I've seen this movie a few times. Each time I can't say I thought the film was great. It's okay but I think it lacks a horror star to help with the interest. Even a cameo from Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee would have helped. There also isn't much to the story and there aren't many twists and turns.
I like it, though I've only seen it once.
It's interesting that it was originally meant to be an anthology film but they took the anthologies and pieced them together into a singular vision.
The disparate stories included one involving a woman locked in an attic by her abusive aunt; a group of children who uncover a monstrous carcass in a field; and a man who cuts off his own hand, which is possessed by a demon.[7] Each of the stories were connected by an overarching narrative of the pastoral village being infiltrated by various evil forces.[7] Wynne-Simmons's screenplay was inspired in part by the Manson Family and the Mary Bell child murders.[3]
I didn't know it was supposed to be an anthology. I think it would have worked better that way.
Patrick Wymark is great in this but as I said, it would have been good if he'd had an actor of a similar high standard to play off.