A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.
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Title: The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
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| Strother Martin | ... | Doc Duncan | |
| L.Q. Jones | ... | Sheriff | |
| Charles Bateman | ... | Ben | |
| Ahna Capri | ... | Nicky | |
| Charles Robinson | ... | Priest | |
| Alvy Moore | ... | Tobey | |
| Helene Winston | ... | Dame Alice | |
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Joyce Easton | ... | Mildred Meadows |
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Debi Storm | ... | Billie Joe |
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Jeff Williams | ... | Stuart |
| Judith McConnell | ... | Phyllis (as Judy McConnell) | |
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Robert Ward | ... | Mike |
| Geri Reischl | ... | K.T. | |
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Kevin McEveety | ... | Child |
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Alyson Moore | ... | Child |
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A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.
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new mexico desert | new mexico territory | arizona desert | arizona territory | beer |Taglines:
A demon-spirit of madness and murder holds a California town in the grip of terror. See more »Genres:
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The comic book that Tobey offers to K.T. is Adventures Into the Unknown #142 (August 1963) See more »Crazy Credits
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3 March 1972 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
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The Brotherhood of Satan is viewed by some as a great film and by others as much less than mediocre. The difference lies in the mind of the beholder. Literal-minded folk will definitely not appreciate it and will find it slow-moving and boring. Even those who think of it as a classic will agree that it takes a long time for anything significant to happen. However, for those with a metaphysical bent, once the film gets moving, it resonates at a very deep level of the psyche.
Someone raised in a mystical or semi-mystical religion, taught doctrines of transubstantiation, resurrection of the body, the power of prayer, the importance of surrender to the almighty, and the necessity of worship will find striking parallels here though the object of adoration is the Powerful Evil One. God needs the Devil, good needs evil, life needs death, the old need the young in a dualistic world. When attraction is balanced by repulsion in the mind of the viewer, the effect is powerful. Strother Martin in the role of doctor and devil's surrogate is superb.
The use of toys and dolls to symbolize elements that exist on different levels of size or importance is ingenious. This multidimensionality suggests to our subconscious mind that nothing is just what it appears to be. In science fiction and horror, this powerful tool stimulates the imagination. In science it suggests multiple realities, multiple universes.