The History of the Devil
Greg Moodie, Australia, 2007, 52 min

Lucifer, Beelzebub, The Beast, Satan… He has been called many names and taken many strange different forms over the ages. So where does the concept of the traditional evil come from? The History of the Devil goes back to the ancient Middle East, even before the Old Testament to find the roots of Satan. The answer is in the ancient Mesopotamia. In Zoroastrianism it was believed that the all-knowing good God was Ahura Mazda, the one Uncreated Creator, and Ahriman was his antithesis, the God of chaos, the dark and evil one. Probably the bases of these teachings like heaven and hell, good and evil were transferred to the other monotheistic religions …

Night of the Eagle
Sidney Hayers, UK, 1962, 90 min

(Known in the U.S. as Burn, Witch, Burn!) Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde), a psychology professor lecturing in belief and superstition, discovers that his wife Tansy (Janet Blair) is a practicing witch. She is insistent that her charms have been responsible for his academic success. Angry at her superstition, he forces her to burn them all. But almost immediately things start to go wrong for him as pupils accuse him of sexual harassment and bullying. He is drawn into his wife’s web of superstitions, forced to believe in order to survive as a rival witch tries to use black magic to destroy him and his wife – WIKI

20/20: The Devil Worshippers
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), USA, Aired on May 16th 1985, 25 min

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Satan covered by major television outlets in the 80’s:

1. 20/20 « The Devil Worshippers » (1985)
2. Oprah Winfrey « Witchcraft » (1986)
3. Geraldo Rivera « Witchcraft » (1986)
4. Oprah Winfrey « Satanic Worship » (1988)
5. Larry King « Satanism » (1988)
6. Sally Jesse Rafael « Satanism » (1988)
7. Geraldo Rivera « Devil Worship, Exposing Satan’s Underground » (1988)
8. Geraldo Rivera « Of Drugs, Death, and the Devil » (1989)

Le viol du vampire
Jean Rollin, France, 1968, 100 min

‘Trois célibataires provenant de Paris échouent sans raison apparente devant un château. Les trois amis sont convaincus que les châtelaines sont déboussolés et ont besoin de leur aide. Mais les forces du mal sont présentes dans le château’ …