American professor, John Holden (Dana Andrews), arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology. His colleague died in a freak accident the previous day while investigating a cult led by Dr. Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis). Holden, a skeptic, suspects the devil-worshiping Karswell of murder, and by following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, he enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
This is the first of a handful of satanic films we’re featuring this season, and the second directed by famed Frenchman Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, 1942). Join us as we discuss the pros and cons of this revered film and its place in the horror genre. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys travels to Stonehenge and the English countryside where sounds and mist in the neighboring forests may be more ominous than they appear.
SHOW LINKS and AFFILIATE LINKS
- Curse of the Demon (1957)
- Original trailer
- Jacques Tourneur
- M.R. James
- Cat People (1942)
- I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
- Casting the Runes by M.R. James
- Dana Andrews
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Universal Monsters
- The Birds (1963)
- The X-Files
- Macbeth
- Spectre (1977)
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- This is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- The Wicker Man (1973)
- Midsommar (2018)
- Clive Barker’s Books of Blood
- The Burbs (1989)
- THE DEAD NEXT DOOR (Tim’s Book)
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