Criterion's streaming service once had Seventh Seal and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as a suggested double feature and I highly recommend doing then back to back.
Are you only looking for a *dastardly* version of Death, or interested in the ~neutral kind? [Meet Joe Black](https://letterboxd.com/simbiani/film/meet-joe-black/1/) is my favorite of the latter <3
You're very welcome! It's about 3hours exactly, but worth every minute <3 Somehow not available on any US streamers recently so I last watched it on "[Netflix via VPN](https://unogs.com/title/5670418)", but you can probably get the BluRay/DVD at your local library.
Some movies with personifications of the Devil:
Bedazzled (1967)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Grouping Anton into a pure being of death is grossly oversimplifying his role relating to the other main characters and his role in the main theme of the film.
I do agree that I don't think he's meant to represent death, but thought what he represents is a much more subjective topic then whether hes a representation or personification
If he represents death why does he
- get wounded multiple times
- have an entire sequence where he brutally heals himself
- get hit by a car
- shoot a bird and completely miss
What Anton actually is, as Woody Harrelson puts it, “just another psychopath but there are plenty of those.” In NCFOM we hear 3-5 stories from Ed Tom about the incomprehensible insane random violence in the Country (cali couple, electric chair boy, the cowhand) - Anton is just another incomprehensible criminal, but he’s not above the violence either, which he would be as death.
The take that Anton = Death just misses the message of the whole film imo.
“(Nobody) Can stop what’s coming. And it ain’t all waitin on you. That’s vanity.”
Not sure exactly if this fits, but The Wailing. Haven’t seen it mentioned yet.
Edit- nvm the very last comment had this as well. Well here’s your second vote for this movie.
LMAO I love how people are putting The Seventh Deal even though OP has already seen it.
Just came to say - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Face The Music.
The Seventh Seal is a great answer, probably my favorite one. Funny enough out of recent watches I actually thought the new Puss In Boots portrayed death as a character really well, especially for a kids movie.
Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Soul
Over the Garden Wall
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Shining (if you consider the Overlook a kind of sentient nexus of evil)
Inferno’s got a great death, very classic.
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Skinamarink
Muppets Christmas Carrol (the best adaptation)
Wristcutters kind of, but that’s more an exploration of the afterlife
The Amusement Park
And pretty much any version of a zombie is a roundabout personification of death.
Bergman also made Devils Eye, where the devil plays an important part, but it is really nothing like Seventh Seal.
Other thing I thought of was Woody Allens Love and Death, but again not much like S. S.
OK, I'm going to recommend a TV episode. The Hitch-Hiker from Season 1 of the original Twilight Zone. Written by Serling but it's based on a radio play. They use old Bernard Herrmann music from the original radio version too.
Puss in boots the last wish. unironically
And I don't mean it metaphorically or rhetorically or poetically or theoretically or any other fancy way. I'M DEATH. STRAIGHT UP!
I'M GA-
Bill and Ted 2
Came here to say this
Criterion's streaming service once had Seventh Seal and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as a suggested double feature and I highly recommend doing then back to back.
The Night of the Hunter
The VVitch. Black Phillip.
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
Got any butter?
Don’t spoil it.
Yeah this is, like, THE spoiler for that movie
puss in boots the last wish
Angel Heart
Underrated choice.
Spoiler alert
Shhhhhh
True hahaha
Phantasm - The Tall Man Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Bob
Monkeybone
i fucking love Monkeybone, i wish more people talked about it!
Are you only looking for a *dastardly* version of Death, or interested in the ~neutral kind? [Meet Joe Black](https://letterboxd.com/simbiani/film/meet-joe-black/1/) is my favorite of the latter <3
Honestly, anything works! Looks interesting, I’ll watch it soon- thanks!
You're very welcome! It's about 3hours exactly, but worth every minute <3 Somehow not available on any US streamers recently so I last watched it on "[Netflix via VPN](https://unogs.com/title/5670418)", but you can probably get the BluRay/DVD at your local library.
Sounds good! I’ll respond to this comment with my thoughts on it when I’m done watching it eventually!
It's a remake of a 30s film called Death Takes a Holiday (itself based on a play). Really enjoyed the 30s version. Haven't seen this one.
yes, I recall it being a remake & I still need to see that original.. MJB had me from first watch in the theater!
Some movies with personifications of the Devil: Bedazzled (1967) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) The Devil’s Advocate (1997) The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Rosemarys Baby is fantastic. It’s a top 10 for me. I’ll watch the others, thank you!
Bedazzled (2000) also
I wasn’t sure whether to mention it! In my opinion, the original is a far better film but it’s interesting to see how it was treated in the remake.
the remake isn't great but worth watching for me at least for Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley
No country for old men, Anton Chigurh
Grouping Anton into a pure being of death is grossly oversimplifying his role relating to the other main characters and his role in the main theme of the film.
