The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
127 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter SykesDirector
- Christopher WickingScreenplay
- Paul GlassOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard WidmarkJohn Verney
- Christopher LeeFather Michael
- Nastassja KinskiCatherine
- Honor BlackmanAnna
- Denholm ElliottHenry Beddows
- Michael GoodliffeGeorge de Grass
- Eva Maria MeinekeEveline de Grass
- Anthony ValentineDavid
- Derek FrancisBishop
- Izabella TelezynskaMargaret
- Constantine GregoryKollde (as Constantine De Goguel)
- Anna BentinckIsabel