Dundead Halloween: The Devils (4K Restoration)

Part of Dundead Halloween 2026, a selection films celebrating horror, cult and weird cinema at the spookiest time of year. If you book (or have already booked) a Dundead Halloween Pass , you can get a ticket to The Devils for £8 (£7.50 for Members) - simply add it to your basket and the discount will be applied at check out.

Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary and controversial The Devils returns to UK cinemas. Fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction, this is the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker. This definitive version arrives 55 years after the film’s original release and marks the first time Russell’s defining masterpiece has been made officially accessible to the public.

Starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption, and a defining work of art from a seminal British filmmaker who brought us such films as Tommy, Altered States, and The Lair of the White Worm.

Inspired by the true story of 17th-century priest Urbain Grandier, accused of bewitching a convent of nuns, the film lays bare the collusion of church and state through a searing vision of religious persecution, collective hysteria and institutional corruption. 

In addition to powerhouse performances from Reed and Redgrave, it showcases the stunning work of artists at the peak of their craft: Academy Award-winning cinematographer David Watkin (Out of Africa, Chariots of Fire); editor Michael Bradsell (Local Hero, Jabberwocky); and visual artist Derek Jarman (Jubilee, Caravaggio), whose work as production designer marked his feature film debut.