October Horror Challenge - Abby (1974)

Day 9's prompt was "Slow Burn." I was going to watch Ravenous, but let my copy to a friend and have decided to go with one of my alternate prompts, "Blaxploitation."

Plot

Dr. Garrett Williams is a priest and archeologist that accidentally unleashes a trickster deity (or demon associated with him)  that possesses his daughter in law, Abby. He works with his son and Abby's brother to free the pious woman's soul.

Review

I watched this flick because it stars William Marshall and had read some interesting things about it. 

This film has a lot in common with The Exorcist, so much so that that Warner Bros won a lawsuit and got the movie pulled from distribution. Because of this print copies of the movie are extremely rare and not great quality. I watched it on YouTube, though it appears to also be on Plex (though the quality there doesn't seem great either). It has a lot of trappings of typical Blaxploitation flicks, including a fantastic soundtrack. The film trades the trappings of Catholicism with the orisha Eshu, trickster West African deity (who's depicted as a demon that loves sex and killing). The movie isn't nearly as creepy as The Exorcist. Honestly it comes across as silly at times. It's still an entertaining flick though and William Marshall is fantastic!

I thought I'd end by mentioning this one takes place and was filmed in Louisville, Kentucky. I think this is neat because that's also the setting of Return of the Living Dead and the home of a few game companies, most notably Bloat Games.

 Your Game 

Here are stats for Eshu written with What Shadows Hide in mind.

Eshu  (Outsider) 
Armor Class: 15

Hit Dice: 8+4Move: 12
Actions: 2
Attack: Unarmed (d8)
Special: Weakness: Light magic, can see ghosts, possession

Bonuses: Toughness +3, +8 to hit, +4 to Melee damage, 

Alignment: Evil

Morale: 9

Madness: NA
Terror: 15

HDE: 5

Movies Watched: 10

New to Me: 7.66