The Devil Rides Out (film)
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Produced by | Anthony Nelson Keys |
| Written by | Dennis Wheatley (novel) Richard Matheson |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Charles Gray |
| Distributed by | EMI Films (UK) 20th Century Fox (USA) |
| Release date(s) | July 20, 1968 UK release |
| Running time | 95 min |
| Language | English |
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The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 film based on the novel The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley. The film was made by Hammer Film Productions.
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[edit] Plot
Set in 1930s London and the south of England, Duc de Richleau and Rex van Ryn rescue their friend Simon Aron and another young initiate, Tanith, from a devil worshipping cult. During the rescue they disrupt a ceremony on Salisbury Plain in which Satan himself appears. They escape to the home of the Eatons, friends of Richleau and van Ryn, and are followed by the group's leader, Mocata, who has a psychic connection to the two initiates. After visiting the house to discuss the matter and an unsuccessful attempt to influence the initiates to return, Mocata forces Richleau and the other occupants to defend themselves through a night of black magic attacks. Their successful defence ultimately results in Mocata himself paying the price of loss of life and eternal damnation of his soul for having wrongly summoned The Angel of Death.
[edit] Cast
- Duc de Richleau - Christopher Lee
- Mocata - Charles Gray
- Tanith Carlisle - Nike Arrighi
- Rex van Ryn - Leon Greene
- Simon Aron - Patrick Mower
- Marie Eaton - Sarah Lawson
- Richard Eaton - Paul Eddington
- Countess - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
- Peggy Eaton - Rosalyn Landor
- Malin - Russell Waters
[edit] Background
First proposed in 1963, the film eventually went ahead four years later once censorship worries over Satanism had eased. Production began on 7 August 1967 and the film starred Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Patrick Mower and Paul Eddington. The screenplay was adapted by Richard Matheson from Wheatley's novel. In the United States the film was retitled The Devil's Bride. Christopher Lee has often stated that of all his vast back catalogue of films this is his favourite and the one he would like to see remade with modern special effects and with him playing a mature Duc de Richleau. [1]
[edit] References
Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.
[edit] External links
- The Devil Rides Out at the Internet Movie Database
- The Devil Rides Out review on BritMovie.co.uk
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