The Night God Screamed

In the seven-and-a-half-minute pre-credits sequence, a faceless hooded figure, dressed like a monk and carrying a six-foot cruciform staff, makes a speech/plea to God. The Christ-like figure, now revealed to be the leader of a Charles Manson-styled cult, calls for "The Atoner" The cult leader, whom the girl addresses as "Billy Joe", forcibly "baptizes" her, in front of all assembled, until she drowns.