Favorite Hollywood Satan

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-07-09 02:08pm

Erik von Nein wrote:Whoever played the devil in MANOS: HANDS OF FATE!

Kindly go die now.

I'll add my voice to the Tim Curry fans.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2005-07-09 02:22pm

noone mentioned Jack Nicholson from the movie Witches of Eastwick?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-07-09 02:23pm

Toss up between Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate and the guy that played Satan in End of Days. Both were very well done, imo.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-07-09 02:59pm

Enigma wrote:noone mentioned Jack Nicholson from the movie Witches of Eastwick?

was he actually the Devil in that? I'd always thought he was just a demon.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2005-07-09 03:31pm

General Zod wrote:Toss up between Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate and the guy that played Satan in End of Days. Both were very well done, imo.

Gabriel Bryne.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2005-07-10 08:59am

The guy who played Satan in Constantine wasn't bad, and it was a nice change from the usual.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2005-07-11 06:18am

Tim Curry, Legend.

Alliance SpecForceTrooper · Post by **Alliance SpecForceTrooper** » 2005-07-11 06:51am

Bah, The Lightbringer was nothing compared to Gabriel (played by Christopher Walken) in the Prophecy series.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » 2005-07-11 08:37am

Constantine was Peter Stormare (more commonly known from Fargo). He was pretty cool with his "boys will be boys" talk about his son. But Pacino was better...

The_Last_Rebel · Post by **The_Last_Rebel** » 2005-07-11 11:34am

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Max von Sydow in Needful Things.
What's really ironic is that he also once played Jesus in a movie.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2005-07-11 12:10pm

The_Last_Rebel wrote:I'm surprised no one's mentioned Max von Sydow in Needful Things.
What's really ironic is that he also once played Jesus in a movie.

Ah yes, he was good.

As for Constantine.. I dunno, I had mixed feelings. He alternated between sloven and powerful and it was a good mix and definitely something different and deceptful. But my mind always has a preconceived image of Satan as being a creature of refinement and power.

Siege · Post by **Siege** » 2005-07-11 01:29pm

Well the power came out pretty well when he blasted the shit out of Gabriel, cutting his/her/its wings. For the rest he was a pretty slick devil.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-07-11 01:33pm

De Niro as The Devil in Angel Heart. He has this quiet darkness about him and hje's always smiling at his own private joke. By far Satan is a more interesting character in general than God or Jesus could ever be. I mean what symbolizes man more, the guy on a cross or the guy that took on the unbeatbale and went down swinging?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-07-12 12:38am

yeah louis cypher was really cool stravo.

I still like Klaus Kinski in the german adaptation of Faust...

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2005-07-12 12:47am

If only because he's the only one I can actually recognise, Mel Brooks from Little Nicky.

...What? It's not like I can remember a better choice out of those films I've seen (or remembered, more accurately).

Setesh · Post by **Setesh** » 2005-07-12 05:11pm

Sharpshooter wrote:If only because he's the only one I can actually recognise, Mel Brooks from Little Nicky.

...What? It's not like I can remember a better choice out of those films I've seen (or remembered, more accurately).

Mel Brooks wasn't in little nicky that was Harvey Keitel. And one of my favorites

Didn't George Burns play the devil once.

He played both God and the Devil in Oh, God! You Devil, he has the one of the most amusing conversations with himself. IIRC it was the end of the 'think god' series of movies where George played god in all of them. He had a line to one of his 'messengers' that amused me no end.

"Why me why not just tell people yourself."
"I tried that once, what I said got so confused more people were killed over it than ever before."

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-07-13 05:23am

Probably Ned Flanders.

"Who's that goat-legged fellow? I like the cut of his jib."
"The Prince of Darkness sir, he's your one o'clock."

The Morrigan · Post by **The Morrigan** » 2005-07-13 07:02am

Gandalf wrote:Probably Ned Flanders.

"Who's that goat-legged fellow? I like the cut of his jib."
"The Prince of Darkness sir, he's your one o'clock."

It's always the one you least suspect.

Meh. I'll pick Lucifer in Constantine, largely because I haven't seen any other movies (including most of the ones mentioned in this thread) with particularly memborable Satans in them. However my favourite Satan ever DC's Lucifer.

Also, a quote from a fim critic a rather naff Italian horror film which was on SBS a few years ago.

"So the Devil turned out to be evil. Who'd have thought it?"

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2005-07-14 09:11am

Viggo Mortensen.

"Of course, some of them do come to me eventually. For while Heaven may be closed, I am always open. Even on Christmas."

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2005-07-14 11:27am

I'm going to go with the devil from Constantine. That devil was just badass.

IndustrialNoise · Post by **IndustrialNoise** » 2005-07-14 12:06pm

All hail Pitch, from the 1959 movie Santa Claus!

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2005-07-14 12:10pm

I retract my previous statement in light of "Alone in the Dark". Hollywood's Satan is obviously named Uwe Boll.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2005-07-14 12:14pm

Trytostaydead wrote:
The_Last_Rebel wrote:I'm surprised no one's mentioned Max von Sydow in Needful Things.
What's really ironic is that he also once played Jesus in a movie.
Ah yes, he was good.

As for Constantine.. I dunno, I had mixed feelings. He alternated between sloven and powerful and it was a good mix and definitely something different and deceptful. But my mind always has a preconceived image of Satan as being a creature of refinement and power.

To be fair, the character that he was based on wasn't Satan/Lucifer.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-07-14 01:37pm

Knife wrote:
General Zod wrote:Toss up between Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate and the guy that played Satan in End of Days. Both were very well done, imo.
Gabriel Bryne.

He wins the sexiest Satan award. Mmmm, Gabriel Byrne...

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2005-07-14 02:40pm

Zaia wrote: He wins the sexiest Satan award. Mmmm, Gabriel Byrne...

If Rose is his daughter, you can have dad, I'll take her.