Cauldron: Baptism of Blood

Blood-drinking cultists impale and behead their sacrificial victims to feed the insatiable blood-lust of Vessago, the horned demon that they worship. Their leader, a powerful sorceress named Demonia, has targeted their next victim - Stacy, a young singer who says she will do anything to achieve stardom. When Vessago appears in a ball of flame, offering her fame in return for her soul, she recoils in terror. In a fit of rage, the monster orders Demonia and her satanic brood to kidnap Stacy and sacrifice her closest friends one by one until she submits to his desires.

The Cauldron: Baptism of Blood (2004) marks the return of director Ted V. Mikels to the evil, black magic realms he visited in Blood Orgy of the She Devils (1972). With nubile, writhing witches and a psychedelic nightmare of a demon, this dark tale of paranormal horror builds relentlessly to a final cataclysm of hellfire.

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