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    When the Devil Commands

    1941 · Horror · 1h 5m

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  1. The Devil Commands: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Boris Karloff, Richard Fiske, Amanda Duff, Anne Revere. Scientist becomes obsessed with the idea of communicating with his dead wife.

    • (1.4K)
    • Horror, Sci-Fi
    • Edward Dmytryk
    • 1941-02-03
  2. The Devil Commands is a 1941 American horror film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Boris Karloff, Amanda Duff and Richard Fiske. The working title of the film was The Devil Said No . [2] In it, a man obsessed with contacting his dead wife falls in with a sinister phony medium.

  3. Devil Commands, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Just For Comparison When the wife (Shirley Warde) pops in at the lab, Dr. Blair (Boris Karloff) shows colleagues, led by Professor Kent (Erwin Kalser), how women have different brain waves, in an early scene from The Devil Commands, 1941.

    • Edward Dmytryk, George Rhein
    • Boris Karloff
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  5. Dmytryk is an interesting director. Review by Jeff Sexton ★★★½. "The Devil Commands" is a sci-fi horror film that blends sciencea with the supernatural. Dr. Julian Blair, a scientist studying brain waves, is struck by grief after his wife dies in a car accident. Consumed by the loss, he directs his research to contacting the dead ...

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    • Columbia Pictures
    • Edward Dmytryk
  6. Oct 8, 2009 · The Devil Commands is a testament to that prototype's allure. As a popular narrative trope, mad scientist stories appear, on the surface, simple. Enter your typical mad scientist. He's crazy and consequently initiates a firestorm of chaos. Hell breaks loose, innocents die, he's hunted down and eventually caught, punished, or exterminated.

  7. Sep 2, 2003 · The Devil Commands also presents a more concrete fear, of technology running amok and blurring the line between life and death. Dr. Blair’s idea probably seemed plausible at the time, certainly ...

  8. One of the best 1940s horror flicks, The Devil Commands is a fun blend of science fiction, horror, spiritualism, and supernatural elements. The main set piece, which comes into play in the last 25 minutes or so, is very cool, especially when combined with creepy sound effects and lighting.

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