?

No, I don't think so.

I think anybody can commit a crime.

I'm going to show you something I found.

I'm sure you'll be interested.

Come with me.

Look.

"Son of a b*tch."

I would appreciate

if you didn't tell the Gibsons.

Don't worry. They won't find out.

I've talked to other doctors,

and nobody understands

the nature of the illness.

The symptoms are very strange.

They don't fit any clinical explanation.

They've never heard

of a case like this one.

And what if my sister suffers

from more than a mental illness?

- You too?

- I don't understand.

Someone already told me

what you are saying.

What exactly are you talking about?

I know you'll find it absurd,

but sometimes I think

my sister is possessed.

- Possessed?

- Yes.

It's as if someone, an evil being,

had taken control of her.

I know it's monstrous, but...

Come on, Deborah.

You're not serious, are you?

Otherwise, you're the one in need

of psychiatric treatment.

I'm sorry if I said something stupid.

I'm so worried.

It was the voice of a man.

An unmistakable voice, because it was his.

It was Lawrence.

And when you went into the room,

she was sleeping soundly?

Yes. She was sweating.

But the room was terribly cold.

And there was an awful smell.

It stank like rotten meat.

Was she still asleep when you left her?

Yes. She seemed to be in a deep sleep.

Let's go.

Come with us, Patricia. I want to see her.

"Come, Leonard. Possess

once more my excited body."

Is that her handwriting?

I don't know. It's possible.

A little changed, perhaps,

but it could be her handwriting.

Does Leila know German?

Not a single word.

What do you think about all this?

Nothing. Nothing definitive.

Let's get out of here.

Miss Deborah, we checked everywhere.

She isn't anywhere.

Madam, we should call the police.

Don't you think?

No! No! Not the police.

Not yet. They would ask questions.

I couldn't take it.

Thank you, you can go.

We'll call you if we need you.

Mom, the Reverend and I

will look for Leila.

We'll find her, you'll see.

Patricia, try to rest.

- All right.

- Whenever you're ready.

Don't be surprised

by what I'm about to tell you.

- I think I know where Leila is.

- Where?

- In an abandoned castle near Annecy.

- And what is she doing there?

Richard initiated her into Satanism.

She and other students meet there often.

Not always in the same place.

Sometimes they meet at the beach,

other times in that castle.

And how do you know all that?

One of Leila's classmates came to tell me.

She knows my sister is ill,

and she blames those meetings.

Can I talk to this girl?

No. I promised her

I wouldn't tell anybody her name.

She's very frightened.

She's afraid the police will get involved

and she'll get embroiled in a scandal.

- In the ruins of the Annecy castle?

- Yes.

Then what are we waiting for? Let's go.

It must be there.

Let him go! Let him go!

The police!

Leila!

Leila!

Leila!

Damned pigs! Leave me alone!

Don't touch me!

- Good afternoon, Reverend.

- Hello, Sandra.

Reverend,

what are they going to do with Udo?

I don't know. He's under arrest for now.

They'll never let him go, right?

I don't know.

First, they will have to try him

and prove that he's guilty.

He killed John. Mr. John.

And also Miss Leila's boyfriend.

He hated them. He was in love with her.

He used to take her to those meetings,

and he made her sick.

And he killed John

because he feared he would expose him.

And he killed Mr. Richard

because he was jealous.

But I watched him constantly,

until I discovered his tricks.

Now they will convict him,

and I'll keep my promise to John.

I'll avenge him.

My child, only hatred

makes you speak this way.

But you're a good girl.

You must take pity on him.

No, Reverend. I'll never pity him. Never.

I don't understand.

Leila doesn't have any drugs in her body.

And the EEG doesn't show anything.

Her state seems to be normal.

But she's hallucinating,

and she frequently loses consciousness.

However, it's not a case of hysteria.

No, it isn't.

Look, Reverend, I'm a skeptic

in religious matters,

maybe because I'm a skeptic by nature.

I understand.

Well, I'll admit there is something

that goes against my beliefs.

I'm listening.

I don't accept anything

that is not tangible.

However, I'm starting to have my doubts.

I'm talking about those manifestations

from the afterlife.

You know what I mean.

Spirits, apparitions, and...

And demonic possessions.

Exactly. Deborah believes in that.

And Patricia is starting to believe it.

And now you want to know

what I think about that. Right?

I'm anxious to know your opinion.

You're an expert in that subject.

Look. A few years ago,

I helped an exorcist in Brazil.

The case had all the characteristics

of possessed people.

The girl spoke and wrote languages

completely unknown to her.

I remember she would go

into stages of wild rage,

and then she would have

strange lethargic periods.

She also suffered

from alterations of her physique

and stigmata in her skin.

Something horrible.

The point is that the girl was cured.

The priest who conducted the exorcism

was convinced that he had expelled

an evil spirit from her body.

I never believed that.

I thought it was all in her mind

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