9. The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Only In Amityville

Episode 9 of Season 2! Host, Gratton Conwill and special guest, Matt Fields discuss The Devil Rides Out (1968).

Day 9

The Devil Rides Out 1h 36m

The Devil Rides Out is a British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Richard Matheson. It premiered on July 20th 1968. It shares its name with the 1934 novel it was adapted from. It was the last film produced by Seven Arts Productions before they were acquired by Warner Brothers in 1967. The film’s star, Christopher Lee, played a large role in getting this film made and considered this his favorite Hammer production. Although pre-production began in 1963, the movie was pushed back so that the subject matter of Satanism would be less of an issue to censors.

The author of The Devil Rides Out novel, Dennis Wheatley, was apparently so pleased with the movie adaptation that he gifted Christopher Lee a first edition copy of the book.

For release in the United States, the name of the movie was changed to The Devil’s Bride because The Devil Rides Out sounded too much like a western.

The film was a financial loss for the studio, but like many of the movies we’re reviewing, it is considered to be a classic in the horror genre.

The Devil Rides Out has:

3.5 on Letterboxd

7/10 on IMDb

95% on rotten tomatoes

93% on google

8.2 average CTS score

From the creators of Giant Monster BS: Gratton Conwill and Matt Fields bring you Only In Amityville season 2: Escape from Amityville!

Escape from Amityville is a limited series podcast event happening exclusively during October of 2021! Starting October 1st, we will review one movie every other day. Each movie will be a lesser known or appreciated, but culturally significant, horror movie made within the past 100 years. None of these movies have anything to do with the original tale of America's most haunted house, but in the spirit of the Amityville story, we promise to review chilling and horrifying movies featuring demons, monsters, and various ghouls! 15 episodes in total! The series finale takes place on Halloween night with a special mystery review. Fans of Giant Monster BS and/or Horror films will be right at home with this podcast. Vulgar, brutally honest, scary as hell, oh yeah... it's Escape from Amityville time Baby!

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