Who is the best or worst devil?

[McMikey]

I thought it'd make an interesting question. At the moment I'd probably go with Jack Nicholson (WOE) although I 've probably not seen many Devil films in fact the only others I can name at the mo are Liz Hurley, Al Pacino, Gabriel Byrne oh and that weird looking thing at the end of spawn.

So who do you think can play the bad guy or who'd do it well, maybe Christopher Lee (has he already done this?)

just realised this is in the wrong forums aswell meant to put it into DVD & MOVIE DISCUSSION sorry

also edited as pointed out from later post

[APPRIA40WR]

The best devil is Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

[adamvbarker]

Well McMikey,
you may not have seen [name of film removed on edit to avoid spoilers] yet, but at least you already know the suprise ending!
Maybe you might want to insert a spoiler warning for others who don't know it.

[john316]

If Satan looked like Liz Hurley in Bedazzled then I would start sinning today! :D

[McMikey]

Originally posted by adamvbarker
Well McMikey,
you may not have seen name removed yet, but at least you already know the suprise ending!
Maybe you might want to insert a spoiler warning for others who don't know it.

whoops wish my mate wouldn't have told me now anyway removed the spoiler.

Oh and any mods watching as I've put on my edited post I meant to put this in the DVD and MOVIE DISCUSSION FORUM :brickwall

sorry can someone move it? thanks

[khaavren]

I thought Peter Cook in the original Bedazzled had the right mix of cruelty and sarcasm, but then I haven't seen the remake so maybe Liz did OK too.

Umm, Satan in South Park should get a special mention for being pussy whipped.
Even though Satan didn't appear in Dogma, I thought Jason Lee was a pretty good acolyte.
Geez, he didn't even appear in the Omen films either. Is he hiding behind his minions or something? I thought that was just politicians.

[adamvbarker]

Thanks for the edit McMikey.
The film you mentioned is certainly worth discussing in this category, but it's nice to not know too much when you first see it.

:)

[stantheman]

Tim Curry in Legend, is the best for me.

[PaulaB]

Gabriel Byrne in End of Days, the only thing that made that
film worth watching (mind you him in nothing but cream a flake
and a couple of cherries would have been nice)

:nuts: :p

[Boink!]

Originally posted by stantheman
Tim Curry in Legend, is the best for me.

Yes, I agree, Tim Curry is the best. When he steps out of that mirror,... Whew! I could not get my head around the fact he was Frankenfurter [sp] in Rocky Horror..

Boink!:p

[tezmo]

not quite the devil, but christopher walken in sleepy hollow was v.good, despite not getting a whole bunch of screen time.....

[Lenny Nero]

I think this is in the wrong forum.

Best villain would have to be Christopher Walken, for such awesome roles as in King of New York, Things to do in Denver When You're Dead, Suicide Kings, etc.

The most "cunning devil" has got to be Liam Neeson in Under Suspicion (1992, only on widescreen LD or standard VHS). But I might be biased as I've just watched it again in all it's OAR glory :nuts:

[yaffle]

Ned Flanders was good when he sold Homer that doughnut ;)

[the thing with no name]

Originally posted by stantheman
Tim Curry in Legend, is the best for me.

Have to agree with that!
Jack was good in WOE, but Tim was better!:nuts:

[Toon Army]

That bloke out of Gremlins 2 in the excellent series Brimstone.

Oh, and Satan out of South Park of course.

[ethanfox]

Gabriel Byrne.

So cool.

[PaulaB]

I think you know when you have a good actor playing the devil,its when you starting hoping he will win!!!!!

:D

[john316]

Originally posted by Toon Army
Oh, and Satan out of South Park of course.

:D - don't forget to throw in a mention for his lover Saddam!

[Dan Druff]

David Warner in Time Bandits

[primera]

Robert De Niro as Louise Cyphre in Angel Heart, and it's a long time since I saw this film

[urruri]

The best is De Niro(Louie Cypher)in Angel Heart.

[NexusSheep]

Definitely Tim Curry in Legend. First time I saw it, I very nearly **** myself. The nearest I've come to having cacked pantaloons.

[Yonathan Gal]

Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate.

[Goblin]

Linda Blair was the best Devil and I cant really think of my worst one yet...I know theres some dodgy one Ive seen somewhere

[Vinyl-Pants]

Easily Liz Hurley. I know what my first wish wouldve been! :D

[DaveW]

primera/urruri
So earlier on in the thread McMickey was asked to remove spoilers for the film you mention (Although it is obvious from later posts which film he was talking about the spoiler element was made just unclear enough so as to not do any damage) and you both just repeat them further down. Duh! :mad:

[I-BERT]

I know its not about my favourite devil,but does anyone know if The Prophecy,with Christopher Walken as the angel Gabriel,is out on R2?

This thread reminded me of it.
Love that film.

[richkev]

Al Pacino, Gabriel Byrne, Robert deniro, and Christopher Walken as a badass Gabriel in the Prophecy.

The prophecy is only available on region 1, got all 3 films, supposed to have been coming out as a boxset on region 1 but couldn't wait and bought them seperately.

[I-BERT]

Richkev
Which 3 films are you talking about?

[richkev]

Prophecy 1, 2 and 3. Only 1 was released here to buy Prophecy 2 was released for rental but never seen it for sale. To get the full picture of the first you need to watch the other 2.

[I-BERT]

Thanks Richkev,i will keep an eye out for those.

[Dear Mr Echo]

I would like to add another vote for the actor we can't mention in the film that we can't name:)

[pythons]

I liked Al Pachino in Devils Advocate... very slick devil.

[Mr M0by]

Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate

or

Pete Postlewaite as Mr Kobayeashi in Usual Suspects.
Oh come on.... he was the real devil, Keyser Soze - Verbal was just another patsy.