The Devils
Drama • R • 1971 • 1 hr 52 min
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Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones
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Oliver Reed steals the screen in this absolute wild ride between piety, madness, power and perversion – disturbing visions, great dialogues
Horny Nuns: the movie. Not so much a horror movie as it is a religious, weird sexual romp.
You really do need so many balls to make a movie like this.
Honestly one of the most batshit crazy movies I've ever seen. After a couple of weeks I still can't process whether I think it's good or not
Amazing movie. Absolutely criminal that this is not in the Criterion collection, much less banned in the US.
Crazy isn’t the right term for this film, it’s extreme. Whether it’s ideology or human character, this film shows you both at their extremes
Visceral, unrelenting film. Ken Russell was a force to be reckoned with.
Brutal and weird - with stunning set design and costumes. Oliver Reed steals the show.
Incredibly inventive and powerfully nihilistic film. The production design and sets alone are stunning as is the final lingering shot.
The cinematography and art design is stunning, with a script that is very impressive
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