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 To The Devil A Daughter (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment / Production Year: 1976 / Actors: Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, ... more  To The Devil A Daughter (DVD) ... Nastassja Kinski, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott / Dennis Wheatley's occult chiller which tells of two men locked in deadly battle over possession of a young innocent for the 'Children Of The Lord' cult. A devil worshipper needs her sacrificial soul to form the satanic homunculus of the demon god Astaroph. And a supernatural specialist must stop the ghastly ritual before the powers of the Dark envelope the universe.Newest Review: ... a rather old one. Richard Widmark had been in a bunch of film noirs back in the 40s and 50s, even if he's far from well known ... more ... today. He was reportedly unhappy about working on this film, and it shows in his listless performance. He bears a strong resemblance to a Star Wars figure I used to own ('Prune Face', but with hair and no eyepatch). He brings none of the camp enthusiasm to the film that Bette Davis brought to her OAP horror roles, and is a bit of a liability.
But the rest of the cast are top notch. Christopher Lee, as the chief Satanist, gives one of his better performances. He manages to be genuinely sinister, and his shark-like g...more |
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To The Devil A Daughter (DVD): Let the sabbat now begin! (1120 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 16.01.08 (Very useful, 121 readings)
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A review of the Hammer Collection DVD. This was Hammer's last film. Released in 1976, it was the last gasp of a company that had which had slipped out of fashion as horror trends moved on and they didn't. After this they managed to churn out a TV series, but there were no more real Hammer horrors. The hero, John Verney, is a writer of occult thrillers (the film is based on an occult thriller by Dennis Wheatley). He ends up looking after a young nun, Catherine, who belongs to a church full of stop-at-nothing Satanists. They want her for their own fell purposes, of course, but instead of turning to the church, say, or even the police, Verney is ...
