Herbert Lom, Olivera Vuc̀o, Udo Kier, Herbert Fux, Michael Maien, Ingeborg Schoener, Johannes Buzalski, Gaby Fuchs, Reggie Nalder. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. Extras include: Audio commentary with director Michael Armstrong ; Mark of the times (feature-length documentary on the emergence of the 'new wave' of British horror directors that surfaced during the sixties and seventies) ; Hallmark of the devil (author and critic Michael Gingold looks back at Hallmark Releasing, the controversial and confrontational distributor that introduced Mark of the Devil to American cinemas) ; Mark of the devil: then and now (a look at the film's locations and how they appear today) ; interviews with composer Michael Holm and actors Udo Kier, Herbert Fux, Gaby Fuchs, Ingeborg Schöner and Herbert Lom; outtakes ; gallery ; trailer.
Summary:
Once proclaimed as "positively the most horrifying film ever made", Mark of the Devil sees horror icon Udo Kier play a witchfinder's apprentice whose faith in his master (Herbert Lom) becomes severely tested when they settle in an 18th century Austrian village. Presided over by the sadistic albino (Reggie Nalder), they torture, rape and kill women that they falsely accuse of having sex with the devil.
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