this be one of those religious horror film which never explain why the force of evil be 10 and 000 time strong than those of good . we have get here a satanic cult which can represent 1 ) beam away people ( like in star trek ) and 2 ) kill through little child doll and 3 ) transfer a soul from one body into another and 4 ) hypnotize telepathically from a big distance and and 5 ) cause drastic car crash in which select person turn into spaghetti while others ( kid and in this case ) survive unscathed . on the other hand and the force of good can represent 1 ) sit around helplessly and 2 ) stand around cluelessly and 3 ) panic and 4 ) laugh hysterically and 5 ) waste time by do nothing and 6 ) read comic while people get slaughter by the dozen and and 7 ) arrive too late to satanic ritual . in every religious horror movie i have to assume that that movie world be inhabit by god and by satan . i also have to assume that satan can not be 1 and 000 and 000 time more powerful and unless the movie have a world order resemble that of hell . in other word and where be the priest in this film who know something . the best that this movie priest could do be guess that there be some witch about nothing else from read all those book in his study . at the first sight of violence this priest become catatonic and then laugh hysterically and only to finish in a major panic attack . so this be suppose to be god contribution to fight satan . ridiculous . every good religious horror film have the power of good equip with some form of ( more or less ) supernatural power and or at least some concrete knowledge of how to fight evil . in that sense this movie be quite idiotic . a be the casting of the droll martin to play the high priest ( . ) of the cult . there be very little menace or awe in watch the quirky martin lead a satanic ritual . i mean and it do not have to be christopher lee or langhella and but couldn not they have find someone less funny look . also and why do the couple go back to the town after their car be put out of the running . after their friendly encounter with the town folk no sane person would have go back while they should have just walk on . the man explanation to his girlfriend ( and the viewer ) be that who know what in that direction .