To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

A novelist attempts to save the soul of a young nun from a satanic cult in this Hammer Horror that’s unlike anything the studio had ever made. It dropped the traditional theatrics, got overly-serious, went on location shoots and tried to mimic American films like The Exorcist (1973) and Rosemary’s Baby (1968).
The last five minutes are a travesty, but up to that point it’s a glimpse of a bold new direction for the studio that sadly was too little too late.
It’s loosely based on a Dennis Wheatly story, so loosely that even Dennis would struggle to find the similarities.

3 belly-busters out of 5