The Devil's Daughter

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The Devil's Daughter

This was a very good movie for its time I like it very Much and wish they would show this movie a lot more wish I can get a hold of a copy to keep since I was about 11 years old when i first saw this movie ...Shelly Winters was Great in this Movie so was Joesph Cotton the Judge and the "Devil Myself" its about a young woman finds out her Mother made a pact with the devil and that she is the Devils Daughter Rosie Grier had a Cameo Role in this movie and the poole sisters are a delight One Black the other white ...Go Figure " any way if you have a copy of it email me back i would like to add this movie to my collection of Horror Movies for personal use.....

The 70s were the decade of The Exorcist and The Omen which spawned dozens of imitations, films about devil worship. The Devil's Daughter is one of the illegitimate offspring of these two classics. Way back in the day Diane Ladd made a deal with old Scratch that he could have her daughter when she came of age. Now that she's grown up to become Belinda J. Montgomery it's time to collect. The leader of his local cult group Shelley Winters acts as the enforcement agent. Besides those mentioned a lot of players like Joseph Cotten and Martha Scott were looking for work and took what they could. They and younger folks like Jonathan Frid and Robert Foxworth and Abe Vigoda look mighty silly in this one. Shelley Winters overacts outrageously as did Bette Davis of old because she knows this one's a Thanksgiving special.

Although the "devil's gonna get you" plot may have been an over-kill of the 1970's horror flicks, this film deserves merit for a memorable surprise ending and a seasoned cast including: Shelley Winters, Joseph Cotton, Robert Foxworth, Jonathan Frid and Martha Scott. It would have been a worthy film to make into video!

I have remembered that ending for over 30 years. WAY worth watching. Chilling. Anytime I can watch a movie without expecting the ending, which is so common in so many movies, I have to say it's worth watching. Seventies movies seem to have a "feeling" or "atmosphere" about them that generally make them unpalatable to me. In this case, however, it enhances the storyline to such a degree that I think if it had been made in any other decade, it wouldn't have been as good. I was 7 when I first saw it and I can tell you it really scared me back then.

Only having seen this TV movie once, back in 1973 when it originally aired, I can only say that it did a commendable job entertainment-wise, it being rather unusual in its day for depicting the theme of witchcraft. Belinda Montgomery is lured by the seemingly charming Shelley Winters (as Lilith) - a "friend" of her deceased mother - into a ghastly nightmare. I vaguely remember Winter's performance as being marvelously hammy: it seemed she relished playing this off-beat role. And I remember being semi-thrilled at seeing Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins in the cult TV favourite gothic soap DARK SHADOWS) cast in a bit as the mute chauffeur. Interestingly enough, I was visiting my Grandparents in Pacific Grove, California when this movie was shot there. Scenes were shot on location in the cemetery across from Point Pinos Lighthouse and at a mansion & elementary school on Lighthouse Avenue.

Obviously inspired by Rosemary's Baby, this obscure ABC-TV movie is still quite entertaining in its own right. The amazing cast goes full tilt, with the ever-delightful Shelley Winters taking top honors as Lilith. Though slightly hampered by overall TV stylings, it features an ample amount of tension, an imaginative opening credits sequence of flames and silhouettes, and an explosive, nightmarish twist ending. Be warned, though--The Devil's Daughter is very difficult to find. I saw it on the Sci-Fi Channel a few years ago and haven't been able to locate it since. Interestingly, it runs an hour and a half with commercials, whereas most TV movies run two hours. Fun, scary, and short!

From 1973 and obviously ROSEMARY'S BABY inspired,this has a great cast:Shelley Winters,Belinda Montgomery,Robert Foxworth,Joseph Cotton,and Jonathan"Barnabas"Frid as a mute butler.The 70s tv devil movies are all creepy.Very eerie in atmosphere with a young and pretty Diane attending her mother's funeral where she meets a very friendly Lillith who offers the girl a place when she lears Diane has nowhere to go.Unknown to Diane was that her mother used to be in a satanic cult with Lillith and her daughter was wanted by the cult.Diane discovers the truth,but,of course,too late.With a great spooky ending you'll never forget,TDDD is a neat little slice of tv horror.

I was in the 5th grade at Lighthouse Elementary School when they were filming "The Devil's Daughter" across the street in a beautiful old mansion in Pacific Grove, CA, and also at a cemetery across the street from where I lived. There was a small part of a schoolgirl that I almost got, except they decided to go with a 3rd grader because she was wearing a red sweater which would show up better on screen! I remember going across the street every day, hoping to catch a glimpse of Jonathan Frid whom I loved on "Dark Shadows." I was lucky enough to meet both Jonathan Frid and Shelley Winters, and both were so kind and friendly to a little girl who had dreams of one day being a great actress!! Then when I saw the movie, I was delightedly scared and enjoyed seeing the sites of the town where I lived.