This media article uses IMDb for verification. IMDb may not be a reliable source for film and television information and is generally only cited as an external link. Please help by replacing IMDb with third-party reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) For her part, Barton—whose own activism focuses on animal advocacy, veganism, and environmentalism—is encouraged by the recent growth of Satanism and the rising interest in the occult. “I’m an environmental activist, supporting legislation that preserves resources and habitats and mitigates climate change. I have been a caregiver to my parents and child, and others I care about,” she says. “I’ve seen fellow Satanists follow similar paths, advocating for issues they feel strongly about, taking action, owning responsibility for their own health and well-being, taking care of those we love, and participating positively in our communities.” Soon he is not the possessor, but the possessed: the instrument of her insatiable flesh-hunger, tearing a hideous swathe through the shattered torpor of the quiet New England town. Satan's Mistress (also known as Demon Rage, Demon Seed, Fury of the Succubus and Dark Eyes) is a 1980 horror film that was theatrically released in 1982. It is about a sexually frustrated housewife, Lisa (played by actress Lana Wood), who, having been distanced from her husband Carl (Don Galloway), begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (played by Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side. The film has a cameo by veteran horror actor John Carradine as Father Stratten. (en)

Lisa (Lana Wood) is a bored housewife who has become sexually unsatisfied in her relationship. Before long she begins to have dreams of a sexual encounter with a mysterious man who might be much more sinister than she realizes. The film was released the same year as the similarly themed The Entity, differing in that the sex in Satan's Mistress is consensual. After LaVey’s death in 1997, the Church of Satan’s loudest voice went quiet, and the organization mostly stayed out of the headlines. Then, in 2013, a group called The Satanic Temple started making waves with their theatrical protests, reacting to the increasingly oppressive and mounting influence of the far religious right in politics.You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "A woman in an unhappy marriage finds sexual fulfillment in her relationship with a ghostly, speechless presence who, obviously, doesn't quite say who he is." We've seen countless possession movies but I will give this one credit in that it at least tries to be good. I say that because a lot of low-budget horror movies know there will be an audience out there for them so they can deliver crap if they want to and usually fans will except it. This film really wants to try and scare the viewer by delivering some psychological elements with the story. The film never wants us to know if the lead character is crazy or if she's normal. It's never clear if she's really having this sexual relationship or if it's all in her head. Is this man Satan himself or some sort of ghost? So I finally read the new edition which was done by Wildeside Press, under the new title Downward to Darkness.

