Giving the Devil His Due

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock (Edited By) Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is professor of English at Central Michigan University and an associate editor of the Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts. He has authored or edited twenty-four books, the most recent of which are The Monster Theory Reader (2019), Critical Approaches to Welcome to Night Vale: Podcasting Between Weather and the Void (2018), The Cambridge Companion to American Gothic (2018), and The Age of Lovecraft (2016). Visit him at JeffreyAndrewWeinstock.com. Regina M. Hansen (Edited By) Regina M. Hansen teaches at Boston University. She publishes and presents on horror, religion in film, neo-Victorianism, and the fantastic. Her works include the edited volumes Supernatural, Humanity and the Soul (with Susan George; 2014) and Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film, and a special Stephen King issue of Science Fiction Film and Television (with Simon Brown; 2017), along with the novel The Coming Storm (Atheneum 2021). Her writing on film, folklore, and the supernatural has appeared in the Wall Street Journal Review and the children's magazine Dig Into History.

Introduction: Giving the Devil His Due Regina M. Hansen and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock 1 The Sign of the Cross: Georges Melies and Early Satanic Cinema Russ Hunter 15 Murnau's Faust and the Weimar Moment Barry C. Knowlton and Eloise R. Knowlton 27 Disney's Devils J. P. Telotte 42 What's the Deal with the Devil? The Comedic Devil in Four Films Katherine A. Fowkes 58 His Father's Eyes: Rosemary''s Baby David Sterritt 71 From the Eternal Sea He Rises, Creating Armies on Either Shore: The Antichristology of the Omen Franchise R. Barton Palmer 86 The Weird Devil: Lovecraftian Horror in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness Carl H. Sederholm 103 Narration and Damnation in Angel Heart Murray Leeder 120 The Devil's in the Details: Devilish Desire and Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock 136 Agency or Allowance: The Satanic Complications of Female Autonomy in The Witches of Eastwick and The Witch Simon Bacon 149 "Roaming the Earth": Satan in The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of the Christ Catherine O'Brien 161 Lucifer, Gabriel, and the Angelic Will in The Prophecy and Constantine Regina M. Hansen 178 Advocating for Satan: The Parousia-Inspired Horror Genre David Hauka 191 List of Contributors 207 Index 211

Fascinating, lucid, and accessible, these essays create cultural and spiritual conversations about the fantastic nature of the demonic and the place of evil in human affairs.-- "Choice Reviews" ...an excellent overview of an important cinematic character who has proven flexible enough to adapt to a wide range of contexts, themes, and perspectives. This volume is an important step towards understanding why the devil always gets the best lines.-- "Journal of Religion & Film" Hansen and Weinstock have collected (a lucky) thirteen new essays exploring the Devil's cinematic avatars, from his earliest appearances in the films of George Melies to the deliciously-living Black Phillip in The Witch (2015). Including discussions of generically-diverse films like Faust (1926), Prince of Darkness (1987), and The Passion of the Christ (2004), this volume will be of interest to theologians and film scholars alike.---Harry M. Benshoff, Professor of Media Arts, University of North Texas