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Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys; we’re talking about 1971’s The Devils and 1981’s The Other Hell.

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We start by briefly discussing what we’ve done lately involving horror. We discuss the fifth annual Zombiefest at the Mahoning Valley Drive-In, the upcoming Cinepocalypse Film Festival, the debut of the trailer It: Chapter 2, and Brightburn.

We begin by talking about The Devils.  First, a brief background on the work of Ken Russell and the phenomenon of the Devils of Loudon, the historical event that the movie is loosely based upon.

The set design of the film by the incredible Derek Jarman, and how it has a very futuristic and dreamy feel to it, in a deliberate choice by Russell to make it feel “out of time.”

The history of the editing of the film is touched upon, in that much of the original footage from the “directors cut” has been lost. Some of the scenes from the directors cut are briefly touched upon. The films portrayal of Urbain Grandier, in that makes him a much more tragic figure than he was in reality.

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