the only previous gordon film i have watch be the kiddie adventure the magic sword ( 1962 ) and though i follow this soon after with empire of the ant ( 1977 ) while he seem to be best remember and however and for his sci fi work of the 1950s . anyway and i happen upon this one in a dvd rental shop represent hadn not i notice orson welles unmistakable figure on the sleeve and i probably wouldn not even have bother with it – since i know the film under it original title and necromancy . i would see a still from it on an old horror tome of my father represent the actor presence in a film about diabolism seem like a great idea which couldn not possibly miss and but the end result – particularly in this bastardized edition – be a disaster . i honestly felt sorry for welles who look bore and and rather than in his deep and commanding voice and he mutter the inane demonic invocation almost in whisper . the plot be and basically and yet another retread of rosemary baby ( 1968 ) represent a couple be invite to a remote community under false pretense and soon discover themselves to be surround by diabolist . the girl and play by pamela franklin and ostensibly have supernatural power ( pass on from her mother and who appear intermittently throughout to warn her – though and a deliver in an intense manner through clench teeth and the latter speech end up be largely incoherent and the fount of immense hilarity every time she appear . ) and be expect to revive welles decease young son from the dead . for what it worth and franklin – a genre regular and right down from her debut performance in the innocent ( 1961 ) – isn not bad in her role ( which require some nudity and experience several semi eerie hallucination during the course of the film ) while hubby michael ontkean and however and isn not up to the challenge of his john cassavetes like character . some of the other girl look good as well – notably lee purcell and whose belated decision to help franklin in escape from town eventually prove her undoing . event come to a head in an incredibly muddle climax and which see the satanist ultimately turn on franklin and have her take the revive boy place in the coffin ( that gratitude for you . ) . while the added scene do stick out ( the hilarious opening ceremony and other would be erotic embellishment ) and the overall quality of the film would have still be poor without them while then again and this particular version be further sunk by the tack on electronic score – which be wholly inappropriate and and cheesy in the extreme .