Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalHispanic Heritage MonthIMDb Stars to WatchSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Lucifer Rising

  • 1972
  • 29m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.6K
YOUR RATING
Lucifer Rising (1972)
AnimationFantasyHorrorShort

Egyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age.Egyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age.Egyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age.

  • Director
    • Kenneth Anger
  • Stars
    • Kenneth Anger
    • Bobby Beausoleil
    • Donald Cammell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    3.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kenneth Anger
    • Stars
      • Kenneth Anger
      • Bobby Beausoleil
      • Donald Cammell
    • 18User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Photos60

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    + 53
    View Poster

    Top cast10

    Edit
    Kenneth Anger
    Kenneth Anger
    • The Magus
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Beausoleil
    Bobby Beausoleil
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Cammell
    Donald Cammell
    • Osiris
    • (uncredited)
    Haydn Couts
    • Adept
    • (uncredited)
    Marianne Faithfull
    Marianne Faithfull
    • Lilith
    • (uncredited)
    Myriam Gibril
    • Isis
    • (uncredited)
    Leslie Huggins
    • Lucifer
    • (uncredited)
    Chris Jagger
    Chris Jagger
    • High Priest in Yellow Tunic
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Page
    Jimmy Page
    • Man with Beard holding Stele of Revealing
    • (uncredited)
    Francis Rose
    • Chaos
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kenneth Anger
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews18

    7.13.6K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    7benprichardsdotcom

    It's bonkers plain and simple

    I don't know much about Kenneth Anger and have only made my way to this film via an interview between Freeman Fly and a guest. They were discussing Crowley and Satanism and mentioned this film.

    It's crazy but in a twee, dated way.
    nnad

    Acid-Fused Imagery, Mick Jagger, and that Tapeloop

    Entertaining, slow moving, insightful, and sometimes shocking fourth installment to the Kenneth Anger short film collection; it possesses all these attributes, as well as being influential to experimental directors of today. A lot of what Anger was doing in "Invocation of My Demon Brother" (film layers, fast edits, bizarre soundtracks) can be seen in most of the music videos on MTV; a characteristic that has driven parents, as well as teenagers, crazy. The primary source of these ideas came from the Acid Trip footage, extensively explicated in Tom Wolfe's lysergic-fused biographical novel, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." Nevertheless, the idea caught on and Anger utilized the technique to the fullest in "Demon Brother," counterweighted by an equivocal tape-loop supplied by Mick Jagger. In the second film "Lucifer Rising," Anger had already developed his experimentation with edits and layers, this time presenting a more formalized run to the film. Marianne Faithful makes an appearance in the film, as well as an assortment of 60's notables, which includes Manson family member Bobby Beausoleil who also wrote the film's score. Altho not Anger's best volume, (Scorpio Rising is the better) it still has many elements -- as I explained -- that will turn some people on; ergo, a cult following.
    kmoh-1

    Less Anger, More Mild Vexation

    Another dose of Kenneth Anger's film-making, supremely silly of course but entertaining if one is in the mood for seeing minor celebrities prancing about pretending to be supernatural beings.

    This is one of the more polished of his efforts, but (perhaps as a result) it falls far below less professional works such as Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome or Invocation of My Demon Brother. Far from being at the cutting edge of the avant garde, this is a much more derivative piece, reminding the viewer of films such as Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, or even, in some of the sequences featuring Marianne Faithful, the old Fry's Turkish Delight advertisements.

    Similarly, the music, recorded by convicted murderer Bobby Beausoleil in prison, might have been expected to add an edge or frisson, but it's pleasant, spacey and bland, like an outtake from the Alan Parsons Project.

    Impossible to take seriously, it's enjoyable at its level, and is worth immortality for the priceless credit of Lucifer played by Leslie Huggins.
    5peefyn

    An experience for some, a music video for others

    I think the most interesting about this short is the back story, which I highly recommend reading up on. For good or for worse, the back story alone makes this movie notable.

    When it comes to the movie itself, it's visually stunning and the music is brilliant. And that's about it. As an art flick, there's not meant to be an explicit storyline, so if you are not comfortable with that, this movie will probably not be very enjoyable as a "short" - but maybe as a music video of sorts. The previously mentioned music and visuals are good and match somewhat, so watching this is a good way to let your mind wander.

    If you are interested in the occult/spiritual world Anger taps into in his shorts, then you might get a kick out of this just for that. To me, that's less interesting. While I made an effort to connect the images with ideas and concepts that might lie behind them - I eventually lost interest and started following my own trains of thought.
    7Tweetienator

    Interesting Piece

    A nice little trip for the connoisseur on the hunt for something bizarre, grotesque and visual interesting and/or the adept of magick a la Crowley and his kin. Luckily, the "movie" just runs 28 minutes and so we do not get the time to get bored by this experimental piece.

    More like this

    Scorpio Rising
    6.8
    Scorpio Rising
    Fireworks
    7.0
    Fireworks
    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
    7.0
    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
    Invocation of My Demon Brother
    6.5
    Invocation of My Demon Brother
    Kustom Kar Kommandos
    6.3
    Kustom Kar Kommandos
    Rabbit's Moon
    6.7
    Rabbit's Moon
    Eaux d'artifice
    6.9
    Eaux d'artifice
    Puce Moment
    6.2
    Puce Moment
    Magick Lantern Cycle
    8.0
    Magick Lantern Cycle
    Brush of Baphomet
    5.4
    Brush of Baphomet
    At Land
    7.5
    At Land
    Don't Smoke That Cigarette
    5.9
    Don't Smoke That Cigarette

    Related interests

    Daveigh Chase, Rumi Hiiragi, and Mari Natsuki in Spirited Away (2001)
    Animation
    Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    Fantasy
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
    Short

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      The score for the movie was composed by the incarcerated killer Bobby Beausoleil, one of the infamous Charles Manson family killers. He was in jail when he made the score.
    • Connections
      Featured in Arena: Hollywood Babylon (1991)

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • September 1983 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Im Zeichen Luzifers
    • Filming locations
      • Externsteine, Holzhausen, Horn-Bad Meinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Puck Film Productions
      • British Film Finance
      • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      • 29m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.