Things just keeps being wild when it comes to Ken Russell’s The Devils. The 1971 movie was always controversial, but its most controversial scenes ended up censored in various territories. For decades that footage was assumed lost. Then in 2002, during the making of a documentary, Mark Kermode and his crew found the excised scenes and wanted to put out a director’s cut. Warner Bros. emphatically said no. Cut to earlier this year when WB’s new Clockwork arthouse label announced a 4K, full restoration of The Devils would hit theaters. It was a surprise hit, especially for a 55-year-old NC-17 movie. It’s currently my pick for best movie of the year (yes a cheat).
Now, Clockwork has announced a super fancy, multi-disc 4K release of the movie. This is something I and probably a million other movie fans thought would never happen. And we’re praising it.
In 17th-century Loudun, France, charismatic priest Father Grandier (Oliver Reed) finds himself at the center of a political and religious conspiracy when the tormented Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes consumed with obsession. As accusations of possession, corruption, and witchcraft ignite mass hysteria, a shocking struggle for power threatens to destroy an entire community.
This movie is at once an absurdist farce and a devastating tragedy. In Ken Russell’s inimitable maximalist style, the film shows us the depths of depravity and hypocrisy at a time when power and religion meant the same thing. Reed and Redgrave are absolutely perfect. Even nearly 60 years later, the movie manages to shock and disturb in the best way.
The Devils comes to Blu-ray and 4K April 30 of 2027 and looks to be one of the most impressive box sets we’ve seen in a long time. It will come in both a three disc definitive edition and a single-disc version. The features of each are below.
Ken Russell’s The Devils 3-Disc 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Collector’s Edition contains the following:
- The first ever 4K UHD presentation of Ken Russell’s The Devils – the uncensored, definitive director’s cut – encoded by Fidelity In Motion with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.
- The first ever official Blu-ray presentations of Ken Russell’s The Devils, the uncensored, definitive director’s cut (114 mins); the UK X-Rated version (111 mins); and the US R-Rated version (108 mins), with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.
- Unedited 2004 audio commentary with Ken Russell, Michael Bradsell, Mark Kermode & Paul Joyce
- Never-before-seen extended scene
- New extended version of the documentary Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002) featuring additional interview footage with Ken Russell
- New 4K remaster of the short film Amelia and the Angel (1958) directed by Ken Russell
- New compilation of camera slates
- New interview with Guillermo del Toro on The Devils and the legacy of Ken Russell
- New introduction by Kleber Mendonça Filho at the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils in Brazil
- New extended interview with Mark Kermode on The Devils and the reconstruction of the definitive director’s cut
- New behind-the-scenes featurette on the picture and sound restoration
- Never-before-seen archival interviews with Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed
- Never-before-heard archival audio interviews between critic Richard Crouse and cast/crew
- Never-before-seen costume sketches by Shirley Russell with audio commentary by Victoria Russell
- Excerpt of Rupert Russell’s documentary Mad Dad, featuring never-before-seen Russell family photos
- 2004 Q&A with Ken Russell and Mark Kermode following the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils at the BFI Southbank NFT1
- 2010 Film at Lincoln Center Q&A with Ken Russell and Vanessa Redgrave
- Director of Devils (1971) featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and a Ken Russell interview
- Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Michael Bradsell
- Archival Trailers
- 2026 Theatrical Trailer
- 96-page book with never-before-seen photography and production materials, excerpts of the original continuity script, new essays by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams, and newly unearthed archival crew interviews
- and more…
Ken Russell’s The Devils 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Standard Edition contains the following:
- The first ever 4K UHD presentation of Ken Russell’s The Devils – the uncensored, definitive director’s cut – encoded by Fidelity In Motion with a newly restored monaural soundtrack.
- Unedited 2004 audio commentary with Ken Russell, Michael Bradsell, Mark Kermode & Paul Joyce
- New interview with Guillermo del Toro on The Devils and the legacy of Ken Russell
- 2004 Q&A with Ken Russell and Mark Kermode following the first ever screening of Ken Russell’s The Devils at the BFI Southbank NFT1
- Behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Michael Bradsell
- Director of Devils (1971) featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and a Ken Russell interview
- Archival Trailers
- 2026 Theatrical Trailer
Cost for these bad boys will be $76.99 for the collectors edition and $36.99 for the single-disc affair. MSRP, of course. But when you’ve been praying for this as long as we have, it might be worth it.
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