Best representations of The Devil in Film and Literature

[butchersapron]

He's old and has money

 

[isitme]

hes wicked and hot!!!

jack nicholson is the best representation of the devil

end of

 

[isitme]

I have your soul lol

 

[MightyAphrodite]

He's old and has money

its hard to think of him as an 'old man' (even though he is)

jack nicholson is the best representation of the devil

end of

yes he is

 

[butchersapron]

A racist male eurocentric view, ok, i'll give you that.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

i dont know what youre on about.


The Departed....best film ever btw.

 

[isitme]

A racist male eurocentric view, ok, i'll give you that.

lol

it's not a wonder you don't get invited to any dinner paties

 

[isitme]

i dont know what youre on about.


The Departed....best film ever btw.

"if ya coulda, ya woulda"

 

[MightyAphrodite]

"but i guess you like to go at your own pace"


i bet i know that film verbatim ive seen it so many times...

 

[Idris2002]

The Nicholson character is based on a real person, Irish-American gangster Whitey Bolger.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Tim Curry

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

The best one, imo.

Walter Huston, The Devil and Daniel Webster

 

[SpookyFrank]

The Devil as he appears to Ivan in the Brothers Karamazov is also a wonderfully witty character.

Yes indeed. There's also the Grand Inquisitor who isn't a million miles away from a satanic figure, and who is also portrayed to the reader via Ivan's perception of him.

Elsewhere in Dostoevsky there's the marvellously evil Pyotr Verkhovensky in 'The Devils' (title a bit of a hint there). He's one of my favourite demonic figures because of the charming way he insinuates himself with the greedy, foolish and vain middle classes without ever actually hiding his obsession with gaining power from death, destruction and chaos. Not unlike Bulgakov's Woland, he also buggers off at the end and leaves everyone else to deal with the massive shitstorm he's left behind.

 

[vauxhallmum]

In Paradise Lost, Satan is

 

[DotCommunist]

I think my favourite literary Lucifer has to be from the book 'I, Lucifer' by Glen Duncan.

 

[isitme]

can people please provide a brief summary of why they like their devils please.

I'm not very well read and I would like to intend to read some of these books

 

[DotCommunist]

The devil is given a reprieve by God, to live one month in the body of a man. Then, should he be good, he can rejoin heaven. Obviously he just goes on a huge sybaritic bender. Very very funny indeed. Theres a film of it that I've not seen

 

[Vintage Paw]

Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, or whatever it's called.

 

[isitme]

The devil is given a reprieve by God, to live one month in the body of a man. Then, should he be good, he can rejoin heaven. Obviously he just goes on a huge sybaritic bender. Very very funny indeed. Theres a film of it that I've not seen

That sounds excellent

why don't they make more films like this?

 

[rekil]

Silvia Vanal in Simon Of The Desert probably. Been ages since I've seen it though.

 

[magneze]

Yeah De Niro in Angel Heart.

That was the first name that popped into my head when I read the thread title

p.s. Iemanja posting

 

[ch750536]

 

[May Kasahara]

The Prophecy

Two of my favourites

I've got a good collection of short stories about the devil, there are some crackers in there. Ignoring the first one, "I'm Dangerous Tonight", which is a poorly written pile of arseclag.

 

[ruffneck23]

Lucifer in some of the Sandman or Hellblazer comics is my real favourite.

!! he also has 10 graphic novels of his own !!

and the bloke who plays the devil in ' Reaper ' is pretty good too

 

[Firky]

The Prophecy

Class film - very much over looked.

 

[Badgers]

I quite like Pacino in Devils Advocate.

It is a pretty tricky role to perfect I guess.

 

[T & P]

Didn't the demon who possessed the child on The Exorcist claim to be the Devil himself?

If so, it gets my vote. Simply because of "your mother sucks cocks in Hell" line