ABBY (1974)

[RCMerchant]

 Abby (Carol Speed , from the MACK ) is a nice girl. She sings in church, she cooks food for her old man, and she gets possessed. So William (BLACULA) Marshall steps in and does African exorcist s**t!
Warner Bros., dick snackers that they were, sued them for who f**king knows. It was taken off screens soon after. I have it on VHS I bought from Video Vortex back in 1994. Back in the old tape trading days.

I love this movie. She turns from Shirley Temple to a drooling demon! And just gets flat out rude! I think it's the best EXORCIST inspired film I have ever seen. (BEYOND THE DOOR is a close second!)

http://youtu.be/-QUEeQFaclw

[Gabriel Knight]

According to IMDb: Out of circulation for years after Warner Bros. sued American International claiming it was a ripoff of its film The Exorcist (1973). Although the film was very profitable (its budget was approx. $200,000 and it earned $4 million in its first month of release), director/producer William Girdler never saw a penny of it because of the lawsuit, which was settled shortly before he died in 1978.

[lester1/2jr]

remember the girl Abby who used to post here a long time ago? she ran a Girdler tribute site

[Allhallowsday]

I think I have ABBY in one of those 50 pak dvd sets...

[RCMerchant]

I think I have ABBY in one of those 50 pak dvd sets...

I honestly don't think it's legally out there yet! I saw it because I have a washed out bootleg copy I got from a long gone company called Video Vortex from Canada. I saw the ad in Fangoria magazine! I ordered a catalog. I usta have all sorts of vhs tape catalogs lying around.

[Allhallowsday]

I think I have ABBY in one of those 50 pak dvd sets...

I honestly don't think it's legally out there yet! I saw it because I have a washed out bootleg copy I got from a long gone company called Video Vortex from Canada. I saw the ad in Fangoria magazine! I ordered a catalog. I usta have all sorts of vhs tape catalogs lying around.

I think some of those 50 movie paks are "public domain" or leftover prints for which licenses aren't necessary; copyright fulfillment and infringement gets shady, particularly with properties that aren't hot.  I have lots of DVD collections none of which I look at anymore!  Where oh where could that be? 

[RCMerchant]

I just found this on YouTube!
And it's just as washed out as my copy!

http://youtu.be/KvSwjBAYpp0

[Allhallowsday]

I just found this on YouTube!
And it's just as washed out as my copy!

http://youtu.be/KvSwjBAYpp0

Again, I think yours was probably bootlegged from an original used print - probably just like what I've got...! 

[The Burgomaster]

I have Abby on DVD (from CineFear Releasing)

[RCMerchant]

Girdler must have a thing for 'Satan' and 'possession' movies- he did the mind-numbing ASYLUM OF SATAN (1972) and the MANITOU (1978) too.

[Allhallowsday]

Girdler must have a thing for 'Satan' and 'possession' movies- he did the mind-numbing ASYLUM OF SATAN (1972) and the MANITOU (1978) too.

Cool! THE MANITOU too?  As in tutu...  THE MANITOU is some hardcore BAD a$$ movie fodder.  Talk about junk!  With MICHAEL ANSARA !!! LOVE it!!! 

[chefzombie]

I LOVE MANITOU!! one of THE best stoner drivein movies ever, lol!