For my 666th film, I wanted to watch the most culty, satanic, and low-budget film possible. This film fit into all three of those categories perfectly. The Devil Rides Out is one of Hammer's most iconic films and I can see why. Of course the film features Christopher Lee, this time starring as the heroic lead facing devil worshippers planning to convert two new victims. The concept of a cult or ritualistic group in a film will always be intruiging to me, The Wicker Man being my favourite horror film, and [](http://letterboxd.com/screenplay/richard-matheson/)Matheson takes the original novel and puts it to screen to an impressive standard for Hammer. The title sequence is probably one of the greatest I've ever seen, perfectly implementing the tone with the bizarre imagery of goat heads and pentagrams. Mocata in the initial cult sequence standing tall in his pungent purple robe gives the sense of authority, status, and power that makes him so memorable. Whilst the giant spider may look absolutely awful, the Angel of Death was an immensely intimidating and formidable figure, looming over you with the dramatically blue flames illuminating the spirit. The ending makes for a much more dramatised version than the source material, featuring fire-causing lightning and time manipulation which perfectly embodies the morals of the film: good shall always remain triumphant over evil thanks to divine intervention. Overall, an extremely surreal yet hooking journey of occult, tension, and victory. Recommended.> "The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty handed."

For my 666th film, I wanted to watch the most culty, satanic, and low-budget film possible. This film fit into all three of those categories perfectly. The Devil Rides Out is one of Hammer's most iconic films and I can see why. Of course the film features Christopher Lee, this time starring as the heroic lead facing devil worshippers planning to convert two new victims. The concept of a cult or ritualistic group in a film will always be intruiging to me, The Wicker Man being my favourite horror film, and [](http://letterboxd.com/screenplay/richard-matheson/)Matheson takes the original novel and puts it to screen to an impressive standard for Hammer. The title sequence is probably one of the greatest I've ever seen, perfectly implementing the tone with the bizarre imagery of goat heads and pentagrams. Mocata in the initial cult sequence standing tall in his pungent purple robe gives the sense of authority, status, and power that makes him so memorable. Whilst the giant spider may look absolutely awful, the Angel of Death was an immensely intimidating and formidable figure, looming over you with the dramatically blue flames illuminating the spirit. The ending makes for a much more dramatised version than the source material, featuring fire-causing lightning and time manipulation which perfectly embodies the morals of the film: good shall always remain triumphant over evil thanks to divine intervention. Overall, an extremely surreal yet hooking journey of occult, tension, and victory. Recommended.> "The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty handed."

For my 666th film, I wanted to watch the most culty, satanic, and low-budget film possible. This film fit into all three of those categories perfectly. The Devil Rides Out is one of Hammer's most iconic films and I can see why. Of course the film features Christopher Lee, this time starring as the heroic lead facing devil worshippers planning to convert two new victims. The concept of a cult or ritualistic group in a film will always be intruiging to me, The Wicker Man being my favourite horror film, and [](http://letterboxd.com/screenplay/richard-matheson/)Matheson takes the original novel and puts it to screen to an impressive standard for Hammer. The title sequence is probably one of the greatest I've ever seen, perfectly implementing the tone with the bizarre imagery of goat heads and pentagrams. Mocata in the initial cult sequence standing tall in his pungent purple robe gives the sense of authority, status, and power that makes him so memorable. Whilst the giant spider may look absolutely awful, the Angel of Death was an immensely intimidating and formidable figure, looming over you with the dramatically blue flames illuminating the spirit. The ending makes for a much more dramatised version than the source material, featuring fire-causing lightning and time manipulation which perfectly embodies the morals of the film: good shall always remain triumphant over evil thanks to divine intervention. Overall, an extremely surreal yet hooking journey of occult, tension, and victory. Recommended.> "The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty handed."

For my 666th film, I wanted to watch the most culty, satanic, and low-budget film possible. This film fit into all three of those categories perfectly. The Devil Rides Out is one of Hammer's most iconic films and I can see why. Of course the film features Christopher Lee, this time starring as the heroic lead facing devil worshippers planning to convert two new victims. The concept of a cult or ritualistic group in a film will always be intruiging to me, The Wicker Man being my favourite horror film, and [](http://letterboxd.com/screenplay/richard-matheson/)Matheson takes the original novel and puts it to screen to an impressive standard for Hammer. The title sequence is probably one of the greatest I've ever seen, perfectly implementing the tone with the bizarre imagery of goat heads and pentagrams. Mocata in the initial cult sequence standing tall in his pungent purple robe gives the sense of authority, status, and power that makes him so memorable. Whilst the giant spider may look absolutely awful, the Angel of Death was an immensely intimidating and formidable figure, looming over you with the dramatically blue flames illuminating the spirit. The ending makes for a much more dramatised version than the source material, featuring fire-causing lightning and time manipulation which perfectly embodies the morals of the film: good shall always remain triumphant over evil thanks to divine intervention. Overall, an extremely surreal yet hooking journey of occult, tension, and victory. Recommended.> "The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty handed."

Not my favourite Hammer film, but a decent enough romp! Everything just resolved too easily and the stakes never felt all that high? All this to save some generic white guy from Satan? Oookay.

Not my favourite Hammer film, but a decent enough romp! Everything just resolved too easily and the stakes never felt all that high? All this to save some generic white guy from Satan? Oookay.

inaccurate depiction of baphomet, where are the breasts

inaccurate depiction of baphomet, where are the breasts

so many gems in here, like the derpy devil and the way they tried and failed to make that tarantula look big

so many gems in here, like the derpy devil and the way they tried and failed to make that tarantula look big