The Devil's Daughter

The plot may sound cheesy, and maybe it is just a little, but this rarely televised made-for-TV horror flick features a marvellous all-star cast, some genuine shocks, and a very surprising ending which all combine to make it a classic horror film worthy of a theatrical release. The wonderful cast includes Shelley Winters, Joseph Cotten, Robert Foxworth, Martha Scott, Jonathan Frid, and Diane Ladd in an early role. It's a nice little gem if you should come across it.

I have remembered that ending for over 30 years.

WAY worth watching.

Chilling.

Anytime I can watch a movie without expecting the ending, which is so common in so many movies, I have to say it's worth watching.

Seventies movies seem to have a "feeling" or "atmosphere" about them that generally make them unpalatable to me. In this case, however, it enhances the storyline to such a degree that I think if it had been made in any other decade, it wouldn't have been as good.

I was 7 when I first saw it and I can tell you it really scared me back then.

From 1973 and obviously ROSEMARY'S BABY inspired,this has a great cast:Shelley Winters,Belinda Montgomery,Robert Foxworth,Joseph Cotton,and Jonathan"Barnabas"Frid as a mute butler.The 70s tv devil movies are all creepy.Very eerie in atmosphere with a young and pretty Diane attending her mother's funeral where she meets a very friendly Lillith who offers the girl a place when she lears Diane has nowhere to go.Unknown to Diane was that her mother used to be in a satanic cult with Lillith and her daughter was wanted by the cult.Diane discovers the truth,but,of course,too late.With a great spooky ending you'll never forget,TDDD is a neat little slice of tv horror.

Obviously inspired by Rosemary's Baby, this obscure ABC-TV movie is still quite entertaining in its own right. The amazing cast goes full tilt, with the ever-delightful Shelley Winters taking top honors as Lilith. Though slightly hampered by overall TV stylings, it features an ample amount of tension, an imaginative opening credits sequence of flames and silhouettes, and an explosive, nightmarish twist ending. Be warned, though--The Devil's Daughter is very difficult to find. I saw it on the Sci-Fi Channel a few years ago and haven't been able to locate it since. Interestingly, it runs an hour and a half with commercials, whereas most TV movies run two hours. Fun, scary, and short!

I was in the 5th grade at Lighthouse Elementary School when they were filming "The Devil's Daughter" across the street in a beautiful old mansion in Pacific Grove, CA, and also at a cemetery across the street from where I lived. There was a small part of a schoolgirl that I almost got, except they decided to go with a 3rd grader because she was wearing a red sweater which would show up better on screen! I remember going across the street every day, hoping to catch a glimpse of Jonathan Frid whom I loved on "Dark Shadows." I was lucky enough to meet both Jonathan Frid and Shelley Winters, and both were so kind and friendly to a little girl who had dreams of one day being a great actress!! Then when I saw the movie, I was delightedly scared and enjoyed seeing the sites of the town where I lived.