![]() ![]() The first was the 1967 Quatermass and the Pit, which was followed in 1968 by what was once hoped would be the first of a series of adaptations of novels by author Denis Wheatley featuring the character of the Duc de Richleau, The Devil Rides Out. ![]() There are a couple of notable exceptions, both of which were made in the late 1960s. ![]() The films themselves tend to rely on sometimes well-worn motifs and narrative arcs, and viewed from a modern perspective are no longer all that scary. If you're fan of the horror film output of Britain's Hammer Studios then you tend to have to make a few allowances for elements that the passing of time has rendered a little old-hat, from the blaring brass crescendos that accompany shock moments to the parade of now over-familiar classical monsters. He stood there rigid, numbed by the icy chill that radiated from the figure in the pentagram a tiny pulse throbbed through his forehead, and his knees seemed to grow weak before him." He was past the state in which he could have ducked, or screamed, or run. "Rex was not frightened in the ordinary meaning of the word. The Goat of Mendes and the Left Hand PathĪ UK Blu-ray review of THE DEVIL RIDES OUT by Slarek ![]()
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