Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.
References to sex.
A possesed woman cuts her tongue and sticks it out like a snake in a sensual way.
At one point there is an african american woman giving birth and moaning loud and blood is shown.
violence
This movie has violence in the most distubing ways.
There is blood in scenes.
A woman and two men are shot in the head, a boy is threatened with a gun.
A bull is stabbed at with spears, not too bloody.
A cattle eats a dead hyena
A man is shown getting surgery on his arm
The bodies of two men are shown. One is decapitated, one is hung upside down on a cross
Another woman is shot in the head.
A man is shot while killing children.
A man is hit and his forehead bleeds
A man commits suicide by shooting himself in the head.
A man is tied to a tree, alive but shot with arrows
There is a battle with guns, swords and axes with blood visible.
profanity
4 F-words, 5 sexual references.
alcohol
Adult men share a drink.
frightening
Maggots are on a baby.
Hyena's tear apart baby/boy.
A woman possessed by a demon is exorcised and dies.
There are numerous scenes in which out of a sudden a light, a loud sound, insects or birds appear.
