• Director(s)

    Edward Dmytryk

  • Production Year

    1941

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    64m

  • Cast

    Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff

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Film

The Devil Commands

mild threat, violence

THE DEVIL COMMANDS is a horror drama, from 1941, in which a scientist becomes obsessed with contacting his dead wife from beyond the grave.

THE DEVIL COMMANDS is a horror drama, from 1941, in which a scientist becomes obsessed with contacting his dead wife from beyond the grave.

violence
A man is grabbed by the throat and knocked unconscious in undetailed fashion.
threat and horror
A man convulses and then collapses as electricity goes through his body during a scientific experiment; a woman dies in similar manner in another experiment As the experiment develops, dead bodies are used which are seen encased in elaborate suits and helmets; an unsuspecting woman stumbles on the bodies, which terrify her and she dies off-screen. There are no gruesome details in the images of the bodies or the deaths. A ghostly apparition appears during a séance, but is revealed to have been faked.
There are references to grave-robbing and making contact with the dead. There are scenes in which characters smoke, which reflect the historical period in which the film was made.
  • Director(s)

    Edward Dmytryk

  • Production Year

    1941

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    64m

  • Cast

    Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff

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Classified Date:
30/05/1941
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
mild threat, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
violence
A man is grabbed by the throat and knocked unconscious in undetailed fashion.
threat and horror
A man convulses and then collapses as electricity goes through his body during a scientific experiment; a woman dies in similar manner in another experiment As the experiment develops, dead bodies are used which are seen encased in elaborate suits and helmets; an unsuspecting woman stumbles on the bodies, which terrify her and she dies off-screen. There are no gruesome details in the images of the bodies or the deaths. A ghostly apparition appears during a séance, but is revealed to have been faked.
There are references to grave-robbing and making contact with the dead. There are scenes in which characters smoke, which reflect the historical period in which the film was made.
  • Classified date

    09/04/2021