Don't Deliver Us from Evil

Don't Deliver Us from Evil
French-language poster
FrenchMais ne nous délivrez pas du mal
LiterallyDon't Deliver Us from Evil
Directed byJoël Séria
Written byJoël Séria
Produced by
  • Bernard Legargeant
  • Joël Séria
Starring
CinematographyMarcel Combes
Edited byPhilippe Gosselet
Music byClaude Germain
Dominique Ney
Production
companies
Société Générale de Production
Productions Tanit
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers
Release dates
  • 5 April 1971 (1971-04-05) (Cannes)
  • 7 January 1972 (1972-01-07) (United Kingdom)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Don't Deliver Us from Evil (French: Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal) is a 1971 French horror drama film directed by Joël Séria, in his directorial debut, and starring Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, and Bernard Dhéran. It follows two Catholic schoolgirls in France who are drawn toward increasingly evil deeds. It is loosely based on the Parker–Hulme murder case of 1954.

The film was controversial upon release due to its depiction of adolescent crime and sexuality, receiving an X rating in the United Kingdom and being banned in its native France.