To the Devil a Daughter
To the Devil a Daughter
Ohjaus:
Peter SykesKuvaus:
David WatkinSävellys:
Paul GlassNäyttelijät:
Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott, Nastassja Kinski, Michael Goodliffe, Howard Goorney, Ed Devereaux, Peter Sykes, Honor Blackman (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Christopher Lee stars in this Hammer production as Father Michael, an excommunicated priest out to do the Devil's work. Having entered into a pact with the Dark One, Father Michael has agreed to secure a beautiful young virgin (Nastassja Kinski) to become Satan's child-bride. However, when an occult writer (Widmark) discovers the evil Father's plan, he lies his way into Father Michael's cult to save the young girl from bearing Satan's spawn. Mr. Lee turns in one of his finest performances in this controversial shocker that turned out to be Hammer's final horror film. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
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I don't think the British-German film To the Devil a Daughter deserves that much criticism, because there's definitely a lot of good to be found in it. Yes, the story isn't original and can seem a bit long-winded at times, but the final unravelling is brilliantly shot, including the excellent visuals. The performances of the two male leads only underscore the fact that this film is watchable.
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A rather lame answer to Rosemary's Baby and The Omen, probably interesting only for fans of Christopher Lee and B-movies of various kinds.
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To the Devil a Daughter was practically the swan song of Hammer Films. It is a solid genre flick with a very impressive cast (Richard Widmark and Christopher Lee are great), although I was more entertained by its first two-thirds of the movie when they built up the dark atmosphere very well rather than the conclusion. The end of the movie feels terribly rushed and concludes quite anticlimactically. Putting some kind of memorable twist at the end would have been nice.
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