The Devil Rides Out
[Blu-ray]
Christopher
Lee (Actor), Charles
Gray (Actor), Terence
Fisher (Director) Rated: G Format: Blu-ray
Time: 1hour 35min
The Devil Rides Out (U.S.
title: The Devil's Bride), is a 1968 British horror film
directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher
Lee and Charles Gray. It was written by Richard
Matheson based on the 1934 novel of the same title by Dennis
Wheatley, an English writer whose prolific output
of thrillers and occult novels
made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through to the
1960s.
Set in 1930s London and
the Southern England, Duc de Richleau and Rex van Ryn
rescue their friend Simon Aron from a devil-worshipping cult. The groups
escapes to the home of the Eatons, friends of Richleau and van Ryn, and are
followed by the group's leader, Mocata. 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. During this Mocata summons the Angel of Death. After
successfully defending themselves through the night the group find that Mocata
has kidnapped the Eatons' daughter. – Extracted from Wikipedia articles.
I have seen this movie a
couple of times ‘on the wing,’ as it were, on TCM. But it’s a rare bird on the
streaming services I have access to. Christopher Lee gets to play a hero for a
change (Richleau) and Charles Gray (better known to me as Mycroft Holmes in the
Jeremy Brett Sherlock series) is an imposing and suave cult leader. The movie always gave me a Charles Williams ‘occult thriller vibe,’ perhaps given the
fact that it’s British and set in the 1930s. I usually try to get movies in the
DVD format but a copy of such was expensive and rare; the Blu-ray was under $15
and I can always watch it at John’s. Meanwhile it’s safely in the Archive. The
special effects are a bit limited, but I’m used to suspending my disbelief in
service to a good story.
There Would Always Be a
Fairy Tale: More Essays on Tolkien (Paperback, 2017, 280 pages)
Devoted to Tolkien, the
teller of tales and co-creator of the myths they brush against, these essays
focus on his lifelong interest in and engagement with fairy stories, the
special world that he called faërie, a world they both create and inhabit, and
with the elements that make that world the special place it is. They cover a
range of subjects, from The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings and
their place within the legendarium he called the Silmarillion to shorter works
like “The Story of Kullervo” and “Smith of Wootton Major.” - Amazon
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Language Edition (Penguin Classics) Paperback, 1985, 256 pages
by Anonymous (Author), Rita
Hamilton (Translator), Ian
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Hate Revisited! (Paperback;
July 8, 2025; 124 pages)
by Peter
Bagge
Buddy Bradley and Lisa
Leavenworth, now middle aged with a free-spirited young adult of their own,
confront their own poor decisions as young people in the grungy 1990s. Expertly
shifting between the present day (in full color) and their Gen X heyday (in
glorious, crosshatched black-and-white), we learn for the first time the story
of how Buddy met Lisa, Stinky, George, and Val. Meanwhile, Buddy is forced to
come to terms with the tragic ― and covered-up ― circumstances of Stinky's
untimely death in the original Hate series, while navigating
elder care, contemporary politics, family and friendships. – Amazon
So I can hold my Autumnal
Itch well-scratched and many of my interests fed. A horror/fantasy film,
Tolkienity, classics, and comics. After I read Hate Revisited I will no
doubt hand it over to John so his collection will be more complete than the
deluxe box set of the complete Buddy Bradley story. Had to have Cid for my collection of national epics. I used to have a crummy old
paperback copy of El Cid, a tie-in to the Charles Heston movie. I
wonder what I did with that? Definitely a candidate for The Shadow Library.
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