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Mark of the Devil

1970 · 96 min

A grim, unflinching plunge into mob cruelty and torture, watching innocence and faith get crushed under sadistic power.

Tagline
Positively the most horrifying film ever made
Overview
In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • power
  • faith
  • justice
  • violence
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, drama, history, thriller
Directed by
Michael Armstrong
Written by
Adrian Hoven, Michael Armstrong
Starring
Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder, Herbert Fux, Johannes Buzalski, Michael Maien, Gaby Fuchs
Music
Michael Holm
Cinematography
Ernst W. Kalinke
Runtime
96 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Italian

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