Demons of the Mind (1972)
AKA: Blood Evil
Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastRobert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Jones, Patrick Magee, Kenneth J. Warren, Michael Hordern, Robert Brown, Virginia Wetherell
Review
"Originally conceived as a psychological lycanthrope project, DEMONS OF THE MIND is an unusual, progressive later-day Hammer film that still manages to keep a foot in the gothic realm... Often undeservedly overlooked in the annals of Hammer fandom, DEMONS OF THE MIND prospers from an excellent cast, despite an awkward performance by Hardy as the Baron... Sykes has a great sense of gothic flare, and for a film dealing with insanity, incest, rape and murder, it has an almost fairy-tale, poetic ambiance to it (the scattering of rose pedals over the various female victims is an ingenious touch)." - George R. Reis, DVD Drive-In
Ranking history
The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0000
HIGHEST#1,9432020
LOWEST#2,6482026
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Hidden Horrors
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