The Brotherhood of Satan is a 1971 low-budget horror film written, produced and starring L. Q. Jones.

Plot

Ben (Charles Bateman), his girlfriend Nicky (Ahna Capri), and Ben's young daughter K.T. (Geri Reischl) are driving through the American Southwest to K.T.'s grandmother's house for a birthday celebration. They are waylaid by an automobile accident in the town of Hillsboro where they meet the local sheriff, (L. Q. Jones), his assistant Tobey (Alvy Moore), Doc Duncan (Strother Martin), and a priest (Charles Robinson). These locals explain the unusual events of the town involving several murders, the inability to leave the town, and that many of the local children are missing.

A local coven of elderly witches have been taking the children and leading them to worship Satan in a plot to use their bodies as receptacles for their own souls. They use their supernatural abilities to kill anyone who interferes by turning the children's toys into instruments of murder.

Production

The Brotherhood of Satan was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Book

A book adaptation, titled The Brotherhood of Satan, by L. Q. Jones was published by Universal-Award (New York, NY) in 1980 (ISBN 0441083013).

Availability

The Brotherhood of Satan was released on VHS in 1983 by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Burbank, CA) ( ). A DVD version was released in 2002 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Culver City, CA) (ISBN 0767882539).

Cast

• Strother Martin as Doc Duncan
• L. Q. Jones as Sheriff
• Charles Bateman as Ben
• Ahna Capri as Nicky
• Charles Robinson as Priest
• Alvy Moore as Tobey
• Geri Reischl as KT

External links

• The Brotherhood of Satan review at DVD Maniacs