Rent To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
3.1 of 5 from 91 ratings
1h 29min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Christopher Lee stars as Father Michael Rainer, an excommunicated priest who heads a satanic cult called "The Children of the Lord" which hides its dark purpose of rearing innocent children in the ways of Satan, behind a front as a closed Catholic convent. One of his charges, Catherine Beddows (Nastassja Kinski) has a special destiny to fulfill: She was promised to the devil before her birth, chosen to reign as his representative on earth when she comes of age. It's up to an occult novelist named John Varney (Richard Widmark) a close friend of Catherine's father, stop Rainer before it's too late.
- Actors:
- Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe, Nastassja Kinski, Eva Maria Meineke, Anthony Valentine, Derek Francis, Izabella Telezynska, Constantine Gregory, Anna Bentinck, Irene Prador, Brian Wilde, Petra Peters, William Ridoutt, Howard Goorney, Frances De La Tour, Zoe Hendry, Lindy Benson
- Directors:
- Peter Sykes
- Producers:
- Roy Skeggs
- Writers:
- Christopher Wicking, John Peacock, Dennis Wheatley, Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
- Aka:
- Child of Satan
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Hammer Horror, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/01/2018
- Run Time:
- 93 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 - Dark Arts: Inside to the Devil a Daughter
- Original Trailer
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Reviews (2) of To the Devil a Daughter
Surprisingly modern Hammer - To the Devil a Daughter review by VG
A well measured and decently atmospheric occult horror of faith, knowledge and the clash between beliefs.
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Dissapointing - To the Devil a Daughter review by sb
FILM & REVIEW Coming at the very end of the Hammer cycle - in fact the last film they made - its second the Dennis Wheatley adaptation after Devil Rides Out which was one of best films they made - this is very lacklustre in comparison. Lee is renegade priest Father Micheal who gets excommunicated for heresy and sets up to raise a child Catherine (Kinsky) when she become 18 will become a vessel for Satan. He father tries to stop this by engaging an Occult author Vernon (Widmark) to protect Catherine against Lee’s forces of darkness but he soon realises he is out of his depth. The biggest issue is that the film never really engages - it just seems to meander from scene to scene without anything really happening Lee is very good bringing his customery intensity but Widmark is there for the cheque ( and threatened to walk and go home on more that one occasion - good support from Elliot, Blackman and Valentine and nice use of the mid 70’s London locations but The Omen it ain’t . It’s also got one of lamest endings ever - it’s doesn’t end as just splutter as it runs out of steam - Should have been so much better - 3/5
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