Demons of the Mind

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.

Cast

Robert Hardy

as Zorn

Shane Briant

as Emil

Gillian Hills

as Elizabeth

Yvonne Mitchell

as Hilda

Paul Jones

as Carl Richter

Patrick Magee

as Falkenberg

Kenneth J. Warren

as Klaus

Michael Hordern

as Priest

Robert Brown

as Fischinger

Virginia Wetherell

as Inge

Reviews

John Chard

There is a heritage of disorder in our blood. An unhinged Baron keeps his children as prisoners in the family mansion for fear they will inherit the family illness - insanity! It's one of Hammer Films' most divisive productions, some laud it as a Gothic horror with art house veneers, others sa...

Wuchak

_**Gothic Hammer with muddled story and unsympathetic characters**_ A Baron in 1835 (Robert Hardy) keeps his adult son & daughter locked-up and drugged because he thinks they're insane, like his dead wife. He hires a dubious doctor known for mesmerism (Patrick Magee) to assist him, along with his...

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