恶魔:_之夜

剧情简介

　　Ame ^rican =%psycholog ? ist John Holden arrives in London to \participate i[*n a sym.*posium ai #_)mi=(ng t\?o expose witchcr %*aft] and d$\,evil-w%orship as a fraud
%, wit ;h a!ttent?-ion centered on# a\[ cult run@[. b=/%y a Julian Ka$r [(swell. Debarking his #:plan;e, Holden learns t?hat t \*]he symposium.+ le=. (ader, H[-enry
?Harrington, h =]as sud:- #denly di#ed an)d he  i#)s now in c]#harge. What only the@+,
audie nce + know#s is @!@that Harring ton was/,! clear,ly `killed) /.\by  a d`emon, a$p\pare^@ntly s/!@ummon,_`!ed by Karswell` to a_venge his persecuti.
)on. Despite both threaten# ing 
.and cajoling behavior by Karswell, Holden determines t !o proceed, thou.(gh the only :]]cul t : member willing to talk a)`bout his experienc`=es is in a pr=) ison . psyc\_hiat]:ric w,*;ard, ?catatonic afte,r alle\g+@edly [ki #lling=^ ye%#t anoth=e\(/=r cu:!lt member. However,: Harr[ingto
n's n,,i.,%ece, Joanna, bel];ieves, based on her`] un:([cle's not=es)\*, that,( Karswe[ll ma(_/y indeed+
 have s$ ome satanic powers derive)d from an ancient tome i-`n an obscur:?e l^(_anguage[. whi/ch he has be%en) abl!e t(o translate^, and  attempts to warn the skep@tic` Hold*=(e#n. Karsw\+%ell:&:%^#39%^??s:^ mo$the=
r also a=`ttempts to +war#n((]! , H,!olden off. However, the
: +[thin@g wh ; i=,#ch begins to most get /(to Hol!*_d/*en are= the occasi%\:onal, bu+%t mountin\g, sensory=?_?% and men
\*t?+a$)l dist#=urban:;ces he begins e+=xp^?eriencing af/ ter]_$ an encounter # ^#with Karswell$ +, and t@h  e disc,over y that, durin[_g @.^this encounte@((r, Karswell ) @s
ec# retly#` slip?ped a sli* %p of  p#archm/ent wi? t/h a c?u?-*rse i,$ n ^`$run-^*ic :_sy:?mbo+_ ls on it ^)into Holden9s[ b^elongi\(ngs, a pa
*+]rchmen :%t `ide@;:?ntical to one Har#.ring
`ton\;: record#ed having)
 ha=`d pass@.,*e+ d to him `in !/;a similar manner s;hortly before hi _#s deat#h... [N.B. Holde]n at %\,n[[o p oint stays  - at ^)the *=Karswell estate].