Desc: Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Italian Exorcist Rip-offs: Directed by Alessio Di Rocco, Giuliano Emanuele, Eugenio Ercolani. With Ovidio G. Assonitis, Marcello Avallone, Pupi Avati, Stella Carnacina. Italy Possessed is a documentary which chronicles the Italian Exorcist rip-off current, popular in the mid-seventies. The stories behind cults, such as Beyond the Door and The Antichrist, are told by the men and women who made them.