A young woman (Patty Duke) who has given birth to Satan's son escapes from the coven holding her and the child she bore. But she is not strong enough to fight them and the child is eventually taken from her to be raised by Satan's disciples. Based on characters from the novel by Ira Levin and directed by Sam O'Steen (SPARKLE), who was the film editor on the original 1968 Roman Polanski movie. The 1968 film is one of the greatest horror films ever made and this made for television "sequel" is a miscalculated travesty! Other than its characters, it has nothing to do with Ira Levin's novel or Polanski's film (though Ruth Gordon returns as Minnie Castevet) and neither was associated with this film. Rosemary (Duke) is disposed of quite early in the film and as the adult Adrian, the spawn of Satan, Stephen McHattie is just awful. Overdoing the angst bit, he plays Lucifer Jr. with a tormented James Dean imitation. Dull and not even bad enough to be camp, just bad. With George Maharis, Ray Milland, Tina Louise, Donna Mills, Broderick Crawford and Lloyd Haynes.
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