by Alex Billington
September 10, 2026
Source: YouTube
“The restoration of the material is like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva. I’ve never seen the movie until I saw this restoration.” –Guillermo del Toro. What a quote!! Warner Bros Clockwork debuted another new promo trailer for Ken Russell’s The Devils restored & uncut & ready to shock again in 4K this fall. This comparison trailer is just a quick before/after look at footage from one key scene in the movie and how much better it looks now. This is Clockwork’s first official release, a restoration of a controversial, one-of-a-kind, 1970s masterpiece that has been hidden from view for decades. It premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and plays at Stiges & TIFF, too. Ken Russell’s The Devils is the definitive vision based on the edit he privately constructed in 2004. In the film set in 17th-century France, Father Grandier’s protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is brought down by a sexually repressed nun’s accusation of witchcraft.
