Rent Demons of the Mind (1972)
2.9 of 5 from 70 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Baron Zorn (Robert Hardy) believes his son Emil and daughter Elizabeth (Gillian Hills), are suffering from a madness they inherited from their late mother. He keeps his children locked up, but at night Emil is released and murders women in the local village. Described psychologist Falkenberg (Patrick Magee) analyses the family and it transpires that the children witnessed their mother cut her own throat. Falkenberg conducts an experiment with a prostitute (Virginiain Wetherell) an effort to cure Emil of his incestuous desires towards his sister, but Emil strangles her. The villagers, driven on by a manic priest (Michael Hordern) identify Zorn as the 'demon' responsible for killing their daughters. The deranged Emil escape with Elizabeth, but the murderous Zorn pursues them. Blood, he vows, will have blood... - Actors:
- Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Jones, Patrick Magee, Kenneth J. Warren, Michael Hordern, Robert Brown, Virginia Wetherell, Deirdre Costello, Barry Stanton, Sidonie Bond, Thomas Heathcote, John Atkinson, George Cormack, Mary Hignett, Sheila Raynor, Jan Adair, Jane Cardew
- Directors:
- Peter Sykes
- Producers:
- Michael Carreras, Frank Godwin
- Writers:
- Christopher Wicking, Frank Godwin
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Hammer Horror, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films of 1972, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/10/2017
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New Featurette - Blood Will Nave Blood: Inside Demons f Toe Mind
- Original Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Demons of the Mind
Dementec - Demons of the Mind review by sb
FILM & REVIEW Really odd but interesting Hammer movie - Hardy is Baron Zorn whose bloodline is full of madness and violence. To break this he marries a peasant girl but the wedding night is one of bloodlust. She bears him two children Emile and Elizabeth (Briant and Hills) before cutting her own throat but Hardy suspects his madness has been passed to them . He keeps them locked up as there is a more than a hint of incest between them and engages sinister Doctor (Magee) to try his unconventional methods for a cure. Meanwhile local girls are being murdered and dumped in the lake…. It’s all very overdone with loads of hamming it up - add in Horden who spends his time shouting at the forest with a neat sideline in giant burning crosses and a finale which is beyond demented - it really is an overlooked gem - 4/4
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