By Stephen Pytak 

     I have to admire Anchor Bay and Blue 
Underground for their commitment to the 
preservation of horror films, both good and bad.
     They even make "To the Devil a Daughter" 
sufferable.
     This "Exorcist" rip off was the last Hammer 
horror film made to date. 
     The impressive disc contains a 24-minute 
documentary featuring insightful interviews with 
Christopher Lee and Honor Blackman. 
     It's a fun watch. I enjoyed their stories about the 
production, in particular the ones about Richard 
Widmark. They made him out to be a bastard. I 
could have listened to an hour of this stuff. 
     But the film isn't as fun, unless you find 
something amusing in it. 
     Lee is interesting as always. He plays "Father 
Michael Rayner," a fallen priest who reminds me a 
lot of the ghoul priest who hung himself at the start 
of Lucio Fulci's "Gates of Hell (1980)." But Lee's 
not about to hang himself. He's got another 
agenda altogether.
     He impregnates women with demon children, 
enjoys a good sacrifice once in a while, and a good 
orgy. There's a scene where he strips down, offers 
all the Hammer fans out there a butt shot, then 
bangs some woman while wearing a gold mask. 
     It makes you wonder if "Saruman" did his own 
nude shots. He didn't mention it in the 
documentary.
     I think people who aren't familiar with this film 
should watch the documentary first. The stories you 
hear will make the film more interesting to watch.
     Widmark, according to cast and crew, was 
demanding. He didn't like the fan they used to 
blow wind in a haunted church scene. And he 
wanted his own key light to illuminate his face 
just right in every shot.
     He played an American occult novelist, "John 
Verney," who tries to protect a young nun, 
"Catherine" played by Nastassja Kinski, from Lee 
and his whacked out devil sex cult. 
     I got more of a kick out of his performace by 
knowing a little more about him.
     Meanwhile the best part of the damn film, 
which was advertised on the back of the DVD 
cover, is "young Nastassja Kinski's controversial 
full-frontal nudity."
     It happens at the end. It's quick. But she's a 
hottie. And with DVD, you have a pause button. 
     At the time this was filmed, Kinski was 15 or 
16, hence the controversy.
     Is it worth $14 at Best Buy?
     Sure.
     Watching a special edition DVD of a so-so devil 
movie beats the hell out of flipping through 
channels on a Friday night.
     Besides, you won't see Kinski quite like this on 
AMC or the Sci-Fi Channel.