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By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

...except neither of them seem too keen on being either saved or Satan's disciples to the point that I could never figure out why head demon worshiper Mocata (Charles Grey) wanted two such wishy washy people as disciples so badly. They would have been the most off key singers in the coven, spiritually speaking.Lee here is magnificent and commanding in the role of Duc de Richleau, in which a routine visit to see his young friend Simon Aron turns into a battle for his soul. Richleau was not initially interested in saving Tanith Carlyle, but his friend Rex is smitten with her, so along she comes. I mean honestly. Rex has looks, intelligence, charm, and money, and he falls deeply in love with a woman marked for Satanic possession after conversation that amounts to a simple "hello"? Richleau enlists the help of his niece and nephew-in-law in protecting his double minded duo of demonic disciples when the real assault by demonic forces summed up by Mocata comes. The horror works well because it keeps the visible effects simple so that they do not look hokey today, and it keeps the suspense high so you can use your imagination as to what you are not seeing.The only thing is, I couldn't figure out how Richleau remembered all of those chants and all of those rules. I did not get the impression this was his life work, yet he has a chant and a charm for every situation. Recommended if you are seeking some of the best in Hammer horror and you get to see Christopher Lee as hero rather than villain for a change.

A young man and woman have become involved with some devil worshippers. Apparently they are under an evil spell. About this time, the young man is visited by two friends of his now deceased father. Lucky for all concerned that one of the friends (Christopher Lee) is an expert in the occult. He recognizes the danger and determines to liberate the two.This story of the dark arts employs all the clichés of the genre and every prop a viewer would expect: candles, pentagrams, crosses, etc. The bad guys conduct ceremonies that look much like church services--plus ritualistic goat sacrifice--but the story is actually pretty muddy concerning the details of the threat and the characters involved, some of whom are summoned from darker places. The story does not have much to recommend it. It is standard fare for films about the occult. And the tone of the film is never very menacing. This is a tale that feels more like a detective story than a scary chiller.Still, the production values are good despite the fact this film was probably aimed at the drive-in crowd.

When I first saw this in the cinema a lot of the audience left when about half way through the Duc is asked if it is all over and he answers "Yes". It only takes a few more seconds to discover it isn't over!, so don't switch off/change channel/leave just yet!One minor oddity is that for some reason they changed the name of the daughter from Fleur to Peggy. I can't see any good reason for that. The part in the book where Mocata hypnotizes Peggy's mother is well worth a read as gradually over about three pages or so Dennis Wheatley changes her view from repulsion to highly attracted. Cleverly done. There is a possible goof in the opening moments of the film. Rex gets out of the rear seat of the two seater aircraft. That may be right, but it looks a bit odd.

The Devil Rides Out, also known as The Devil's Bride (although there isn't much riding, and the bride's a minor character at best) is an above-average devil-worshipper movie, with the twist of the eminent Christopher Lee playing the good guy. It's appropriately menacing and worthwhile.Lee plays the Duc de Richleau (good name), who, along with Rex van Ryn (played by Leon Greene) is the ward of a certain Simon Aron (Patrick Mower). Rex and the Duc drop by Simon's pad (it's 1968, after all), only to discover that Simon's throwing a party with 12 of his friends, all of whom seem a bit shady. One of the friends is Tanith Carlisle (Nike Arrighi), who catches ol' Rex's eye.The Duc suspects that Simon has been recruited to join a Satan-worshipping cult (hence 13 at the party), and luckily for all of us, he knows a little of the black magic himself. So it's a race to save the soul of Simon and of, naturally, Tanith from the evil clutches of the high priest, Mocata. Mocata is played by Charles Gray, who later would appear as Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever and as The Criminologist in the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show, and he has a truly nefarious glare that he makes frequent use of. Lee, of course, also played a Bond villain - in The Man with the Golden Gun. Nice coincidence.There's sacrifices, mutilation, possession, kidnapping, mind control, astral projection. Hey, for a lesser-known Hammer film, it's a pretty impressive production. For the first half of the movie, at least one person steadfastly doesn't believe in devil worshippers, but in the second half everyone's cool with the idea. They'd even buy into time travel or midget giraffes dealing Ecstasy. Wacky and weird, just not zany.