The Devil's Assistant

The Devil's Assistant (1917)

April 1st, 19170h 58min

Horror, Drama
42%

Overview

A physician enacts revenge on the woman he loves after she marries another by treating her exhaustion with maddening drugs. The film depicts her descent into madness in a red-tinted trip to hell itself.


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