devils

In making this cover I decided to go to the root of the information. I really liked the book cover upon which the film is based, The Devils of Loudun, by Aldous Huxley.

I replicated the texture composition and layout but replaced the image of the demon with that of Oliver Reed, our dominant character. I found this image of him on trial as appropriate because at that moment in the film it is him against the world, standing with his beliefs in the face of being burned at the stake. I also added the subtle overlay of an upside down cross as a reflection of church corruption and the perverted and backwards thinking that was taking place at the time.