A priest and his family moves into a home that has been for sale for quite a long time. What they don't realise is that the house that stands on used to be an area centuries ago when witches were burnt at the stake and the home is now haunted.

I didn't know what to think of the beginning of the plot in which a preacher Father George is driven into a prison to confess a prisoners sins before she is executed whom the prisoner is Bette and boy was she cheesily creepy within what she says as it stuck to the back of my mind when she swore vengeance when going to her death sentence in which there's a hallucination of kids following her. This was mildly impressive and mysterious in a ghostly way.
The next day a loving family moves into a house that was for sale a very long time that has a dark secret of it's own. They have very uplifting attitudes when going into the home. Yet the performances with them all is a little outdated.
The little girl of the family Carole spots a crack in the wall that lights up and calls to her in which this left a cheesy but fashionable haunting moment in which there's nicely focused camera shots on this that kept me in suspense as to what will happen next.
Later at night the married couple Father Peter and Annie spot the wind blowing a book with pages being torn out as I found this to be a fair haunting moment happening next which leads to more happenings later on in the film.
During the morning we spot Father George again but wait.... He is now a homeless drunk which made me wonder why he was. Did he get kicked out of his church??? I don't recall any explanation in the story as to how he turned this way. Later in the story the reverend gave some hints.
He spots some kids running to a school bus and their teacher leading them into the vehicle as this woman looks mysterious. When he tries to get a close look this comes to a nice surprise as who this person really is with good ghostly effects happening. This was fairly well done for a low budgeter.
The crack in the wall calls Carole back as it draws her in with more haunting effects as well as how she looks afterwards wondering if she is possessed or not. This situation looked perfectly mysterious.
What's more creepy is the next evening when the family is all at the dinner table their radio does some demonic chanting with this object zooming towards them. It was both creepy and campy.
Within all of this their home traps them as there's great foggy and lighting effects of some ghouls trying to get in and the family tries to keep their door shut. This was for sure intense to watch.
Father George helps the family out which delivers more action in the story which keeps rolling along well when we keep watching the story unfold.
The two kids try and run away from the evil that follows them as well as a door opening up with a ghostly light taking one of them away. Sound familiar to a 1982 flick??? This was well entertained in a low budget fashion nevertheless. We also see the Mom running into the inside of a mirror which looked well done. Definetely weird horror twists here!
When the two preachers think they rescued the Mom and one of their kids from the other side the story is a real teaser as to what happens which was nicely put into the story.
The real suspense and action happens big time is when both Peter and George perform an exorcism in which there's great special effects and stormy moments that happens in this flick as well as nicely focused camera shots throughout this whole scenario. Pays a tribute to a 1973 flick that we all know!!!!
Bottom lline is that this is probably Anderson's best effort at making a horror film since alot of the one's he made are pretty bad. This isn't a masterpiece but can be a fun flick if you're in the mood for it. He seemed to borrow heavily with Amityville Horror, Poltergeist and The Exorcist. It looked like a TV movie seeing the budget and quality of this flick. Although this was an italian production it was shot in the states with an american cast.

The acting is very b-grade but you could tell that the cast did the best they could do here. Gene LeBrock (Father Peter) seemed to bring on the spunk and charm as the family man. Showed a nice sense of humor as I admit this was natural. Also has a ton of energy and enthusiasm especially when he tries to curse out the evil going on. Brought this to a hype big time.
Barbara Bingham (Annie) brought on the warm and caring wife in which she has a good and calm speaking bringing this natural as possible. She does well with her emotional attitude when the terror strikes as well as being good and energetic during all of this. Shows off well onto the camera within her performance.
Michael Paul Stephenson (Martin) came across well as the elder child. Shows a nice sarcastic type of behavior along with having a good happy go lucky type of attitude. Also shows off a nice versatality when he is freaked out by the terror. Shows off a great possessed behavior and bringing it to the extreme.
Theresa Walker (Carole) who portrayed the younger one needed a bit of a push as she was supposed to have an innocent type of attitude. Not too bad as it's just convincing. However when she screams it is too over the top. But that's just me. Yet she seems to grab attention within her performance.
David Brandon (Father George) had a real effective supporting role in which he shows off a perfect serious along with his dark speaking which shines well throughout his performance. Also does well by doing an exorcism with his intense energy and aggressions. Reacts well with his sneering behavior towards his onscreen minister. Had the perfect dark looks and appeal to all of this.

Carlo Maria Cordio is a little outdated on his music as it sounds like a soundtrack from a TV movie. In otherwise cheesy. But it seems to work in well with certain scene's in which there's airy, icy and ghostly synthesizer music as well as some drum poundings too. Alot of scraping noises along with vocalising harmonies which is suitable since there's possessions in this flick. So yet some were cheesily entertaining. To top it all off we hear some old fashioned horror organ playing as this was an attention grabber.