Sharon Tate as Odile de Caray in Eye of the Devil

Eye of the Devil (1967) is a film with occult and supernatural themes, but which stops short of being a conventional horror film. Cinema can refer to: the medium of film, i. ... The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the knowledge of the secret or knowledge of the hidden and often meaning knowledge of the supernatural, as opposed to knowledge of the visible or knowledge of the measurable, usually referred to as science. ... The supernatural refers to conscious magical, religious or unknown forces that cannot ordinarily be perceived except through their effects. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ...

Produced in association with Filmways Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was set and filmed in rural France, and was directed by J. Lee Thompson. For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... J. Lee Thompson (1 August 1914--30 August 2002) was a film director, active in both British films and Hollywood. ...

It stars David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasance, Edward Mulhare, Flora Robson, Emlyn Williams, Sharon Tate, David Hemmings and John Le Mesurier. David Niven was the second unofficial James Bond. ... Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. ... Donald Pleasence (October 5, 1919 - February 2, 1995) was a British actor. ... Edward Mulhare (April 8, 1923 - May 24, 1997) was a popular television leading man from 1956 to 1995. ... Flora Robson (March 28, 1902 - July 7, 1984) was a British actress renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britains theatrical grandes dames. ... George Emlyn Williams (November 26, 1905 - September 25, 1987) was a Welsh dramatist and actor. ... Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 - August 9, 1969) was an American actress and a victim of the Charles Manson murders. ... David Hemmings in the late 1960s David Hemmings (November 18, 1941 - December 3, 2003) was a British movie actor, whose most famous role was the photographer in Michelangelo Antonionis Blow-Up (1966), one of the films that best represented the spirit of the 1960s. ... John Le Mesurier (April 5, 1912 – November 15, 1983), born John Elton Halliley, was a British actor. ...

Candid shot of David Niven and Sharon Tate on location in France during filming

Niven plays the owner of a vineyard, who is called back to the estate when it falls on hard times. Accompanied by his wife (Kerr), the couple are confronted by a beautiful witch (Tate), who also lives on the estate with her brother (Hemmings). As time passes it becomes clear that a blood sacrifice is expected to return the vineyard to its former glory.

Filmed in 1965, it featured the first film performance of Tate, who was cast by Filmways executive Martin Ransohoff who hailed her as his great discovery. Finally released two years later it attracted little attention, however the New York Times wrote of Tate's "chillingly beautiful but expressionless" performance. Although it was not a commercial success in the United States when first released, it was popular in Europe, and it has acquired a degree of cult status, largely due to its surreal themes, and the 1969 murder of Tate. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Martin Ransohoff (born 1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a cinema and television producer. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

The film is also known by the titles Thirteen and 13.