Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Deviltry: 17 Films to Rent on VHS
- Long Time Dead (2001)
- Dir. Marcus Adams
Feat. Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
- Though hip, slick and atmospheric, this British horror entry for the multiplexes is at once straight–faced and silly, and strictly…
- Satan Returns (1996)
- Dir. Allan Lam
Feat. Chingmy Yau, Donnie Yen
- On a rash mission to find the devil's daughter, a cult member with strange powers resorts to wrenching the hearts (and we mean literally) of women…
- Mangler, The (1995)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor
- From a short story by Stephen King, probably written over his Cornies, you'll need to prepare yourself for this high concept – the demonic…
- Needful Things (1993)
- Dir. Fraser C. Heston
Feat. Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Amanda Plummer
- This Faustian tale has Max Von Sydow (ironically) cast as the devil who trades special goods for diabolic favours. Stephen King's rambling novel…
- Wicked City (1993)
- Human and demonic worlds converge in this brooding anime horror, memorable for its sexually violent imagery and, in particular, its spider–like…
- Deadly Mr. Frost (1990)
- Dir. Philip Setbon
Feat. Jeff Goldblum
- Intriguing black comedy with Jeff Goldblum well cast as a smug serial killer who breaks a two year silence to confide in a psychiatrist that he is…
- Devil Man - The Demon Bird (1990)
- Pit and the Pendulum, The (1990)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Lance Henriksen
- Stuart Gordon's remake is a camp/gothic hybrid, restricted by a low–budget, but with a stand–out over–the–top turn from Lance…
- Believers, The (1987)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Martin Sheen
- Martin Sheen investigates serial killings connected to the Santaria cult in New York.
- Devil Man - The Birth (1987)
- Lift, The (1983)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine Van Dalsum
- Stylish Dutch suspense concerning high–rise elevators dispatching their human contents. Dubbed into English.
- Fascination (1979)
- Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire
- Two castle–dwelling, negligeed vixens ensnare a petty thief for sacrifice and consumption in a ritualistic feast. Visually striking, exotic…
- Lisa and the Devil (1972)
- Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas
- Elke Sommer becomes haunted by her own death and devilish lollipop–sucker Telly Savalas in this surreal, dreamlike examination of love, lust,…
- Devils, The (1971)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave
- Ken Russell's subversive foray into Catholic guilt is as bold and disturbing as it is brilliant. Amidst the witch trials of medieval France, Oliver…
- Night of the Eagle (Burn, Witch, Burn) (1962)
- Dir. Sydney Hayers
Feat. Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston
- A successful academic (Peter Wyngarde) plumbs a prime teaching post at an English village idyll, causing a flurry of petty jealousies among the…
- Horror Hotel (The City of the Dead) (1960)
- Dir. John Moxey
Feat. Christopher Lee
- A search party ventures to Salem county after an occult student disappears under mysteriously witchy circumstances. Eerie photography.
- Les Visiteurs Du Soir (1942)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Arletty, Marie Dea, Fernand Ledoux…
- Two of the Devil's henchmen are dispatched to a fairytale–like 15th century castle with an eye to corrupting its inhabitants, especially a pair…