Several years before he played a sexy vampire on the brief prime time TV reboot of the cult serial, Ben Cross faced other demons as a priest in this frustrating horror film about demonic efforts to destroy the Catholic clergy. It's difficult to know what the motivations are. Sometimes it seems to be a warning to believe that Evers At other times, it's offensively sacreligious and exploitative. The special effects go far over the top in showing evil, and at times they are gleefully smug in frightening the bejeebers out of people to make them fear that damnation awaits us all.
There's class with the presence of Hal Holbrook as a bishop as well as Ned Beatty, Trevor Howard and "The Young and the Restless's" Norma Donaldson. There's also an occult worshiping younger woman whom Cross takes in and her Satan worshiping punk boyfriend, and the less said about them the better when compared to the veteran actors. It's obviously a mixture of conspiracy and manipulation, often stunning visually yet a test spiritually, especially in constant dark days. Worth a one time look for some real frights, but not without a shower afterwards to clean off the filth surrounding the story.
There's class with the presence of Hal Holbrook as a bishop as well as Ned Beatty, Trevor Howard and "The Young and the Restless's" Norma Donaldson. There's also an occult worshiping younger woman whom Cross takes in and her Satan worshiping punk boyfriend, and the less said about them the better when compared to the veteran actors. It's obviously a mixture of conspiracy and manipulation, often stunning visually yet a test spiritually, especially in constant dark days. Worth a one time look for some real frights, but not without a shower afterwards to clean off the filth surrounding the story.