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The Devil's Rain |
starring: Ernest Borgnine, Tom Skerritt, Joan Prather, Eddie Albert, William Shatner
directed by: Robert Fuest
directed by: Robert Fuest
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 0898598204272
Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: VCI Entertainment
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Manufacturer: VCI Entertainment
MPN: 8204
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: VCI Entertainment
Release Date: January 25, 2000
Running Time: 86 minutes
Studio: VCI Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-07
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
In the wake of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, the devil and his disciples became prime subject for independent filmmakers. The Devil's Rain is one of the better films that came from the flood. Corbis (Ernest Borgnine) hunts a Midwest family as he searches for "The Book," an ancient tome stolen centuries ago containing the names of the devil cult's disciples written in their own blood. As he turns the family one by one into dead-eyed soldiers for Satan, surviving son Tom Skerrit struggles to free them and keep the tome out of Corbis's hands. Robert Fuest, who directed the offbeat cult classics The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again, cranks up the ghoul factor with arresting images of the black-eyed zombies wandering through a desert ghost town. The cast (including a stiff William Shatner and a tired Ida Lupino) is more solemn than spirited. Only Borgnine sinks his teeth into his role, preaching the word of the devil with gusto and theatrical flourish and transforming into a horned demon in a blood ceremony. It's an inconsistent picture but Fuest creates moments of gripping horror and builds to a dynamic climax that delivers the promised devil's rain with sizzling results. The film has garnered some fame as John Travolta's film debut, but he's practically unrecognizable as a hooded cult follower. --Sean Axmaker
Description:
Three centuries ago, Jonathan Corbis (Ernest Borgnine) led a coven of witches. Ancestors of the Preston family had betrayed Corbis and his Satanists by concealing their sacred book in which Corbis had inscribed the names of the people who had given themselves to the devil. For hundreds of years, the Prestons, have been able to keep the book from Corbis and without the book, he is unable to deliver the souls to Satan. Corbis, vowing to avenge himself of his betrayers, begins keeping his promise. Delve into the rituals and practices of devil worship -- if you dare. The gruesomely horrifying consequences of Satanism and possession will chill you to the bone...the movie itself will leave you speechless... the ending is one of the most horrifying of any motion picture ever! See John Travolta in his movie debut! Bonus Features: Trailer, Scene Selection, Photo Gallery. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 86 minutes; Color; 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - PG; Year - 1975.
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- A Classic - The Citizen Kane of 1970s Satanic Horror Films!Where to begin? My, oh my! Shatner (after Star Trek TOS but many years before the era of the TJ Hooker Toupee) is a member of a rustic rural family out west that must keep a book hidden from the devil played by Ernie Borgnine. This book, you see, is sort of like a check register of all the souls that the devil had signed deals with back in the day...Tom Skerrit plays the Shat's brother and a scientist that's studying ESP or whatever was hip back in the 70s. Eddie Albert from Green Acres works with ... Read More
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- So bad you can't hate it!!!There is nothing redeeming about this movie... it's pure cheese. But I like cheese. I like cheese sticks fried and dipped in melted cheese. A huge collection of stars getting paid for the worst performances ever. If you aren't rolling on the floor while watching this, you have no sense of fun whatsoever!
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- Heaven don't help us............Many thanks for dark sky's rerelease. Great quality! This film has great actors for a 70's cult classic. It even has Anton Lavey the high preist of the church of satan. Also the dark sky print has a clip of the satanic wedding. Great classic film to own if you into classic devil films!
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- THE DEVIL WEARS A WET SUITI remember seeing the advertisement for THE DEVIL'S RAIN as a child and it was quite thought provoking at the time. Too young to see it, the images stuck with me until the day I was able to view it myself, very late at night on CREATURE FEATURE. I'm not sure what I would have thought as a child if I had seen it when it originally came out but it didn't affect me the lease. There were so many incredible things about this movie starting with an all star cast (William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie ... Read More
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- MORE THAN TWO STARS??? PUHHHLEEEEZE!!I'm a HUUUUGE fan of 60's/70's corney psychotronic B-movies; no one loves to watch a corney movie and have a good laugh at night with the popcorn more than myself.
However....
This movie just wasn't that good or that funny either....Ernest Borgnine is a cheesy devil-worshipper, Shatner, as usual is way over the top, Ida Lupino is awful, Eddie Albert is a master cornball, and Tom Skerrit is decent in this short, brainless film.
There are so many holes in the plot it's just ... Read More
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