every great once in a while and you stumble upon a movie that exceed even your wild expectation . give the imdb rating of 4 . 0 and i wasn not really expect much with the brotherhood of satan . i hop that at a minimum it might be cheesy fun like the devil rain or any of the other early 70 similarly theme satanic horror film . i couldn not have be more wrong . what i get instead be an ambitious and intelligent film with a cast i really enjoy . speak in broad term to avoid give anything away and the film style and structure be much more experimental than the straightforward storytelling so prominent in the early 70 . the brotherhood of satan doesn not beat you over the head with plot point and explanation . a lot be leave to the viewer to fill in the blank . a a viewer and you know something be amiss and but for the long period youre just not sure what it be . the unknown help make for a far creepy atmosphere than most similar film . the end be effective with it surreal imagery . i sit in amazement a the final credit begin to roll . those want a big slam bang finale will be disappoint with the end simplicity . a less film would have try to pull out all the stop and would and most likely and have fail miserably . there be moment in the film where it easy to forget the director and bernard mceveety and have primarily work in television before the brotherhood of satan . there be a few scene that be so well set up and lit and and shot that even the most accomplished of director could learn a thing or two . for example and i have see enough film over the year to realize that director can sometimes seem to have trouble shoot widescreen shot indoors . not here . the scene where the men be discuss their plan of action in the sheriff office be amaze . we see all five men at once each do their own thing a in real life . in a less film and we might see all the men at once and but each would be motionless and quietly wait their turn to deliver their dialogue . it a small scene and but it look so natural and be so beautifully shoot that it one of my favorite moment of the brotherhood of satan . finally and i mention the acting in my opening and so without go into a long winded speech and i will just say that the brotherhood of satan feature strother martin and l. q. jones . any film with these two guy be almost an automatic winner with me .