The Brotherhood of Satan

PG

1971

1h 32m

Horror

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8 Reviews

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Widower Ben (Charles Bateman) is taking his young daughter (Geri Reischi) and new girlfriend (Ahna Capri) to visit a relative when they find a grizzly car accident by the highway. They report the incident to the sheriff (L.Q. Jones) in nearby Hillsboro, N.M., and discover the town in the grips of a deadly fear. In the past 72 hours, 26 people have died, and 11 children have gone missing. As Ben investigates, a local priest (Charles Robinson) informs him that a Satan-worshipping cult is to blame.

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Anthony Arrigo

Dread Central

...this film does spend too much time spinning its wheels but the clandestine coven meetings and life-sized toy kills are both worth the price of admission...

Rated: 2.8/5

Nov 24, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Satanic panic was all the rage during the early-to-middle 1970s.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 3, 2021

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Nonsensical, creepy satanic supernatural thriller.

Rated: C+

Apr 1, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 10, 2005

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Mark R. Leeper

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Rated: 1/5

Jan 15, 2005

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Just about what you'd expect from a movie with this title.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 24, 2003

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brad p

Your enjoyment of this film will depend on how much you like low-budget '70s horror. Even so, this film does spend too much time spinning its wheels but the clandestine coven meetings and life-sized toy kills are both worth the price of admission.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Ben is a recent widower, but hey — he's taking his new girl Nicky on a road trip and making out with her whenever he can. Unfortunately, that trip also has his daughter K.T. (fake Jan Geri Reischl) along for the ride and she's perfectly ready to drip sticky melted snow cone all over her new mommy's face and ruin some side of the road necking. The journey takes them to the town of Hillsboro, where the townspeople have been hiding from a great evil that seems to be killing everyone and making their children go missing. And the murders? Well, toys are involved and people are reduced to madness just by confronting the evil in their midst. Strother Martin is Doc Duncan, who is either the human behind all of this or Satan himself and man, he's great in this movie. Everyone is. It's a low budget drive-in film, sure, but it's also astoundingly sure of itself and a film that presents itself with great intelligence. It has one hell of an exploitation title but also has so many disquieting moments that will stay with you long after you finish watching.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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An excellent and wonderful movie I love this movie if you want to watch a horror movie from the 70s watch this one it starts off a little slow but gets really scary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Surprisingly bold for its time. It's a cool, effective movie about occultism in a small town. Martin is just awesome in it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/19

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A family travelling across California run across a small town in crisis. People are dying, children are disappearing, and nobody has been able to enter or leave town. It does not bode well for them that they have been able to enter town, especially since they are travelling with their young daughter. Character actor extraordinaire L.Q. Jones formed a production partnership with comic actor Alvy Moore in the mid-60's and they specialized in low budget genre fare. This is the 3rd film they produced and it's where the quality really jumps. One of the strongest virtues is that Jones acts in this one, playing the town's sheriff, and he gets his buddy Strother Martin to co-star as the town doctor. I really like this film. It makes up for it's low budget with a genuinely creepy atmosphere. The small town Satanism theme generates some unnerving dreamlike sequences. While Jones is great here ... Martin is the real standout.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Es bastante mala y aburrida, el guión no está muy bien escrito, pero bueno, al final por lo menos los niños fueron transformados.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Bernard McEveety

Director

Strother Martin

Doc Duncan

L.Q. Jones

Sheriff

Charles Bateman

Ben

Ahna Capri

Nicky

Charles Robinson

Priest

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Synopsis

Widower Ben (Charles Bateman) is taking his young daughter (Geri Reischi) and new girlfriend (Ahna Capri) to visit a relative when they find a grizzly car accident by the highway. They report the incident to the sheriff (L.Q. Jones) in nearby Hillsboro, N.M., and discover the town in the grips of a deadly fear. In the past 72 hours, 26 people have died, and 11 children have gone missing. As Ben investigates, a local priest (Charles Robinson) informs him that a Satan-worshipping cult is to blame.

Director: Bernard McEveety
Screenwriter: L.Q. Jones, William Welch
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, LQJaf, Four Star Excelsior
Rating: PG
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2012
Runtime: 1h 32m

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