The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Christopher Lee: Duc de Richleau
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Quotes
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Marie Eaton : [watching Mocata prepare to sacrifice her daughter, Peggy] Those words you said before, say them again.
Duc de Richleau : [helplessly] I cannot!
Marie Eaton : [urgently] You must! My baby is going to die if you don't. You must speak those words again.
Mocata : [carrying on with the ritual] The bride of chaos.
[coven repeats]
Mocata : The rider upon the beast.
[coven repeats]
Mocata : With this knife, do I draw out the blood, which is thy life.
Marie Eaton : [possessed by the spirit of Tanith] Only they who love without desire, shall have power granted them in their darkest hour!
Marie Eaton : [moves to the altar with Peggy lying on it] Peggy, get up. Repeat after me, the words of the Susama Ritual. Oriel Seraphim.
Peggy Eaton : Oriel Seraphim
Marie Eaton : Eo Potesta
Peggy Eaton : Eo Potesta
Marie Eaton : Zati, Zata
Peggy Eaton : Zati, Zata
Marie Eaton : Galatim, Galatah
Peggy Eaton : Galatim, Galatah!
[lightning strikes the altar and it explodes]
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Duc de Richleau : [fearfully] Do you realise what today's date is Rex?
Rex Van Ryn : April the, er, 29th, why?
Duc de Richleau : Mocata isn't going to miss the chance of giving Simon his Devil's baptism at the Grand Sabbat of the year!
Rex Van Ryn : [puzzled] What are you talking about?
Duc de Richleau : Tomorrow night! It's the eve of May Day. Within 24 hours, Simon could be lost to us forever.
Rex Van Ryn : What can we do?
Duc de Richleau : [referring to Tanith] We find the girl!
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Duc de Richleau : I'd rather see you dead than meddling with Black Magic!
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Duc de Richleau : [watching as Rex and Tanith, now restored to life, walk toward the house] Come in my friends.
Marie Eaton : [rushes into the room with husband Richard carrying Peggy] She's alright!
[Sees Tanith standing there]
Marie Eaton : Tanith!
Duc de Richleau : Time itself has been reversed for us. Tanith's death; Peggy's abduction; the ride to Chilbury; the ritual in the cellar... all these things happened. But now, they have not happened. We're back. We are all safe again.
Simon Aron : And is Mocata also safe?
Duc de Richleau : You will also remember, Simon, what I said to you about the Angel of Death once being summoned...
Simon Aron : ...cannot return empty handed!
Duc de Richleau : Exactly. Tanith has been restored to us. But the age old law demands a life for a life, a soul for a soul. And there is only one man in all this world who could replace her life, her soul. The man who invoked the Angel of Death. Mocata *is* dead.
Simon Aron : Thank God!
Duc de Richleau : Yes Simon. He is the one we must thank.
[fades]
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Duc de Richleau : [Mocata is about to sacrifice a child] In the name of God, you dare not!
Mocata : Scarcely in the name of God, Monsieur le Duc.
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Rex Van Ryn : [sadly walks in carrying the body of Tanith] She's dead!
Duc de Richleau : [apologetically] I know Rex. The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty-handed.
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Duc de Richleau : Don't look at the Eyes, Rex!
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Duc de Richleau : [after Duc hands Rex some vials] Salt & Mercury. Effective against the dark forces. They will protect you and Simon... If we can save him.
Rex Van Ryn : And you?
Duc de Richleau : I have other protection.
[cut to young women dancing wildly]
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Duc de Richleau : [rising] I tell you, these people are devil worshippers.
Rex Van Ryn : That's ridiculous.
Duc de Richleau : These are facts, Rex, not superstition. The final proof was in the hamper. They were about to practice the age-old sacrifice to their infernal master: the slaughter of the black cockerel and the white hen.
