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The Devil Rides Out
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The Devil Rides Out DVD cover
Directed byTerence Fisher
Written byDennis Wheatley (novel)
Richard Matheson
Produced byAnthony Nelson Keys
StarringChristopher Lee
Charles Gray
Release dates
July 20, 1968 U.K. release
Running time
95 min
LanguageEnglish

The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee and Charles Gray. It also starred Emmerdale actor Patrick Mower and Paul Eddington. The screenplay was adapted from the Dennis Wheatley novel of the same name by Richard Matheson. In the United States the film was retitled as The Devil's Bride.

Production

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.

Plot synopsis

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Richleau prepares his defences against black magic

Set in 1920s London, 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 Richleau's friends 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, he forces Richleau and the other occupants to defend themselves through a night of black magic attacks.

References

  • Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)