The Devil Rides Out (1968): Part 2/10

Here's Part 2 of the 10 Part serialization of: The Devil Rides Out (1968)

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[ComedyStuff76]

At least the chickens are saved.

[LLydarth]

Y'know when you first see an interview with Christopher Lee + you think: "Oh my God he really talks like that!". But in this (the one time he plays a good guy) I think his voice is a little different. There's a slight sharpness that isn't normally there.

[ashemaria16]

wow isn't Christopher Lee so handsome in this (even with the facial hair)

[nostromoau]

@peymaania AS I recall from reading the book it was spelled 'van Rijn'.

[CnBurn61]

Wonderful film & a close adaptation of the book. Excellent cinematography and sets.

A remake would be a gamble.....who would play the villanous Mocata after the standard set by the incomprable Charles Gray ?...

[BlackAdam1231]

Im surprised Simon is still alive after a blow that kept him out cold that long

[puddypuss]

Id recommend curse of the crimson altar or its american title if you like this similar but with lee the villain, and boris karloff in it too

[Clubs4Metal]

@LLydarth Well actually there's a little sharpness in "Dracula" as well. Mostly at the scene when you first see him greet Dr. Jonathan Harker.

[caitsidhe]

@peymaania It's spelled - according to credits and Wheatley's book - as "van Ryn" with a lower-case "v" on "van." I'm sorry I don't know enough about the names of the Flemish and Dutch to enlighten. I doubt, though, he was a Boer, and Germans would usually be "von." There was enough traffic between England and Holland/Flanders - not to mention the reign of William and Mary of Orange - to make for native Brits with Dutch-sounding names.

[caitsidhe]

And so, mindless medieval superstition sabotaged the earliest attempts at a Hadron chicken collider.

[TheArchangelxxi]

@NCW250 Christopher Lee had been an agent/commando in WWII.

If you can, check out the bonus disks on The Lord of the Rings. The director, Peter Jackson were filming the scene where Saruman (Lee) was knifed in the back by Wormtongue.

Jackson wanted him to cry out but Lee explained that is not how someone sounds when stabbed in that manner!

He knew because in his commando role he had dispatched a few men that way.

So yes, he would have made an excellent Bond!