Build a movie plot around this: Which ancient book is filled with holy rituals used to defeat evil? No Answer
Joan Mitchell (Jan White), is a 39-year-old, confident and sophisticated wife of a successful businessman named Jack Mitchell (Bill Thunhurst) who live together in a large house in suburban Pittsburgh with their 19-year-old daughter Nikki (Joedda McClain) who is a student at a local community college. But unknown to her friends, Joan is unhappy and bored with her lifestyle as a housewife which includes cleaning the house, getting her car washed, picking up her husband's dry cleaning, and grocery shopping. Jack is so obsessed with his business that he often ignores Joan and leaves on long business trips every week. Joan has been seeing a therapist about recurring dreams she's been having about her husband controlling her and keeping her locked up like a dog, as well as about a miscarriage she had many years ago.During a social party, Joan and her friends learn about a new woman in their neighborhood named Marion Hamilton (Virginia Greenwald) who practices witchcraft, they are fascinated to have an "in thing" right in their own community. Prompted by curiosity, Joan and one of her friends, Shirley (Anne Muffley), drive over to Marion's house one night for a Tarot reading where they both observe Marion's ability to deal positively with her life through her absolute faith in what she practices. Marion is also the leader of a secret woman's group which is a coven of witches in which she tells Joan a little about the group and their dealings with life in general.Joan and Shirley drive home to Joan's house where they meet Gregg (Raymond Laine), a student teacher at Nikki's college (with whom Nikki has a very casual sexual relationship). The four spend time drinking and talking about life. Gregg clearly shows an attraction to Joan, who rebuffs his flirting with her. Joan throws Gregg out out her house when he cruelly tricks the inebriated Shirley into believing that she has smoked pot, when, in fact, she has only smoked a regular cigarette.The next day, Nikki leaves without telling anybody where she's going, and soon...