Satan's Mistress (also known as Demon Rage, Demon Seed, Fury of the Succubus and Dark Eyes) is a 1980 horror film that was theatrically released in 1982. It is about a sexually frustrated housewife, Lisa (played by actress Lana Wood), who, having been distanced from her husband Carl (Don Galloway), begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (played by Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side. The film gives higher screen credit to Britt Ekland, who had only a minor role but more star power, having previously played Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun. Lana Wood is known to many as Plenty O'Toole from the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. Kabir Bedi was featured as the Bond villain's henchman Gobinda in Octopussy. The film was released the same year as the similarly themed The Entity, differing in that the sex in Satan's Mistress is consensual. The film has a cameo by veteran horror actor John Carradine as Father Stratten. (en) So, what is Satanism? If your image of Lucifer is a bald guy with a goatee, you are thinking of Anton LaVey, who founded the Church of Satan in 1966 in San Francisco. LaVey, who claimed to be a former lion tamer, carnival barker, and crime scene photographer, offered an alternative to flower-power hippie happenings with Witches’ Workshops and sexy, dark rituals. According to Kristen J. Sollée, 35, author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive, it should come as no surprise that some feminists are drawn to Satanism. “Occult practices—Satanism included—can be avenues to individual and collective empowerment that many feminists are seeking,” she says. “They are often viable alternatives to the patriarchal systems that seek to repress and police female and queer sexualities, bodies, and identities, because they provide access to activist-minded communities with life-changing potential.” She says that frustrated feminists and other activists may turn to Satanic groups or witch covens if other efforts seem ineffectual. “It’s no coincidence in my mind that our fraught political climate has inspired folks to seek out alternative practices as they embrace alternative ideologies and movements for social justice,” Sollée says. “If the same problems keep presenting themselves, new tools and methodologies are necessary—and even better when they can scare the hell out of Christian bigots!”Driven by the blinding force of those sweet nightmares, he wakens from the sleep of centuries a monstrosity he cannot control He described the Church of Satan as “something that would smash all concepts of what a ‘church’ was supposed to be. This was a temple of indulgence to openly defy the temples of abstinence that had been built up until then. We didn’t want it to be an unforgiving, unwelcoming place, but a place where you could go to have fun.” Members of the Church of Satan do not worship the devil—instead, they see Satan as “a symbol of pride, liberty, and individualism,” according to churchofsatan.com. Satan's Mistress (also known as Demon Rage, Demon Seed, Fury of the Succubus and Dark Eyes) [1] is a 1980 horror film that was theatrically released in 1982. It is about a sexually frustrated housewife, Lisa (played by actress Lana Wood), who, having been distanced from her husband Carl ( Don Galloway), begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (played by Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side. The blurb concerning the substantially different book this is supposed to be, is, well, a bit exagerated imho. Basically some names were changed, authorities on Lovecraft at the end of chapter 8 are now Christophe Till and S.T. Joshi instead of L.S.DeCamp and Robert Briney in the Carlyle Edition. Other differences are some updated words, Bill Gates instead of General Motors. There are some sly digs included, like "that the CIA paid Derleth to trivialize the concept and make a hash of his unpublished fragments", which one can read as a joke on the Derleth critics. Substantial changes in the narrative itself I couldn't find.

She haunted his dream's with her vicious sensuality: the image of the red-haired siren raged in his blood, becoming his one reality. The film gives higher screen credit to Britt Ekland, who had only a minor role but more star power, having previously played Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun. Lana Wood is known to many as Plenty O'Toole from the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. Kabir Bedi was featured as the Bond villain's henchman Gobinda in Octopussy. Director James Polakof doesn't really succeed in what he tried for but, again, I give him credit for trying. The film is never suspenseful and it's also fair to say that the movie doesn't quite grab you like it should. What makes the film work is the fact that it is rather sleazy with there being several sex scenes and of course there's Wood willing to take it all off. There's full frontal nudity throughout the film and for the most part I thought she delivered a fine performance. Britt Ekland plays her psychic friend and John Carradine shows up as a Priest. SATAN'S MISTRESS has been released under a number of titles including DEMON SEED, DEMON RAGE, FURY OF THE SUCCUBUS and DARK EYES. No matter what you want to call it, this here is pretty much a show for fans of Wood. If you were disappointed that she didn't pop out of her suit in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER then you'll be happy to know that she's fully nude throughout this picture. Obviously with the plot and all the sex and nudity, this here is pretty much a sleazy horror picture and on that level it works. I read Satan's Seductress recently, but only have the first bunch of notes to show for it, the rest being an unreadable scrawl because I spilt a drink over them (!).Have had a real good run of novels recently - the Peter Saxon double-bill, Lair, Death Tour, Baxter, Subterranean, Death Bell and McNaughton's aforementioned Satan's Lovechild. Satan's Mistress is the one I enjoyed over all of them. That was more chilling than anything here, which was frankly incoherent, either thanks to its limited budget or its poor handling. It posed as a study of loneliness, specifically in those who are at home all day like Lisa, so every so often you would get a scene where, say, John Carradine appeared as a priest and offered a lecture on how the lonely can be subjected to all sorts of demons, both figurative and literal, as if that was able to clear anything up. It didn't, and you had to observe it failed to explain who the bearded Indian bloke was who kept turning up to service our hapless heroine, who seemed to be under a spell of possession, a la the big seventies horror The Exorcist.