Tim curry devil1/17/2024 ![]() ![]() Clue me in on the good ones I’ve missed (don’t give me shit like Gabriel Byrne in End of Days. He may not get that much screen time, but when he is on, you simply cannot turn away (even watching him eat an egg is uncomfortable). As Louis Cyphre, a man out to collect on a contract, he sweats cool, composed evil. Jack (Tom Cruise) and his friends do everything possible to save the world and Princess. What you’ll know from the first showing, however, is this one of DeNiro’s better performances. Movie Info Darkness (Tim Curry) seeks to create eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns. Topping the striking visual, Stormare adds the perfect touch of depravity to the role.Ī very twisty, complex movie that requires repeated viewings to make sense of. Thick Euro accent, dressed impeccably in a radiant white suit, dull eyes of a binging meth addict - something is clearly not right with this picture. The film itself is pretty damn disturbing too. Her interpretation of the devil is the most distressing of all portrayals on the list. Just looking at her pale, bald and epicene image is enough to bring feelings of discomfort and put a bad taste in your mouth. And to top it off Curry looks like he is having the time of his life bringing pain and suffering to Tom Cruise! This incarnation is taken directly from your childhood nightmares of what Satan looks like - just amped up 100-fold. He even manages to make Keanu Reeves look not so wooden. He absolutely relishes the role of John Milton, a powerful Manhattan attorney who, through our broken justice system, corrupts the good and helps the guilty escape punishment. Pacino was meant to play Satan at some point in his career. Do I have to say more? Okay, Susan Sarandon, Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer co-star, giving this devil who just wants to have fun more than he bargained for. I’d say those are all the necessary traits needed to be a top ranked overseer of evil. As an added bonus, he has the appetite for eating nonfood items like a beating heart freshly pulled from the chest. Ever try and get your hands on a bunch of thieving dwarfs? They’re tough to catch. His ire is only exacerbated by the fact the map is in the hands of a bunch of thieving dwarfs. Great film in which a manic Satan, played by David Warner, tries to get his hands on God’s map of time portals. I say no way, take a look at her - she is the perfectly proportioned Satan and one I would gladly give my soul to for three wishes (who am I kidding, I’d give it to her for nothing). Some would say the devil in the original Bedazzled played by Peter Cook should trump Hurley’s performance. But when an elderly gentleman opens up a shop in a quiet town and offers townsfolk their every desire for a mere pittance you’d think someone should stop to ask questions. Who would suspect a kind old man was the devil? No one, which makes this all the more off putting. ![]() He didn’t, so here is my Top 10 list of Movie Satans in the same form it was in a month or so ago.Ĭriteria: Must be in a film (obviously) no animation (sorry South Park) may or may not be explicitly named Satan I was holding out to see if Terry Gilliam could top his depiction of Satan in Time Bandits with that of Satan in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus before finishing off this list. ![]()
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