Aka Child of Satan."It is not heresy, and I will not recant!"
John Verney (Richard Widmark) is an American novelist who specialises in the occult. On a book tour in London he inadvertantly gets drawn into a battle to save the life (and soul) of Catherine Beddows (Natassja Kinski). Catherine has been brought up as a nun within a supposed Catholic sect. But the cult is actually run by Father Rayner (Christopher Lee), an excommunicated priest, who is using Catherine to create an earthly apperition of the demon Astaroth.
Hammer's second attempt to bring a Dennis Wheatley novels to the screen. Whilst Wheatley is on record expressing dislike for the film, as do many Hammer film fans, I enjoyed it. Yes the script has holes and isn't the greatest, but it trots along at an agreeable pace, with some great set piece scenes. All held together with some fine acting from the principles. Not as bad as many would have you believe.
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