恶魔-之夜

剧情简介

American psychologist John $[(Holden a*]rrive:
s in Lo /*ndon t#;o parti^cip__`ate -.in a sy:mposiu_m a[imin)g  to e![/%xpose witchcraft and devil-worsh;^ip as a fraud,;
with atten;?/tion center)ed on a cult:. run by a J? ulia\ )n Ka?-]r!sw/:\:ell. Deb?,(a%.rk^ing his pla==ne, _[ `Holden lear.]=ns that th$e s ymposiu\+(*)m +_ $leader, Henry Harrington, h%as suddenly di[ed ;\$!an\@d h$(e is ^now  [-i-,+n charge . What@ o[nly th[:e aud(- -ie]nc;:.e knows is that H%,
.a\%rringt;\on
`@ w(#as clearly ]%]killed$`$
:-by a ! $demon, appar+\@,en@tly summ^`o+ned by;$ K(*a+rsw;+_$ell to %@`a)$=(-v*;* enge].# his - `persec,ution/ . D#=e;spite both /)threatening.@ and c//ajoling be,-havio%^r by K]#arswell, Holden determ =;ines^ t o p+roceed(/;_, \^,th. *ough
;, @ t=he* = only cult member :.#willin(*g,[ to talk about +h%.is ex+:)*-p,. er-$iences ) is in a pri+son psychiatric!^; ward, ;ca?=)taton)i;,`c ] af#ter all$-)egedly killi(`ng yet another c\]+ ult mem@$b\(_er. Ho.:%wever, H ,/arrin]+gton's niece, Joanna, believes:
, based on her uncle's:. not,es, that $$$Karswell
 may indeed ^ ha:, ve]) some satanic powe rs derived;? from` = an ancient tome in)_^ an obscure la`: ngua\\
ge whic.h he^%= has be`en abl$e.
[_ ?$t)o translate, an d attempts to warn the skeptic Holden. ^/!Karsw+ell_'s mother[ also,@ att empts to warn Holde@
)n :off. Howev*`%er, the thing wh )i!ch beg$[ins to most get_@ `to Holden ar`(e the occ*as^#@;i[*ona?/l,!`[ but mounti@:%ng, sen.? s`$?ory and mental disturbances he begins experienc- [^in=g after an encount:er with Karswel)l, and th-*e discovery that!,
#, du@
#ring t his(/ e_ncounter, Karsw;@ell se?cretly slipp=,?;e]d a slip;`% of parchment with a curse in ru=n:ic *symbols on [[it int+\o H`@.ol#:^*den's belon\
gin+gs, a _-parchment ide
nti(cal to one H??a-rrington re)]c*@+orded hav;ing had# pas`sed@[ to him in a s` imilar manner $sh ]ortly befor ^e !his de_%%ath...(]) [N.B... Holden at  no%\; poi[\/$nt stay/!s at _ +/ the Kars!well estate].