To The Devil A Daughter
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Actor: Anna Bentinck, Denholm Elliott, Derek Francis, Honor Blackman, Michael GoodliffeDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of To The Devil A Daughter
Movie Review: A Classic Film Adaptation of Wheatley's Occult Novel of Satanism.
Summary: 5 Stars
_To the Devil a Daughter_ (1976), made by Hammer Film Productions, is an adaptation of the 1953 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley, which features a classic confrontation between the forces of darkness and those of light. The film takes some liberties with the novel by combining several of the main characters and making the main character (called Christina in the novel) into a nun, rather than a young virgin girl. The film stars Christopher Lee as a heretic priest Father Michael Rayner who plots to use a teenage nun played by Nastassja Kinski (called Catherine Beddows in the film) in a diabolical and satanic rite. The rest of the cast includes Richard Widmark as the occult writer and main hero of the film John Verney (which is a combination of two of the heroes of the original novel and perhaps of Wheatley himself as well), Honor Blackman as Anna Fountain, Denholm Elliott as Henry Beddows the father of Catherine, Michael Goodliffe as George De Grasse, Anthony Valentine as David (a character that does not appear in the novel but who has some role in the film), and Derek Francis as the bishop (who appears in the film as a source of information for John Verney regarding the occult doings of the excommunicated priest). The film begins with the bishop and his fellow priests performing a ritual of excommunication on Father Michael Rayner who refuses to recant his heresy. The film then focuses on Catherine Beddows who lives as a nun in a Bavarian Catholic order known as the Children of the Lord. She is sent to visit her father for her upcoming birthday in London. John Verney who is a well known occult writer is asked by Henry Beddows the father of Catherine to pick her up at the airport and take care of her for some time while he allegedly is away on business, but John suspects that Henry has encountered some problems with some business associates and fears for Catherine. In the meantime, the renegade priest is plotting his diabolical actions against Catherine and making use of satanic rituals with newborn babies. John quickly discovers that Catherine is possessed and must try to figure out what is going on concerning the priest and Beddows before it is too late. He enlists Anna Fountain and David to help him with Catherine. He also visits the bishop where he reads the Grimoire of Astaroth (a principle demon) after seeing a strange symbol of this demon given to Catherine for her birthday. Further, John must confront a severely addled Henry Beddows who protecting himself with a magic circle lives in perpetual terror of the satanists. It turns out that Henry has made a pact with them after witnessing their original plans for his daughter and John must recover this pact. Eventually John must face off against the heretic priest who plans on making Catherine into an avatar of Astaroth upon reaching her eighteenth birthday. As a warning it should be pointed out that this film is disturbing on several levels and includes full frontal nudity.
This film is a pretty good adaptation of the novel by Dennis Wheatley. Wheatley is perhaps best known for his occult thriller novels and this film effectively shows the dangers of tampering in black magic. As such this film is recommended to those who enjoyed the novel.
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