![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Later, in Blue Velvet (1986), Kyle MacLachlan discovers a human ear amid the white picket fences of suburbia. Desperate to protect her unborn child from a coven of witches, Rosemary tries to convince people that the sweet senior citizens in the next apartment are plotting to steal her baby. Mia Farrow fights a different battle in Rosemary’s Baby. In The Devil Rides Out, while his friends polish their boots for the next fox hunt, Christopher Lee makes plans to ward off Mephistopheles. It’s terrifying to think that the tacky busybody next door is a witch plotting to set you up on a blind date with Beelzebub or that your neighbor might be summoning the Goat of Mendes.įilms like these are fascinating because they show the dark underside that lurks beneath the peaceful façade of everyday life. Both films brought the devil out of Gothic castles and into modern apartments and smart country homes, portraying the sects as more realistic and, therefore, more threatening. A month later, in the UK, Hammer Film Productions pitted Christopher Lee against the fiendish Charles Gray in The Devil Rides Out. In June, William Castle produced Rosemary’s Baby and put a hex on New York City real estate forever. 1968 was a great year for demonic possession. ![]()
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