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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767816137
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767816137
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: October 06, 1998
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 110889
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
'Satan will no longer be beast... but beauty!' That declaration comes early in The Eighteenth Angel, signaling the kind of horror movie we're in for: thick and cheesy. When that line (and others like it) is uttered by mad monk Maximilian Schell, it's even creamier. Schell is ushering in the return of the Antichrist by genetically engineering Satan's minions, but he needs the transplanted faces of beautiful humans to complete the task. Enter Rachael Leigh Cook (pre-She's All That), who travels with dad Christopher McDonald to Italy, perilously close to Schell's monastery-laboratory. The movie has lots of Omen- style devilry, and it's somehow reassuring to see Omen screenwriter David Seltzer still flogging the old 666 gimmick. The genre has its kicks, but the execution here is pretty clumsy, and Cook is a clueless heroine. For pure camp value, however, Maximilian Schell approaches Rod-Steiger-Amityville-Horror status. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - SATAN HAS GOT A FACE OF A ANGEL.
Yet another film showing the becomeing of Satan or the Antichirst all wrong, but still the film is interesting. The film is base on somes facts but a lot of the film is base on fiction.
I wish I could give this film a 2 and a half stars rateing not a 3 stars rateing .
Ive see a lot of much worst horror films than this, but ive see a lot of much better horror films then this as well. A lot of horror films are a fun ride to be on, but this film is NOT a fun ride and I ... Read More
Rating: - Y'all seem to be missing The Point.
What seperates this movie from others of its genre is threefold:
1. The Satanists see themselves as the *good* guys.
2. They have good philosophical arguments for same (how many people does Satan kill in the Bible? God kills millions...)
3. Erm. The ending. Can't tell you; spoiler.
Trust me, though: the subtleties of the above make this movie, to me at least, completely unlike any other movie in this genre that I've seen, and I've seen my ... Read More
Rating: - So bad it's good
Alas, modern filmmakers can produce something that looks pretty good, even when the movie is God-awful. Otherwise, the Eighteenth Angel would be another "plan 9," full of camp, awful acting, and a plot so dumb that it almost defies description.
Watching Maximillian Schell pretending to be a deranged Italian Abbott, and trying to fake English with an Italian accent, despite being German--well, that's worth the price of the disk. My wife and I have been immitating him for years, explaining ... Read More
Rating: - Worth a Watch, but not up to par
Not up to par in what this film COULD be.
Maximillian Schell totally makes this film.It's his malevolent presence that adds the tinge that takes this from a below average scare, to a nice supernatural piece.
There are parts where the scare could be beefed up, but it feels like the studio who made this piece may have either intervened, or someone toned down what could have been a seriously excellent scare.
Rating: - BEDEVILED
In watching this okay thriller, I found myself wondering just how many different ways Satan is planning to come back to earth. This new one about the eighteen angels is one of the wackiest so far, coming supposedly from the Etruscan Book of the Dead. First of all, they get eighteen angels, but only need one? And then when 17 of them are burned to a crisp, what did the purpose serve?
Writer David Seltzer must still harbor Satanic feelings, as he is the one who created Damien Thorpe in "The Omen." ... Read More
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