FAUSTIAN SCREEN: A Study of Devil in the Cinema

FAUSTIAN SCREEN: A Study of Devil in the Cinema

by

Dejan Ognjanović

Winner of the award for the best unpublished book-length study, in the competition organized by the City Library of Zajecar, in 2006.

FAUSTIAN SCREEN analyzes the image of Devil as presented in the films ranging from those made by George Melies until the most recent Satanic incarnations in HELLBOY, SOUTH PARK, THE SIMPSONS and CONSTANTINE.

Some of the well-known, but also lesser-known titles are present (including Italian, German, French, Spanish, Danish and Serbian films).

Each one is analyzed in terms of its iconography, symbolism, cultural context, genre relevance and its place in the author's oeuvre. Religious, mythological, folklore or esotheric sources are invoked where necessary.

This book represents a hidden history of the fantastic and horror cinema, and is indispensable to all cinephiles and genre enthusiasts.

At the moment, the book is available only in Serbian.

CONTENTS:

1. INVOCATION: FROM SATAN TO LUCIFER

1.1. INVOCATION

1.2. EVIL

1.3. ORIGIN

1.4. IMAGE

1.5. HISTORY

1.6. LUCIFER

1.7. FAUST

1.8. CAMERA

1.9. HORROR

2. EUROPE IN FAUST'S SHADOW

2.1. ALCHEMY

Le manoir du Diable, 1896

and other films by G. Melies

2.2. SOUL

Der Student Von Prag, 1913, 1926

Das Kabinet des Dr. Caligari, 1919

2.3. ALL OF THEM WITCHES

Der Golem 1920

Haxan, 1922

Vredens Dag, 1943

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, 1922

2.4. FAUST

Faust 1926

3. SATAN IN AMERICA: THE BOGEYMAN

3.1. SATANISTS-AMATEURS

The Magician, 1925

Seven Footprints to Satan, 1929

The Black Cat, 1935

The Seventh Victim, 1943

3.2. OCCULTISTS

The Masque of the Red Death, 1964

Night of the Demon, 1956

3.3. EXISTENTIAL HORROR

Rosemary's Baby, 1968

4. EURO-TRASH DEVILS

4.1. ENGLISH DEVILS

The Devil's Bride, 1967

To the Devil a Daughter, 1976

Satanskin / aka Blood on Satan's Claw, 1970

4.2. SACROSANCT DEVILS

The Witchfinder General, 1968

Mark of the Devil, 1971

The Devils, 1971

4.3. DEVIL AMONG THE SERBS

The Master and Margaret (Majstor i Margarita, 1972)

A Man to be Killed (Čovjek koga treba ubiti, 1979)

We're No Angels (Mi nismo anđeli, 1990)

Sheitan's Warrior (Šejtanov ratnik, 2006)

5. BLESSED ARE THE POSSESSED

5.1. HYSTERIA AND POSSESSION

The Exorcist, 1973

5.2. PREPOSTEROUS PREPOSSESSION

Exorcist II: The Heretic, 1977

5.3. DISCOURSES WITH THE DEVIL

The Exorcist III, 1990

5.4. SATANIC STUDIO

The Exorcist: The Beginning, 2004

Dominion: a Prequel to The Exorcist, 2004

5.5. EVILS OF AGNOSTICISM, BLISSES OF THE FAITH

The Exorcism of Emily Rose, 2005

6. DEVIL'S COINS

6.1. REVELATION AT THE BOX-OFFICE

The Omen, 1976

6.2. ANTICHRIST RISING

Damien: Omen 2, 1978

6.3. APOCALYPSE

The Final Conflict, 1982

7. FALLEN LAWYERS AND DETECTIVES

7.1. MILTON OF THE DEVIL'S PARTY

The Devil's Advocate, 1997

7.2. VOODOO NOIR

Angel Heart, 1987

8. DEVIL'S NEW CLOTHES

8.1. KINDERGARTEN DEVIL

Les Histoires Extraordinaires: Toby Dammit, 1967

The Last Temptation of Christ, 1987

Angyali üdvözlet, 1984

8.2. FAIRY TALE DEVIL

Legend, 1985

8.3. DEVIL IN THE FISH-TANK

Prince of Darkness, 1987

8.4. DEVIL'S TORTURE GARDEN

Hellraiser, 1987

8.5. AUTOPSY OF THE ANGELS

The Prophecy, 1992

9. ECCE HOMO

9.1. DEVIL IS A MALE, TOO

The Witches of Eastwick, 1987

9.2. DEVILISH SOAP

Riget I i II, 1994-1997

9.3. DEVIL AMONG US

El dia della bestia, 1995

9.4. SMALL-TOWN FAUST

Needful Things, 1994

9.5. DEVIL TOLD ME TO

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills, 1996

Pentagram, 1990

Fallen,1998

Mr Frost, 1990

10. ARCANE ENCHANTER

10.1. PRINCE OF THE OCCULT

Lisa e il diavolo / Lisa and the Devil, 1972

La Chiesa / The Church, 1989

La Setta / The Sect, 1991

10.2. IN THE CLAWS OF THE EVIL DEMIURG

Dust Devil, 1992

10.3. THROUGH THE GATE OF LIGHT

The Ninth Gate, 1999

11. DEVIL FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

11.1. FROM SURREALISM TO THE POSTMODERN

Simon del desierto, 1965

Lekce Faust, 1994

Lost Highway, 1994

11.2. THE PASSION OF THE DEVIL

The End of Days, 1999

The Passion of the Christ, 2004

11.3. DEVIL IN THE COMICS

Hellboy, 2004

Constantine, 2005

11.4. MOCKERY

South Park

The Simpsons

Satan's Little Helper, 2005

11.5. RECYCLING

Omen 666, 2006

12. EXORCISM: WHAT NOW?

11.1. APPEARANCES

11.2. DESTINATIONS

APPENDIX I: FILMOGRAPHY

APPENDIX II: BIBLIOGRAPHY