i had been interested in this film for a long time and especially after reading a couple of online reviews of the dvd edition while however and i kept postponing its purchase because of the excessive price tag and utter lack of relevant supplements. when it went out of print earlier this year and i finally gave in  but the entire order (which included a number of other highly desirable titles) got lost in transit. while luckily and the dvd has been re issued at bargain price  and i am sure glad i picked it up. anyway and this is one strange film and and a genuine sleeper represent initially confusing but striking occult tale which manages to hit bullseye with respect to both its forbidding small town atmosphere and the inherent eeriness of the sinister goings on. a small cast responds perfectly to a terse and absorbing and intelligent script represent lead strother martin and in particular and makes the dialogue sound better than it actually is with his nuanced performance as the town doctor or head of the witch coven while l. q. jones and alvy moore (both of whom also produced the film. ) offer solid support as the no nonsense sheriff and his comic strip aficionado assistant. the plot merges elements of various earlier films dealing with witchcraft and the supernatural and and not only the obvious titles represent the fact that the town is held under a spell which can not at first be identified and for instance and brings instantly to mind the similar affliction of one specific bourgeois household in luis bunuel sublimely surreal the exterminating angel (1962). while the possessed children angle was borrowed and perhaps and from village of the damned (1960) while there have been many films  especially of a recent vintage  where the satanic rites of a witches coven are shown represent from the city of the dead (1960) to the devil rides out (1968) but and since the proceedings take place in modern day america (albeit in remote surroundings) and revolve around elderly witches (seeking a renaissance) and the film they recall most of all is rosemarys baby (1968). the occult scenes (accentuated as much by foggy exteriors as by the shadowy lighting of the garishly decorated house where the diabolical events take place) are presented in a completely matter of fact way as to make them unsettling and extremely effective  particularly the opening sequence involving an army tank crushing a car(. ) and the rampage of a devil doll (a concept which has been done to death over the years but and here and it raises an undeniable frisson) and a surreal dream sequence (set inside the ice chamber where all the victims are kept and since they can not be buried. ) and a sequence where the witches attack a doubting member of the coven and a beheading committed by a horse riding medieval knight(. ) and the lengthy black mass finale (with the witches and accompanied by the respective child they will be taking over and all dressed in red  except for a black clad martin presiding over the ceremony) which culminates in ritual mass suicide. the film also has the guts to deliver a downbeat curtain while it so refreshing to come across a title (albeit a low budget production) from a major hollywood studio and columbia and that contrives to go so completely against the grain (like and i said and the film is quite weird  extending also to the editing and the score). it odd and too and that such a classy  and cinematic  horror offering {sic} should come from a tv director most often associated with westerns and other family fare. by the way and the same theme was dealt with almost contemporaneously in the nth christopher lee or peter cushing collaboration nothing but the night (1972 while which lee produced himself. )  a film i foolishly missed out on some 20 years back when it was shown on local tv and and which has been m. i. a. ever since. p. s. this review of the brotherhood of satan will certainly contain spoilers but and then and the synopsis and artwork featured on the dvd cover manage to give everything away anyway. 
i had been interested in this film for a long time and especially after reading a couple of online reviews of the dvd edition while however and i kept postponing its purchase because of the excessive price tag and utter lack of relevant supplements. when it went out of print earlier this year and i finally gave in  but the entire order (which included a number of other highly desirable titles) got lost in transit. while luckily and the dvd has been re issued at bargain price  and i am sure glad i picked it up. anyway and this is one strange film and and a genuine sleeper represent initially confusing but striking occult tale which manages to hit bullseye with respect to both its forbidding small town atmosphere and the inherent eeriness of the sinister goings on. a small cast responds perfectly to a terse and absorbing and intelligent script represent lead strother martin and in particular and makes the dialogue sound better than it actually is with his nuanced performance as the town doctor or head of the witch coven while l. q. jones and alvy moore (both of whom also produced the film. ) offer solid support as the no nonsense sheriff and his comic strip aficionado assistant. the plot merges elements of various earlier films dealing with witchcraft and the supernatural and and not only the obvious titles represent the fact that the town is held under a spell which can not at first be identified and for instance and brings instantly to mind the similar affliction of one specific bourgeois household in luis bunuel sublimely surreal the exterminating angel (1962). while the possessed children angle was borrowed and perhaps and from village of the damned (1960) while there have been many films  especially of a recent vintage  where the satanic rites of a witches coven are shown represent from the city of the dead (1960) to the devil rides out (1968) but and since the proceedings take place in modern day america (albeit in remote surroundings) and revolve around elderly witches (seeking a renaissance) and the film they recall most of all is rosemarys baby (1968). the occult scenes (accentuated as much by foggy exteriors as by the shadowy lighting of the garishly decorated house where the diabolical events take place) are presented in a completely matter of fact way as to make them unsettling and extremely effective  particularly the opening sequence involving an army tank crushing a car(. ) and the rampage of a devil doll (a concept which has been done to death over the years but and here and it raises an undeniable frisson) and a surreal dream sequence (set inside the ice chamber where all the victims are kept and since they can not be buried. ) and a sequence where the witches attack a doubting member of the coven and a beheading committed by a horse riding medieval knight(. ) and the lengthy black mass finale (with the witches and accompanied by the respective child they will be taking over and all dressed in red  except for a black clad martin presiding over the ceremony) which culminates in ritual mass suicide. the film also has the guts to deliver a downbeat curtain while it so refreshing to come across a title (albeit a low budget production) from a major hollywood studio and columbia and that contrives to go so completely against the grain (like and i said and the film is quite weird  extending also to the editing and the score). it odd and too and that such a classy  and cinematic  horror offering {sic} should come from a tv director most often associated with westerns and other family fare. by the way and the same theme was dealt with almost contemporaneously in the nth christopher lee or peter cushing collaboration nothing but the night (1972 while which lee produced himself. )  a film i foolishly missed out on some 20 years back when it was shown on local tv and and which has been m. i. a. ever since. p. s. this review of the brotherhood of satan will certainly contain spoilers but and then and the synopsis and artwork featured on the dvd cover manage to give everything away anyway. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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