Nikolas Schreck - The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema (PDF)

If you like this PDF buy the book!

”The Satanic Screen represents a pioneering effort to document the manifestation of the devil in cinema. Schreck, a widely accepted occultist authority, lends credibility and a palpable enthusiasm to the release, boasting both sound scholarly approach and aficiandos’s flair ... Dancing in the shafts of light thrown from seventeenth century ‘magic lanterns,’ Schreck asserts, were the seeds of Satanic cinema. ... Schreck commands an admirably discerning focus upon these obscure and masterful origins of the genre which include the nascent German film industry, nourished by its rich heritage of gothic and romantic influence, and wastes few words on ready-to-eat modern efforts ... ”As I’m convinced that the homogenized sterility of the 1980’s and 1990’s culture marked a dismal nadir.” ...

As much a study of the synergy of art and life, The Satanic Screen plays close attention to the omnipresence of occultists and the Black Arts as the book is driven to sociological as well as aesthetic ends. Schreck notes, for example, that ”Rosemary’s Baby became a blue print for the occult renaissance of the late 1960s” Brutally honest appraisals invite both levity and critical thinking ...

Ample production stills, posters and illustrations garnish the text which is most readily aimed at film students or those with occultist interest, though the appeal to audiences expands with solid sociological shadings. Straying beyond the safety of mainstream features, The Satanic Screen deftly walks the cloven path of the devil in film...” - by Karen A. Wyckoff, Foreword.

”In this unique and exceptional overview of his satanic majesty’s many film appearances, two things struck me immediately: first, the level of sophistication ... and second, the research. ... Interspersed throughout are poignant comments on the nature of the Left Hand Path that will no doubt sail over the heads of the general public reader. I was impressed in particular with the analysis (a la Paine’s Hierarchy of Hell without the shallow atheism) of how each era’s ‘take’ on Satan is a mirror and definition of the age ... Even those who claim not to be a movie person will be amused. Schreck’s comments on the many Rosemary Baby knock-offs are more entertaining than the films themselves. ... Run ... do not walk ... to your independently owned and operated bookstore and pick up the book. Essential reading.” - by Walter Gallo. The Scroll of Set.

MEDIAFIRE