The sun is setting, and Willie bolts the door, explaining, "I always bolt all the doors when the sun goes down." Before Willie can elaborate on the tribal ritual we hear the fluttering of wings, then the rattling sounds of something on the tin roof. Diana pulls out her cassette player to record the story on tape. Willie begins his recounting of the local Indian tribe tale of Devils. Boley is convinced it's just a cobbled together collection of bones, skillfully crafted, but an obvious fake. Willie lights a couple of hurricane lanterns and shows his guests a skeleton of some creature. The shack has no windows and only a single door. Reluctantly, Willie takes the doctor and Diana to a separate shack on the property. Losing patience, Boley heads for the door. It seems Willie Levert has a book deal in mind and wants to clarify contract details before he shows Dr. Boley is anxious to get down to business, and is growing annoyed by Uncle Willie's delaying tactics. Diana, wearing a halter top, goes exploring the weather beaten old shack and encounters Uncle Willie Levert (Woody Chambliss). Boley and Diana hear the fluttering of wings and see the shadow of something fly over their car.They arrive at their destination - Uncle Willie's Desert Museum. Up on the hillside we get our first glimpse of a gargoyle, in shadow only. "It's only a bit out of our way." They encounter a road block and decide to double back and take another route. Boley tells Diana he has an appointment with an old man who wrote to him with a strange tale.
He tells his daughter he is outlining a new book. Diana Boley (Jennifer Salt) disembarks the Texas International twin-engine airplane and greets her father in the luggage area. Waiting in his car for his daughter to arrive is Dr. Reborn every 600 years the gargoyles joined battle against man to gain dominion over the Earth." Title and credits follow over a small airport somewhere in the southwestern U.S. We learn that, "My offspring, the gargoyles, will one day rule the Lord's works, Earth and man. This 1972 made for TV movie opens with pictures and woodcuts of the Devil and narration (Vic Perrin) of his fall from Grace.
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