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  • dennis wheatley on film

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    the devil rides out - pub 1934 - filmed 1967

    uncharted seas - pub 1938 - filmed as the lost continent 1968

    to the devil a daughter - pub 1953 - filmed 1976

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    all good though i aint read the 2nd one - is the 1st still considered a classic or the genre or is it to elite?
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  • Eileen M
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    Is there some reason it can't be a classic if it's "elite"? Thanks for these titles, I didn't even know those movies were based on something someone -- let alone Dennis Wheatley -- had written...

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    • JackBobDavid ***Living the Dream*** 

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      no reason - just using the term elite in the sense whether it has cut the time distance and managed to make it to a modern horror list

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  • Lee B
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    "To the Devil a Daughter" was a very good film starring Christopher Lee. Really spooky and well done.

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    • JackBobDavid ***Living the Dream*** 

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      when it came out it was slated but is one of my faves - the ending was panned for being anti-climatic but it is far better than the awkward ending in the book - widmark thought the production was a joke (him being a star) but his underplay captures the tone perfectly - its defo no exorcist but is just as good

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    • Eileen M
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      If you want to see a lame ending, try Incubus on for size!

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    • JackBobDavid ***Living the Dream*** 

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      i think i buzzed out watxching that on video - but you remined me of "The Entity" with Babs Hershey - the first half good but the ending...well frankly shit.

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    • Eileen M
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      Truth to tell, I don't even remember the ending, which should tell me something. Thanks for calling her "Babs" -- forever I'll now picture Streisand being sexually assaulted by lightning bolts and a strong wind..

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    • JackBobDavid ***Living the Dream*** 

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      you've made me consider the prospect of old yentl taking on the blair role in a remake of 'the exorcist'...the pea souper well kosher style

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    • Eileen M
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      She can always add Liquid Smoke to the soup instead of the ham bits!

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    • JackBobDavid ***Living the Dream*** 

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      ...sounds delicious - though on the subject of dread films (entity etc) - is 'exorcist 2' with r.burton really that bad?

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    • Eileen M

      Eileen M (edited)

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      OMG, it's an unintentional laff riot -- one of the best shrink-bashing films ever -- but Exorcist 3 is a totally different story, brilliant and disturbing as hell. I was just thinking of my favorite line from that movie this morning: "It's the smiles that get us through, don't you agree?"

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    • Lee B
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      I thought that Exorcist 3 was very scary and well done also.....

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    • JackBobDavid ***Living the Dream*** 

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      yeah that ex.3 ive read as 'legion' - they alter it a little i recall - that surgical shears clip where the guy cuts across the corridor still is one of the best "jumps" in cinema

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