The Devil Rides Out (1968) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • At the satanic ceremony, men and women are seen dancing somewhat seductively.
  • One or two attempts to kiss a woman are rejected by her.

Violence & Gore

  • A man driving a car enters a cloud of mist and ends up crashing into a tree.
  • A djinn appears in a puff of smoke, hypnotizing one man who is unable to resist his gaze. Another man breaks the spell by throwing a cross on a chain at the djinn.
  • A fire breaks out during a satanic ceremony and everyone panics. A moment later all vanish as falling curtains reveal a large cross on the wall.
  • A man is knocked unconscious and carried out of a house. A butler attempts to prevent this, but is struck and knocked down.
  • A Satanic ritual is shown beginning with a goat being led to a black altar. The goat is lain upon a table and its throat is slit (offscreen but the sound of cutting is heard) and its blood pours into a bowl. The bowl of goat's blood is later almost poured over two characters' heads.
  • Two characters are possessed by a warlock's influence to murder the people who are watching them in custody. However, this attempt is stopped before anyone can get hurt.
  • A little girl is shown to be attacked by a large tarantula which prepares to devour her, though this is revealed to be an illusion. The girl's father throws water onto the spider, causing it to melt into a slimy ooze.
  • A hypnotized little girl threatened to have her throat slit in offering to Satan.
  • A man almost kills himself due to strangling using a necklace with the cross on it no blood is shown but its still quite violent and sinister. A goats throat is slit (though ofscreen its still obvious what was done) his blood is collected in a challice and drunk. A woman is tied up in a barn with a gag in her mouth she is screaming.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man is shown casually smoking a cigar at a party.
  • Drinking is occasionally present in the film though this is definetely not a main feature. A few characters casually dirnk at a part when the film has only just begun. A man is seen with a small glass of alcohol sitting in an arm chair.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Satanism and the dark arts is a major theme thorughout the film and could upset or frighten some viwers. The main antagonist kidnaps a girl and intends to kill her assumingly as a sacrifice to the devil, he is stopped from doing this on the last minute. Several of the creatures summoned using black magic thorughout the film may frighten some viwers these include a giant spider the angel of death (basically an armored skeleton on horseback) and a cross between a man and a goat said to be satan himself. A fialry normal looking man is summoned in one scene but his ability to hypnotise people may strike a cord with certain viewers, the main villain also has a smilar power. Live Chickens are seen in a basket its implied that they were meant to be sacrified or used in some sort of black magic. In one scene a group of devil worshippers are dancing wildly a goat's thoart is slit (offscreen but we see blood running down just after someone puts a knife close to his neck) a man then drinks the goats blood. This film could be very frightening and distressing to anyone whose afraid of the concept of devil worship and black magic.

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Violence & Gore

  • At the end, a Satanic temple catches on fire inside causing the witches to immolate. No gore or violence is shown, only intense imagery. The dark powers are destroyed within revealing a triumphant cross left behind, revealing the temple is a corrupted church. The lead Satanist sees this in horror before being burned away.

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