在这部化学婚姻恐怖/惊悚片中,现代的英国剑桥大学教授Oliver Haddo被臭名远播的Aleister Crowley附体，他是个神秘主义者兼崇拜恶魔。剧情讲述教授向Aleister祈祷，因而上了他身上，把大学校园搞得天翻地覆。
In 1947, noted Neo-Pagan Aleister Crowley dies. In Cambridge, 43 years later, with the help of a computer, Crowley's spirit takes over the body of Haddo, a mild-mannered, stuttering don. Over four days, as Crowley prepares for an occult extravaganza, bodies pile up, Crowley's elect engage in rites of passage, and Lia, a red-headed campus reporter, sniffs out a story that puts her in grave danger. Mathers, a scientist recently arrived from Cal Tech, may hold the key to her destiny.
