Chemical Wedding
 

This first came to my intention when i heard it was penned by Bruce Dickenson (of Iron Maiden fame) - The film starts with prologue with a student of the occult and his sceptical college chum paying a visit to Aleister Crowley - played excently by the Cardinal guy from Apparitions.

The flash forward to modern day where so mumbo jumbo with a super computer and 2 amateur Occultists lead to the spirit of The Beast posessing one of them (a shy stuttering college professor). The change is immediate - he shaves his head, spouts lines from 'Crowley for Beginners' and pisses on his Students in a lecture.

Over all this is definally a guity pleasure of mine - its low budget and the acting is a little ropey in places but Simon Callow who plays the posessed prof steals every scene. The film also gets bonus points ofr a midget in an orgy scene and Callow drops a Crowley calling card on a rival Professors table.

I imagine true scholars of Crowley and the occult will hate this shit but they're equivalent of computer geeks slagging of WARGAMES. On a side note the Director was the editor on a couple of Python flicks as well as Time bandits.

Anything linked to Bruce Dickinson is good in my books. have to check this one out.

Gotta be better than Cradle of Fear right? :)

Yeah it is - although I liked the Snuffsite section of that. I thought Razorblade Smile wasn't bad if you could get over the ultra-cheap look and subpar acting. For once the twist was good..

I think Crowley would be a great subject for a bioflick - not sure wheter an ultra realistic one or an exaggerated idea of THE BEAST would be best..

it was ok, simon callow was the best thing in the movie.