Loosely based on a novel by Dennis Wheatley, To The Devil A Daughter
had little in common with the company’s previous Wheatley adaptations,
The Devil Rides Out and The Lost Continent. In fact a generation of
filmmaking sensibilities separated it from almost every Hammer film
that had gone before.
Tellingly, the poster for To the Devil promoted
it as a successor to Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, while Hammer’s
credit appeared in small type at the bottom. At the very least, To the
Devil a Daughter was the only modern horror film Hammer had the chance
to make, but it merits reappraisal on many other grounds. Its greatest
asset is a performance of chilling intensity from Christopher Lee, but
director Peter Sykes’ fragmented narrative is equally arresting right
up to the surreal (anti)climax. Unfairly dismissed as a lost
opportunity, Hammer’s final horror film was in fact a tantalising
glimpse of an intriguing new direction.
Occult chiller which tells of two men locked in
deadly battle over possession of a young innocent for the 'Children Of
The Lord' cult. A devil worshipper needs her sacrificial soul to form
the satanic homunculus of the demon god Astaroph. And a supernatural
specialist must stop the ghastly ritual before the powers of the Dark
envelope the universe.
To The Devil...The Death of Hammer documentary, Interview with Eddie Powell, Trailer Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Nastassja Kinski, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Anthony Valentine, Derek Francis, Brian Wilde, Frances de la Tour
Peter Sykes
88 mins
1976
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English
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