- Actors: Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Vuco, Reggie Nalder
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Anchor Bay
- DVD Release Date: 23 Jun 2003
- Run Time: 92 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00008DI2B
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,727 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
English
Region 2
Dolby Surround 2.0 English
Dolby Surround 2.0
Film Trailer
Commentary
Biographies And Liner Notes
Marked By The Devil Interview With Michael Armstrong
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Artwork
English
Region 2
Dolby Surround 2.0 English
Dolby Surround 2.0
Film Trailer
Commentary
Biographies And Liner Notes
Marked By The Devil Interview With Michael Armstrong
Picture Galleries
Artwork
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I am a horror fanatic, and I read so much about this film - how it broke new ground, went places that 1960's cinema did not dare to go...etc.- that I felt it should become part of my precious and precocious collection. Reviewers would name-drop 'Mark Of The Devil' as a paeon of gore film-making, as something to be compared by. Sadly, this is not the case. Its rubbish - the work of an amateur film-maker (who has gone on to make little more than American TVMs), and it does not deserve the 'cult' plaudits which have been rudely stolen away from the infinitely superior 'Witchfinder General' (which it follows in plot, but not quality). Herbert Lom escapes with his reputation, but the remaining cast are clearly aesthetic additions designed to distract from the cinematic catastrophe occuring in front of the viewer. Yes, the scenery is tremendous, but I suggest you watch the phenomenal Werner Herzog if thats your thing. Yes, the gore factor is high (in places), but you're constantly reminded that you're in movie-land by the awful performances of the victims. This film has all the production qualities of a soft-porn film, with the subtlety and intelligence of a lead-lined breeze-block. I give it two stars because I've yet to have a 1 star review published on Amazon.
Note 1: when this film first went out in cinemas in the US, sick bags were provided for the audience. I'm not sure why they did this, but perhaps it was because of the appallingly contrived romance scenes between the two leads.
Note 2: Star Udo Kier latterly appeared in The Story Of O - a French pseudo-bondage film, in which he turned in a similarly Mahogany perfomance. How do these films ever get made...?
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of those low budget, unintentionally funny horror films that could have been entertaining if it didn't take itself so seriously. It has an interesting plot, a village plagued by an unjust witch hunter, but the acting is absoloutely atrocious. It reminded me of all the absoloute poorest actors from other low budget films such as Bronx Warriors, Tower Of Evil, and Cannibal Terror, all brought together and given lessons on how to act terribly. A one star review is avoided only by the torture scenes, which, for a 60's film, are quite impressive, although they do look a bit dated today. One thing I found very bizarre was that when I bought this on video, the entire plot is given away on the back of the box. I presumed the film would carry on from the where the back of the box blurb left off, but it actually gives away the whole story, from start to finish. This is something I just can't understand. Buy this film if it going cheap to watch the torture sequences, but they're not really good enough to justify watching the film a second time.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
This Happens Too Often
8 May 2006
Format:DVD
The customer reviews that precede this one have nothing to do with the product on this page; they're for a film made in the 1970's which is sold elsewhere on Amazon. THIS page is for a British television anthology series that was supposed to be a follow-up to the popular Hammer House of Horror. This one (which I'm trying to get hold of) never actually aired and was rather recently released in two sets for the home video market here and in the UK. I can't rate the series or the release since I've never seen it, but I can certainly assign a single star based on the obtuseness of a particular online purveyor of goods and its inability to get things straight EVEN AFTER THE ERROR IS CITED.
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