Product: The Devil's Bride [VHS] (1968)
Rating: 4.0
Christopher Lee as the Good Guy?!?!
Yes, Lee stars has a dashing hero battling the sinister dark arts and Satan himself in this unusual flick.Lee and his companion are guardians of a young ward who gets mixed up in the occult and falls under the spell of Mocata (Charles Gray). Lee realizes his ward's danger and uses his considerable knowledge of the occult to battle Mocata and his minions.Set in 1920s England, this film is different from Hammer usual fare with low-budget special effects and a really cheesy Satan, who exudes bewilderment instead of evil. The orgy scene of the Black Sabbath is moderately amusing.The drive to save the enthusiasm and energy of the young from the false lure of sexual freedom and power promised by Mocata provides for plenty of action and scares.A good flick. Lee should have pursued this character further. The 1920s was awash with occult groups (crowley's comes to mind) and as a dark but heroic and suave protagonist, Lee might have done well. But then we would have lost the Definitive Dracula.