Product: The Devil's Bride [VHS] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
Excellent, Hammer Horror, One of their Last
"The Devil Rides Out" (US title: The Devil's Bride) is an excellent Hammer horror film, one of their last good ones before their decline in the early 1970s. Directed by Terence Fisher, and starring "Dracula" and "Fu Manchu" star Christopher Lee in a rare heroic role as occult master the Duc de Richeleu, the film still manages to create considerable dramatic tension and excitement 30 years after its release. While no masterpiece (that giant spider is pretty fake looking), it is a fast-moving, wellmade piece of Hammer entertainment. The book of the same name , written in the 30s by Dennis Wheatley, is much more frightening. With the superb Charles Gray ("Rocky Horror" and "Diamonds are Forever") is the evil sorceror Mocatta. END