Night of the Demon (1957)
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science. england, professor, investigation, animal attack, black magic, psychologist, electrocution, demon, witchcraft, skeptic, occult, hypnotism, satanic cult, séance, science vs religion, jumping through a window, stonehenge, folk horror, parapsychology, catatonic state, foggy night, supernatural power