The Devil Rides Out

"This article is about the novel. For the film see The Devil Rides Out (film)."

"The Devil Rides Out" is a 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley telling a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. The four main characters appear in a series of novels by Wheatley. The book was made into a film by Hammer Film Productions in 1968.

Plot synopsis

Set in 1930s London and the south of England, Duc de Richleau and Rex van Ryn rescue their friend Simon Aron and another young initiate, Tanith, from a devil worshipping cult. During the rescue they disrupt a ceremony on Salisbury Plain in which Satan himself appears. They escape to the home of the Eatons, friends of Richleau and van Ryn, and are followed by the group's leader, Mocata, who has a psychic connection to the two initiates. After visiting the house to discuss the matter and an unsuccessful attempt to influence the initiates to return, Mocata forces Richleau and the other occupants to defend themselves through a night of black magic attacks.

Their successful defense through the use of white magic ultimately results in Mocata himself paying the price of loss of life and eternal damnation of his soul for having wrongly summoned The Angel of Death.

Film

"Main article:The Devil Rides Out (film)"

In 1968 the novel was made into a film by the British film company Hammer Film Productions.