Ken Russell's The Devils

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An enduring, singular masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption -- and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell's definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned -- and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.

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In its restored form, The Devils reveals the keen precision and focus beneath director Ken Russell's excesses, turning lurid religious hysteria and mob cruelty into a grotesque spectacle with profound moral force.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

3 days ago

5/5

Reed is a revelation with his intelligent, focused, charismatic and dignified performance as the sensualist cleric who submits to injustice like a dissolute version of Thomas Becket.

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Soham Gadre

Chicago Reader

Oct 21, 2026

Redgrave and Reed both masterfully walk the tightrope of characters who run hot and cold in equal measure, holding dominion over every scene they’re in, even though they almost never directly interact.

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Jessica Kiang

Los Angeles Times

Oct 16, 2026

Just as Grandier’s ultimate sacrifice is only made meaningful by his history of repeated, lascivious indulgence in the fleshier sins, so can “The Devils” be an unapologetically maximalist exhibition of carnal depravity that is also quite profoundly moral.

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John Paul King

Washington Blade

1 day ago

Full of superb performances and an immersive sense of period oppression.

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Mel Valentin

That Shelf

2 days ago

By 1971, Russell had established a reputation as an iconoclast and provocateur. The Devils left no doubt that his reputation was more than well-deserved

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Samuel R. Murrian

Collider

2 days ago

10/10

A frenzied genre hybrid of 17th-century period drama, darkly hilarious satire, and shocking, sobering psychological horror, this is one of those rare movies that you can truly say is unlike anything else you've ever seen.

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Ari

1 hr ago

insane. bacchanalia. can be very vulgar at times. still an interesting experience.

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perilofs

13 hrs ago

Great movie commentary covering politics, religion, abuse of power, groupthink, & manipulation. Great visuals.

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Estevan

1 day ago

Let your freak flag fly

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Isaiah L

1 day ago

Holy S**T!! You just gotta see it for yourself.

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MA Rizzoli

3 days ago

Ken Russell’s best non-BBC film.

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Eddie

3 days ago

Worst movie of all time

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An enduring, singular masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption -- and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell's definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned -- and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.

Director: Ken Russell
Producer: Ken Russell, Robert H. Solo
Screenwriter: Ken Russell
Distributor: Warner Bros. Clockwork
Production Co: Russo Productions
Rating: NC-17
Genre: Horror, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 54m

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