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Oct 18, 1971 · Secret Rites: Directed by Derek Ford. With Penny Beeching, Shirley Harmer, Lee Peters, Alex Sanders. Pseudo-documentary about black magic.
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- Drama
- Derek Ford
- 1971-10-18
Secret Rites. Secret Rites is a 1971 British documentary film directed by Derek Ford. [2] [3] [a] It concerns the study of witchcraft and black magic, with a rare appearance by real-life occultist Alex Sanders. The film's music was composed by Bryn Walton and played by The Spindle. [4] This film should not be confused with the 1970 Italian film ...
- Bryn Walton
- Derek Ford
- Morton M. Lewis
- Alex Sanders, Penny Beeching, Tony Barton, Jane Spearing, Shirley Harmer
The Eleusinian Mysteries ( Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized : Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece. They are considered the "most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece". [1]
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More than anything in the world, Penny, a Notting Hill hairstylist and occult enthusiast, wants to join a coven. Having written to High Priest Alex Sanders, Europe's King of the Witches, expressing her interest in witchcraft, Penny receives a reply from an already-initiated witch to arrange a meeting to determine whether she is suited for initiation into their dark community.
The main attraction – a feature-length, black and white dramatised documentary from 1970, which promises to reveal the mysteries of the history of witchcraft – is joined by a supporting short; a short, quasi-mondo invitation to witness the secret initiations and other rites of a coven of witches in Notting Hill in 1971.
Interspersed with images intended to disgust or arouse are long segments about victims of the Hiroshima bombing, the Vietnam War, and inhabitants of a leper colony. The film includes explicit scenes of (among other things) a man undergoing sterilization; heart surgery; a dog being killed, skinned, cooked and eaten; and a man pouring his own ...
