A widowed Baron (
Robert Hardy) keeps his daughter Elizabeth (
Gillian Hills) locked and sedated in her room, fearing for her sanity. In the same house is the pale, skinny-legged Emil (
Shane Briant). whose feelings for Elizabeth cause much anguish for everyone. The already strained situation goes from bad to worse when a discredited doctor (
Patrick Magee) gets involved.
It's a story of insanity and incest from
HAMMER Studios that at best is like a
Poe-esque tragedy with a dark cautionary fairy-tale vibe, and at worst a silly and confused attempt at delivering something psychologically sophisticated - the latter being the 'demons' of the title, as opposed to the supernatural kind.
2½ blood impulses out of 5
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