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The Devil Rides Out
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film poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed by Terence Fisher
Produced by Anthony Nelson Keys
Written by Richard Matheson
Based on the novel The Devil Rides Out by
Dennis Wheatley
Starring Christopher Lee
Charles Gray
Music by James Bernard
Cinematography Arthur Grant
Editing by Spencer Reeve
Distributed by EMI Films (UK)
20th Century Fox (USA)
Release date(s) July 20, 1968 UK release
Running time 95 min
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Devil Rides Out (US title: The Devil's Bride) is a 1968 British film based on the 1934 novel The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley. The film was made by Hammer Film Productions. Template:Navbuttons

Plot[]

Set in 1930s London and the south of England, the story finds Duc de Richleau (Christopher Lee) investigating the strange actions of the son of a friend, Simon, who has a house complete with strange markings and a Pentagram. He quickly deduces that Simon is involved with the Occult. 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.

Cast[]

  • Christopher Lee as Duc de Richleau
  • Charles Gray as Mocata
  • Nike Arrighi as Tanith Carlisle
  • Leon Greene as Rex van Ryn
  • Patrick Mower as Simon Aron
  • Sarah Lawson as Marie Eaton
  • Paul Eddington as Richard Eaton
  • Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Countess
  • Rosalyn Landor as Peggy Eaton
  • Russell Waters as Malin

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]

References[]

  • Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3. 

External links[]

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