愁云惨淡的华盛顿市，一幢普通公寓内，单身妈妈克莉丝（艾伦·鲍斯汀 Ellen Burstyn 饰）和女儿芮根生活于此。然而近一段时间，克莉丝却被女儿种种怪异的举止折磨得烦躁不堪。芮根的行为举止怪异，迥异常人。克莉丝带她求医问卜，终无所获，甚至精神科医生也束手无策。万般无 奈之下，几近绝望的母亲求助于莫林神父（马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰），一个有着丰富驱魔经验的老者。恐怖的夜晚，神父与藏身少女体内的恶魔展开连番较量。这是一个注定让无数人永生难忘的恶魔之夜…… 本片由William Batty根据1949年一起真实的驱魔事件创作的小说改编，荣获奥斯卡金像奖最佳混音奖和最佳改编剧本奖。
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
It tells the story of a woman who must save her unborn child and herself when she is possessed by a powerful ring.
Awomanislefthandcuffedtoherdeadhusbandaspartofasickrevengeplot.Unabletounshackle,shehastosurviveastwokillersarrivetofinishheroff.
