They came to torture an agonised mind.
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.
Cast
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
Deirdre Costello
Magda
Barry Stanton
Ernst
Sidonie Bond
Zorn's Wife
Thomas Heathcote
Coachman
John Atkinson
1st Villager
George Cormack
2nd Villager
Mary Hignett
Matronly Woman
Sheila Raynor
Old Crone
Jan Adair
1st Girl
Jane Cardew
2nd Girl
Glenda Allen
Girl (uncredited)
Richard Beaumont
Young Emil (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Villager Carrying Torch (uncredited)
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- Release Date 11/05/1972
- Language English
- Director Peter Sykes
- Writer Christopher Wicking
- Editor Chris Barnes
- Cinematographer Arthur Grant
- Producers Michael Carreras, Frank Godwin
- Companies Hammer Film Productions, Anglo-EMI, Frank Godwin Productions
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Nov 5, 1972 | Theatrical | 18 |
| United States | May 4, 1974 | Theatrical | R |
| Germany | Dec 19, 1989 | Theatrical | — |
| FI | Apr 11, 2010 | Theatrical | — |
| United Kingdom | Oct 23, 2017 | Physical | 18 |
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