![]() John Cameron was selected as the composer for the film's musical score. The version currently in television syndication is a heavily edited version of the UK theatrical release, which retains some of the less explicit nudity in the Black Mass finale. After its rejection by American television, an extended version of Spectre was released in the UK as a theatrical film with additional footage that includes nudity. Spectre was one of a number of unsuccessful television pilots in the 1970s in the occult detective subgenre. Roddenberry previously revisited this relationship in an earlier failed pilot, The Questor Tapes. Watson, although there are also some aspects that recall the relationship between Roddenberry's own Spock and Leonard McCoy. The relationship between Sebastian and "Ham" is deliberately reminiscent of that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Spectre was intended as the pilot for a television series, but was rejected. The conflict with Asmodeus is only beginning. In the final moment of the film, Sebastian sees the symbol of Asmodeus (a stylized letter "A") in the painting. The temple and the Cyon house are destroyed but Sebastian, Hamilton and Anitra Cyon escape.īack home, Sebastian receives a painting from Anitra Cyon similar to one he had admired. Asmodeus removes the curse on Sebastian and invites him to join him, but Sebastian rejects the offer and battles Asmodeus. Geoffrey is a pawn who was used to increase the cult and who will be forced to sacrifice Anitra to Asmodeus. Further investigation of the hidden temple reveals that it is Mitri who is dead and whose form Asmodeus has assumed. The next day the pair prepare to do battle with Asmodeus and his cult. ![]() They suspect that the real Geoffrey is dead and that Asmodeus has assumed his form. That night, the duo investigate the grounds of the Manor and discover ruins which lead to a hidden underground temple devoted to Asmodeus. Sebastian and Ham suspect Geoffrey is behind the attack. The following day Mitri is attacked by dogs, badly injuring him. The real Anitra (also played by Ann Bell) reiterates her reason for consulting Sebastian: due to an unknown influence, Geoffrey's behaviour has changed dramatically and he has turned Cyon Manor into a den of iniquity. He is aware that Sebastian and Ham are there to investigate him and wants his sister convinced that nothing is wrong. When they reach the Manor, they are greeted first by Sir Geoffrey Cyon ( James Villiers), Anitra and Mitri's older brother and head of the family. The police arrive, and Inspector Cabell (an old acquaintance from their criminology days) escorts them to Cyon Manor. Ham and Sebastian find Qualus' body lying partially inside a pentagram, the body fatally mauled. Qualus, a long-time associate who has been researching the Cyon family. Sebastian asks the Cyon chauffeur to stop off at the home of Dr. ![]() Thanks to Mitri's expertise, they land safely in England. While over the Atlantic the engines of the plane fail, something that Sebastian claims is the result of supernatural intervention. ![]() He and Ham depart to the airport where they are flown by Mitri Cyon ( John Hurt) to London. He defeats her using the Apocryphal Book of Tobit. Sebastian recognizes that this person is not Anitra Cyon, but rather a succubus sent to stop Sebastian from investigating the family. Hamilton does not believe in the occult and thinks that Sebastian and his housekeeper Lilith ( Majel Barrett) are playing tricks on him when he witnesses unusual events.Īs the pair are getting reacquainted, a woman claiming to be Anitra Cyon ( Ann Bell) unexpectedly visits and tells Sebastian that his services are no longer required. "Ham" Hamilton ( Gig Young) to his home to help him with a case involving the Cyon family. He has been cursed on one of his adventures by the demon Asmodeus, leaving him in constant need of medical attention. William Sebastian ( Robert Culp) is a former criminologist who now studies the occult to explain the problem of human evil.
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