aka The Devil's Own."After the blow be struck, give me the skin for dancing in."
Gwen (Joan Fontaine) an English teacher in Africa who tangles with the local witch doctor, and suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in England she takes a post at a school in a small village, run by Alan Bax (Alec McCowen) and his sister Stephanie (Kay Walsh). But soon she starts witnessing strange events, and begins to suspect she is surrounded by witchcraft and the coven has selected one of her students for sacrifice.
Adapted by Nigel Kneale from a novel The Devil's Own, the film manages to lack the suspence and unease necessary to make this an effective horror. But saying that it still manages to maintain the viewers interest as a solid low key thriller.
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