The Devil Rides Out is a 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley telling a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. The four main characters appear in a series of novels by Wheatley. The book was made into a film by Hammer Film Productions in 1968.
Set in 1930s London and the south of England, Duc de Richleau and Rex van Ryn rescue their friend Simon Aron from a devil worshipping cult. Rex falls in love with another initiate of the cult, Tanith. Rex...
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The Devil Rides Out is a 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley telling a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. The four main characters appear in a series of novels by Wheatley. The book was made into a film by Hammer Film Productions in 1968.
Set in 1930s London and the south of England, Duc de Richleau and Rex van Ryn rescue their friend Simon Aron from a devil worshipping cult. Rex falls in love with another initiate of the cult, Tanith. Rex prevents Tanith going to a ceremony on Salisbury Plain. The Duc and Rex rescue Simon from the ceremony. They escape to the home of the Eatons, friends of Richleau and van Ryn, and are followed by the group's leader, Mocata, who has a psychic connection to the two initiates. After visiting the house to discuss the matter and an unsuccessful attempt to influence the initiates to return, Mocata forces Richleau and the other occupants to defend themselves through a night of black magic attacks. During this Mocata summons the Angel of Death using...
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