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ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

morrayreaves10 I saw this movie when I was about 5, this movie scared the heck out of me. The idea of a movie where the woman talks like the devil and kills people was very creepy. I remember as a child sitting in the car at the drive in and spending most of my time on the backseat floor behind my moms chair crying. So many years later I was able to but it on Amazon and I watched it again with my brother and mom and family and was like wow this movie was funny in that old campy way but still a little scary. But it was fun to watch. I think it would be a good crowd pleaser, but we have to get a straight copy that does not look so choppy and look like it skips parts as well.

melvelvit-1 Blaxsploitation hacks wasted no time ripping off THE EXORCIST with ABBY, the story of a deacon's wife (Carol Speed) possessed by Ishu, a sex demon her archaeologist father-in-law unleashed in Nigeria when he dug up a wooden idol and pulled its penis. She screams, screws, and throws people across the room while cussing up a storm spewing what looks like sperm. The clothes, the cars, and the sound track are reminiscent of MANNIX and while I fully expected to see someone like William "Blacula" Marshall in something like this, IMITATION OF LIFE's Juanita Moore took me by surprise. She played Abby's anguished mom and I half-expected her cries of "My baby! My baby!" to bring forth Susan Kohner who I would have loved to have seen play Abby. Unintentional hilarity abounds anyway in what's one of cult director John Waters' favorite movies. The poster ("Abby Doesn't Need A Man Anymore -The Devil Is Her Lover Now") used to hang behind his desk in the '80s.

tavm Though I knew there were some DVD copies around, I guess I should thank YouTube for finally being able to watch this movie since that's where I discovered it. Having seen it, I can see why Warner Brothers sued and won their lawsuit against American International for blatantly copying WB's hit The Exorcist. Sure, the differences are that one involved a girl child and the other a grown woman but they both have shaking furniture and demonic possession in which they both say very vulgar things involving sex. Okay, with that out of the way, let me say what I think of it. I thought it was hilarious whenever the title character played by Carol Speed had-through the voice of Bob Holt-said all those blatantly provocative remarks to various people but after that, I managed to also find some genuine scares and thrills. Both Ms. Speed and William Marshall as Bishop Garnet Williams who tries to get the demon out of her provide great presence in their scenes together. But the supporting players of Terry Carter (Rev. Emmett Williams, Abby's husband and Garnet's son), Austin Stoker (Abby's brother Det. Cass Potter), and especially Juanita Moore (Miranda "Momma" Potter) also hold their own against them. If there's one thing I have a beef with, it's the print I watched. Perhaps because of that lawsuit, no one's bothered to restore it. So the one I saw looked washed out. Still, the sound wasn't bad so that's a plus. Really, all I'll say now is if you get the chance to watch Abby, go for it! P.S. How interesting that after not sharing a scene in The Mack, Ms. Speed and Ms. Moore played daughter and mother in this. And nice to hear Carol's writing and singing skills with the song "My Soul is a Witness".

MartinHafer I have been trying to find a copy of ABBY for some time and tonight I have finally seen this supposedly lost treasure. Apparently, Warner Brothers Studios felt it was rip-off of THE EXORCIST and the film was pulled from circulation prematurely. It also was not seen on video or laser disk and only recently appeared on DVD. The print is horrid and looks as if someone sat with a video camera and recorded it as the film was being played--it was that bad. The colors were a mess, too--most of the film had a strong red tint to it. Additionally, there were scratches throughout--making it the ugliest quality DVD I have ever seen.Well, despite the horrid quality of the disk, I do feel that the film is unique and not exactly a copy of THE EXORCIST. In fact, there are so many differences that it seems ludicrous today that Warner felt they had any claim at all to stop the film. Plus, quality-wise it wasn't like anyone would mistake ABBY for THE EXORCIST!! While the DVD extras proclaim it as a masterpiece and it "was NOT bad like the Blacula or Blackenstein movies", I heartily disagree. While I have yet to see BLACKENSTEIN, the Blacula movies (BLACULA and SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM) look like Academy Award winners compared to ABBY. Other than all three films starring William Marshall (a capable actor stuck in cheap films), they just don't compare. The Blacula films weren't bad at all and ABBY is a wretched film with wretched production values from start to finish. The acting, aside from Marshall, is very, very amateur, the sets and props looked bargain basement and the story was just silly. Worst of all, though, were the demon special effects that weren't much better than something you could make at home.So what does all this add up to? Well, not a good movie, certainly...but also a movie that is fun to watch for its camp value. In other words, it's so stupid and so inane, that it's great for a laugh. So far in my life, I've seen about 50 so-called "blaxploitation" films and this is the worst--even worse than the dull Dolemite films. Now THAT'S bad!!