"They came to torture an agonised mind."

1972

1h 29m

5.3(57 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Robert Hardy

Zorn

Shane Briant

Emil

Gillian Hills

Elizabeth

Yvonne Mitchell

Hilda

Paul Jones

Carl Richter

Patrick Magee

Falkenberg

Kenneth J. Warren

Klaus

Michael Hordern

Priest

Robert Brown

Fischinger

Virginia Wetherell

Inge

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Sykes
Written by: Christopher Wicking
Produced by: Michael Carreras
Frank Godwin

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