An official trailer has landed for the Director’s Cut of Ken Russell’s 1971 psychological horror film, “The Devils.”
Warner Bros.’ newly formed arthouse and repertory label, Clockwork, will bring the notoriously controversial film to theaters for a special one-week engagement starting Oct. 16. Newly restored in 4K, this release marks the first time the public can widely experience the film as Russell originally intended, referencing the definitive edit he privately constructed in 2004.
Adapted from Aldous Huxley’s 1952 book “The Devils of Loudun” and John Whiting’s play of the same name, the film dramatizes the real-world Loudun possessions of 1634.
The horror classic stars Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed Mother Superior who develops an intense, erotic fixation on Father Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), a charismatic and politically defiant priest. When Grandier rejects her, Jeanne’s obsession turns vengeful. She accuses him of witchcraft, claiming he used demonic pacts to possess her and her convent. Corrupt church and state officials quickly exploit the religious hysteria, staging wild public exorcisms to execute Grandier and strip the town of its independence.
Check out the new trailer below:
