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The Devils is a 1971 historical psychological horror-drama film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. [3] A dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed ...
The uncut version of the film remains censored. Russell followed The Devils with a reworking of the period musical The Boy Friend (1971), for which he cast the model Twiggy, who won two Golden Globe Awards for her performance: one for Best Actress in a musical comedy, and one for the best newcomer. The film was heavily cut and shorn of two ...
The Devils is a name for: The Devils, the 1960 play by John Whiting based on the book The Devils of Loudon (1952) by Aldous Huxley; The Devils, the 1971 Ken Russell film; The Devils, a 2000s pop music project of Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy; The New Jersey Devils, a National Hockey League team
Although an edited VHS version had been classified R18 in 1996, the unedited DVD version was banned in 2005 for "exploit[ing] the nudity of women and present[ing] real and tragic events in a flippant and offensive way." [343] 2005 Vase de Noces: Banned because the film "promotes and supports bestiality". [344] As of 2017, it is still banned. [344]
The Broadway version was forced to close because Bancroft was injured and because of the 1966 New York City transit strike. [5] In 1967, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles presented The Devils as its inaugural production, [6] [failed verification] directed by Gordon Davidson and starring Frank Langella in the role of Grandier. [7]
A set of props used in the production of the Saw films, which are notorious for depicting extreme graphic violence. Extreme cinema (or hardcore horror and extreme horror [1] [2]) is a subgenre used for films distinguished by its use of excessive sex and violence, and depiction of extreme acts such as mutilation and torture.
The Devil's Plaything (German: Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern) is a 1973 horror film directed by Joseph W. Sarno. An international co-production of Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany, the film's uncut version, features more suggestively sexual scenes.
The Blood on Satan's Claw [a] is a 1971 British supernatural period folk horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, and Barry Andrews. [6] Set in early 18th-century England, it follows the residents of a rural village whose youth fall under the influence of a demonic presence after a local farmer unearths a ...