Black Magic Rites

Black Magic Rites is a 1973 Italian film directed by Renato Polselli. Produced under the title of La reincarnazione, the film was shot between December 1971 and January 1972 in Italy. It was originally submitted for review for Italian Film censorship board twice in 1972 when it was eventually passed in November 11. The film was released on home video as The Reincarnation of Isabel and Black Magic Rites. Production Under its original production title of La reincarnazione, the film began shooting between December 1971 and January 1972 at Castle Piccolomini and at Elios Film Studios in Rome. According to Polselli, the film was shot in either five or six weeks. Release The film initially had trouble with the Italian censor board. It was initially submitted on 31 July 1972 and again on 11 August, where it was again rejected with the censors stating that the film "consists of a rambling series of sadistic sequences, meant to urge, through extreme cruelty mixed with degenerate eroticism, the lowest sexual instincts". Polselli shortened the film, which led to its passing on November 11.