The most memorable moments in this supernatural TV movie are the destruction of a succubus early in the film and some interesting sets that does lead to an interesting ending. But you've got 70 minutes prior to that which is bland and convoluted. Robert Culp and Gig Young go up against the occult and have several frightening experiences in which a lot seems to be left out of the script and outside lots of sets with fiery props, not much is revealed. I've seen dozens of similar films (the best ones are from England or Italy), and there were more frights in the first reel than there are here.
Too much exposition yet not enough detail, and you get a lot of imaging that seems influenced (or ripped off) from those genuinely spooky occult movies made a decade prior to this. John Hurt is sadly wasted, although the number of evil looking women (including a housekeeper with a spooky pair of scissors seemingly ready to stab some unsuspecting man) is somewhat bizarre. When the occult sequences do occur, it's nothing new. Red robes, torches, female sacrifices, the Stonehenge like entrance to the sacrificial underground, but sadly nothing to make it stand out. Worth a one time viewing but just weird instead of good.
Too much exposition yet not enough detail, and you get a lot of imaging that seems influenced (or ripped off) from those genuinely spooky occult movies made a decade prior to this. John Hurt is sadly wasted, although the number of evil looking women (including a housekeeper with a spooky pair of scissors seemingly ready to stab some unsuspecting man) is somewhat bizarre. When the occult sequences do occur, it's nothing new. Red robes, torches, female sacrifices, the Stonehenge like entrance to the sacrificial underground, but sadly nothing to make it stand out. Worth a one time viewing but just weird instead of good.