Satan's Mistress (also known as Demon Rage, Demon Seed, Fury of the Succubus and Dark Eyes) [1] is a 1980 horror film that was theatrically released in 1982. It is about a sexually frustrated housewife, Lisa (played by actress Lana Wood), who, having been distanced from her husband Carl ( Don Galloway), begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (played by Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side.

Satan's Mistress (also known as Demon Rage, Demon Seed, Fury of the Succubus and Dark Eyes) is a 1980 horror film that was theatrically released in 1982. It is about a sexually frustrated housewife, Lisa (played by actress Lana Wood), who, having been distanced from her husband Carl (Don Galloway), begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (played by Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side. The film gives higher screen credit to Britt Ekland, who had only a minor role but more star power, having previously played Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun. Lana Wood is known to many as Plenty O'Toole from the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. Kabir Bedi was featured as the Bond villain's henchman Gobinda in Octopussy. The film was released the same year as the similarly themed The Entity, differing in that the sex in Satan's Mistress is consensual. The film has a cameo by veteran horror actor John Carradine as Father Stratten. (en) The film gives higher screen credit to Britt Ekland, who had only a minor role but more star power, having previously played Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun. Lana Wood is known to many as Plenty O'Toole from the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. Kabir Bedi was featured as the Bond villain's henchman Gobinda in Octopussy. Satan's Mistress (also known as Demon Rage, Demon Seed, Fury of the Succubus and Dark Eyes) is a 1980 horror film that was theatrically released in 1982. It is about a sexually frustrated housewife, Lisa (played by actress Lana Wood), who, having been distanced from her husband Carl (Don Galloway), begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (played by Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side. The film has a cameo by veteran horror actor John Carradine as Father Stratten. (en)She haunted his dream's with her vicious sensuality: the image of the red-haired siren raged in his blood, becoming his one reality. Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "A woman in an unhappy marriage finds sexual fulfillment in her relationship with a ghostly, speechless presence who, obviously, doesn't quite say who he is."

The blurb concerning the substantially different book this is supposed to be, is, well, a bit exagerated imho. Basically some names were changed, authorities on Lovecraft at the end of chapter 8 are now Christophe Till and S.T. Joshi instead of L.S.DeCamp and Robert Briney in the Carlyle Edition. Other differences are some updated words, Bill Gates instead of General Motors. There are some sly digs included, like "that the CIA paid Derleth to trivialize the concept and make a hash of his unpublished fragments", which one can read as a joke on the Derleth critics. Substantial changes in the narrative itself I couldn't find. So I finally read the new edition which was done by Wildeside Press, under the new title Downward to Darkness.Driven by the blinding force of those sweet nightmares, he wakens from the sleep of centuries a monstrosity he cannot control

Have had a real good run of novels recently - the Peter Saxon double-bill, Lair, Death Tour, Baxter, Subterranean, Death Bell and McNaughton's aforementioned Satan's Lovechild. Satan's Mistress is the one I enjoyed over all of them.

The film was released the same year as the similarly themed The Entity, differing in that the sex in Satan's Mistress is consensual.