I picked up a few of these Hammer Collection movies cheaply on VHS recently and have been working my way through them. Not being a huge fan of Hammer studios in general most of the stuff has been at least mildly entertaining but this one is probably my least favorite so far. It's a little surprising since I've only heard good things about this and have even seen it near the top of a few people's lists of favorite Hammer flicks. I did like the silly Satanic rituals on display and it all seems shot well enough. Maybe it's just the fact that Christopher Lee plays the movie's hero that throws me off. I mean the guy is so great at being the evil villain! Why didn't they cast him as the head of the devil-cult? Was Peter Cushing too busy for this good-guy role? I think that would have made the movie a bit more entertaining to me. Another thing that stood out in a bad way were the terrible special FX, especially the scene of the giant magical tarantula attacking which looked really awful but I guess I should be happy that it wasn't some CGI cartoon crap. Also speaking of magic this movie relied on lots of magic spells and whatnot which I found pretty dumb. I probably won't be watching this again anytime soon but if you're a real Hammer fan apparently it's wonderful. A.K.A.-THE DEVIL'S BRIDE
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