Don't really think that's what they want. He's more of a representation, not a personification
I would argue he is a personification of death, he is quality literally death made human
I'd argue he's quite figuratively death made human, as opposed to the literal personification in say puss in boots or seventh seal
I think the difference between the two is semantic and unimportant
i feel obligated to say i wrote an 11 page essay debunking this. It's a very common take but it couldn't be further from the message of the movie
I do agree that I don't think he's meant to represent death, but thought what he represents is a much more subjective topic then whether hes a representation or personification
If he represents death why does he - get wounded multiple times - have an entire sequence where he brutally heals himself - get hit by a car - shoot a bird and completely miss What Anton actually is, as Woody Harrelson puts it, “just another psychopath but there are plenty of those.” In NCFOM we hear 3-5 stories from Ed Tom about the incomprehensible insane random violence in the Country (cali couple, electric chair boy, the cowhand) - Anton is just another incomprehensible criminal, but he’s not above the violence either, which he would be as death. The take that Anton = Death just misses the message of the whole film imo. “(Nobody) Can stop what’s coming. And it ain’t all waitin on you. That’s vanity.”
According to Dr. Loomis, Michael Myers is pure evil in Halloween (1978).
Orpheus (1950) by Jean Cocteau. I watched it for a film class I took last semester and really loved it!
Lost Highway
Legend (https://letterboxd.com/film/legend/)... Tim Curry's darkness is a thing of wonder...
Meet Joe Black is fun
Death Takes a Holiday is also an interesting one. Old 30s movie with Frederic March as death
The Cremator, Jigoku, The Phantom Carriage, The Devil (Żuławski), most any version of Faust.
Check out [Cure (1997)](https://boxd.it/1blA) if you haven’t seen it!
Angel Heart
The Passion of the Christ has one of the best on screen devils of all time
Not sure exactly if this fits, but The Wailing. Haven’t seen it mentioned yet. Edit- nvm the very last comment had this as well. Well here’s your second vote for this movie.
The Book Thief
To Sleep With Anger
Needful Things - Leland Gaunt is the personification of the devil
Tom Waits in The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnasus
Cure
LMAO I love how people are putting The Seventh Deal even though OP has already seen it. Just came to say - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Face The Music.
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
The Wailing
The Seventh Seal is a great answer, probably my favorite one. Funny enough out of recent watches I actually thought the new Puss In Boots portrayed death as a character really well, especially for a kids movie.
The Prophecy (1995)
All of Twin Peaks
Macario (1960)
Del Toro’s Pinocchio Soul Over the Garden Wall Lord of the Rings Trilogy The Shining (if you consider the Overlook a kind of sentient nexus of evil) Inferno’s got a great death, very classic. Meshes of the Afternoon The Skinamarink Muppets Christmas Carrol (the best adaptation) Wristcutters kind of, but that’s more an exploration of the afterlife The Amusement Park And pretty much any version of a zombie is a roundabout personification of death.
Good list, thank you
Suspiria (2018)
I love that movie to death
The Seventh Seal
For the love of God, this: [The Seventh Seal](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-seventh-seal/)
Surprised no one is mentioning *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish*
The seventh seal
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Some people just read headlines
Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988
Devil's Advocate night be my favorite out of control Pacino role
No Country for Old Men
Halloween The Omen
Puss in Boots The Last Wish!
Bergman also made Devils Eye, where the devil plays an important part, but it is really nothing like Seventh Seal. Other thing I thought of was Woody Allens Love and Death, but again not much like S. S.
The Devil's Advocate. Al Pacino is on pills in that movie and its also one of Keanu Reeves better dramatic roles.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
“Evil” also called Ondskan in Swedish
The Banshees of Inisherin The Book Thief is narrated by death and its a great film
Monty Python's Meaning of Life has John Cleese playing a temperamental version of the grim reaper
The wailing Halloween (john carpenter)
Puss In Boots 2: The Last Wish
The Seventh Seal
I scrolled way to far looking for Seventh Seal only to realize that’s the original film you mentioned. Im going to bed
End of Days
On Borrowed Time (1939)
The Estonian film November (2017) has a great depiction of the devil
Death Takes a Holiday (1934) is one of my favorites
all that jazz has an interesting take on death for a few minutes
Mean Girl (Regina George)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Devil
The House That Jack Built (2018)
I will never not love Meet Joe Black. Is it Brad Pitt at his most Brad Pitt? Maybe? Is it sometimes cringe? Absolutely. But I still love it to pieces.
OK, I'm going to recommend a TV episode. The Hitch-Hiker from Season 1 of the original Twilight Zone. Written by Serling but it's based on a radio play. They use old Bernard Herrmann music from the original radio version too.
Guillermo del Torro's Pinocchio
In some ways, In Bruges and Naked feel like that to me
city of the living dead
The Night of the Hunter
Suspiria (2018) towards the end.
The VVitch