The shadowing forth of Our Lord Lucifer, as the Power of Darkness gather at a midnight mass. The dance of the Magus widdershins around the Swirling Spiral Force, the solar swastika, until the Bringer of Light—Lucifer—breaks through.
Direction
Anger's occultist eye turns 12 minutes into timeless heresy.
Score
Mick Jagger's atonal Moog freakout still haunts speakers.
Editing
Strobe cuts that feel like brain damage—in a good way.

Director
Kenneth Anger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anger filmed this in his own San Francisco apartment using donated military film stock, some reportedly stolen.
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