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Feb
28
2008

*UPDATED* The Devils aren’t coming!!! Your nuns are safe.

Posted by Swarez at 5:23pm.

Posted in DVD News , Cult, Horror, Continental Europe & Russia.

Fans of nunsplotation and Ken Russel films rejoice! After years of speculations his landmark 1971 horror epic The Devils finally hits DVD in all its unrated glory.
Warner is releasing the (for now) barebones DVD on the 20th of May but fortunately it’s the uncut version that garnered all that controversy in the 70’s. The film revolves around Father Grandier (Reed) who controls a small town in pre-rennaisance France and has to deal with the accusations that he and his nuns are devil worshippers. To say that bodily waste hits the fan is putting it mildly.
I saw this film on VHS many years ago and was completely blown away with its imagery and the performances by Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. It’s vile, disgusting, brutal as hell and looks fucking amazing. I’ve been waiting for this brilliant film to hit DVD and it looks like Warner finally grew a pair of balls and decided to release it after saying often that it would never release such filth. Hopefully the specs aren’t complete and we´ll get some interesting behind the scenes stuff with it. Hopefully this will also be released on Blu Ray because this is one of those films that truly deserves it.
The folks over at dvdactive.com got the scoop and a larger version of the DVD artwork.

*UPDATE*
It seems that Warner’s balls weren’t fully developed and have retreated back for some reason. In record time the DVD has been removed from its release schedule with no word on wether it will appear again. One wonders why.
If they are going to be pussies about this then they should do us all a favor and lease it to some of the smaller cult companies like Anchor Bay or better yet Criterion.
Damn it. Stuff like this really pisses me off.

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Reader Comments

  1. Ardvark 02/28/2008 @ 6:41pm

    Of course this was on Dutch television as well a few years back cheese , and the moment they started unpacking that siege engine with the treadmills my jaw hit the floor.

    Not sure if I’d call this ‘nunsploitation’ but there sure is no shortage of strong imagery in this film, beautiful, gruesome, and sometimes both…

    And Oliver Reed is excellent.

  2. ChevalierAguila 02/28/2008 @ 9:13pm

    Gotta love that crazy little film, Reed owns in that role. I’m a happy man for sure.

  3. ChevalierAguila 02/28/2008 @ 9:15pm

    BTW, what’s up with that arabic guy in the cover oO? This takes place in a sort of medieval France, not the middle east. Anyway, who cares, we are finally getting this film. Sure to get some xtian wackos mad, even to these days.

  4. eDWeiRD 02/29/2008 @ 8:05am

    I just saw this film for the first time (a dvd transfer from VHS a friend did for me). Freaking brilliant. Definitely purchasing this one.

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