Eye of the Devil
A Generation Gap horror film, Eye of the Devil pits old pros Deborah Kerr and David Niven against proto-hippies David Hemmings and Sharon Tate, who may or may not be members of an ancient devil cult. J. Lee Thompson directed this under this radar thriller and assembled a fine supporting cast including Donald Pleasence and Flora Robson. Taking full advantage of its unique location work, including France’s Château de Hautefort, this oddball spook show deserves a higher profile.
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About Joe Dante
Joe Dante is a lifelong film buff who turned his obsession into a career. He got his start cutting trailers for Roger Corman and later directed the hit movie Gremlins, as well as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace and Small Soldiers for producer Steven Spielberg. His feature films include The Howling, Piranha, Matinee, The ‘burbs , Looney Tunes Back in Action, The Hole (first winner of the 3D Persol Award at the Venice Film Festival) and the zom-com Burying the Ex. His TV directing work includes: Police Squad, Amazing Stories, the HBO film The Second Civil War, the Masters of Horror titles Homecoming and The Screwfly Solution, and episodes of Eerie, Indiana, CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0, Witches of East End, Legends of Tomorrow and Salem. His most recent big screen credit is an episode of the anthology film Nightmare Cinema. He’s currently consulting producer on the Amblin Television/Warner Bros. Animation hit, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.
Joe is also the frequent co-host of Trailers From Hell’s official podcast, The Movies That Made Me, available everywhere podcasts are streamed and downloaded!
It’ airing on TCM (U.S.) at 5:15 AM on Friday Morning.Eye of the Devil (1966)
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It is airing on the U.S. version of Turner Classic Movies on November 1, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. And I’ll vouch for both its greatness and its under-ratedness.