
To the Devil a Daughter(1976)
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.


“The beauty of woman...The demon of darkness...The unholy of union.”
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.

Christopher Lee
Duc de Richleau

Leon Greene
Rex Van Ryn

Patrick Mower
Simon Aron

Niké Arrighi
Tanith Carlisle

Charles Gray
Mocata

Sarah Lawson
Marie Eaton

Paul Eddington
Richard Eaton

Patrick Allen
Rex Van Ryan (voice)

Rosalyn Landor
Peggy Eaton

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Countess
The Devil Rides Out is a horror film released in 1968 exploring themes of based on novel or book, supernatural, satanism, giant spider, black magic, satanist. Directed by Terence Fisher, it stars Christopher Lee, Leon Greene, Patrick Mower. The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.
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