The Devil's Rain (1975)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.5/10   

Director:

Robert Fuest

Escritores:

James Ashton (writer)
Gabe Essoe (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

julio 1975 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

Absolutely the most incredible ending of any motion picture

Plot:

A bunch of Satanists in the American rural landscape have terrible powers which enable them to melt their victims...

Plot Keywords:

Satanist | Revolver | Possession | Rifle | Shotgun

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Devil's Drizzle

Reparto

Ernest Borgnine	...	Jonathan Corbis
Tom Skerritt	...	Tom Preston
Joan Prather	...	Julie Preston
Eddie Albert	...	Dr. Sam Richards
William Shatner	...	Mark Preston
Ida Lupino	...	Mrs. Preston
Woody Chambliss	...	John (as Woodrow Chambliss)
Keenan Wynn	...	Sheriff Owens
Claudio Brook	...	Preacher
Erika Carlsson	...	Aaronessa Fyffe
George Sawaya	...	Steve Preston
John Travolta	...	Danny
Tony Cortex	...	First Captor
Lisa Todd	...	Lilith
Anton LaVey	...	High Priest

También conocida como:

La lluvia del diablo (Spain) [es]

Duración:

86 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:M | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:X | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Durango, Mexico

Compañía:

Sandy Howard Productions

Trivialidades:

John Travolta's feature film debut.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: There is a scene where a rocking chair moves by itself. The camera pans up to show a knife in the arm of the chair. Fishing line is clearly visible extending from the knife to somewhere off camera.

Citas:

Mark Preston: CORBIS! God damn you!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Tarnation (2003)

The Devil's Drizzle

True story: before watching this film, one thing lead to another and I ended up dropping the disk down the toilet. Naturally, I wasn't pleased and after drying it out, I hoped it would still work. As it happens, it did work; but ironically, it turns out that down the bog was actually the best place for it. Needless to say, The Devil's Rain is an atrociously terrible slice of Satanism that isn't even saved by some extremely trashy 'melting' scenes. The plot actually isn't that bad - at least not by trash flick standards - but it's not well used and the resulting film feels messy and like it could have been so much more. The plot focuses on a group of Satan worshippers who have the power to call for rain, which melts people. The leader of this group is a man named Jonathan Corbis. He spends all his free time looking for an old book stolen by the Preston family. After tracking down the family and killing the father (with his rain), Corbin focuses his attention on the son, Mark Preston.

The most surprising thing about this film is the cast. The Devil's Rain features a handful of performances from good, established performers...and it kind of makes you wonder what they were thinking when they signed up. Ernest Borgnine stands out the most in his role as Jonathan Corbis, but it's for all the wrong reasons. Borgnine is pure ham as the leader of the Satanic cult, and ends up looking silly with goat horns at the end! William Shatner also makes an appearance as the good guy and the rest of the cast is filled out by the likes of Tom Skerritt, Ida Lupino and John Travolta, in a small early role. The film is fairly gory and doesn't hold back with the melting scenes; but it all feels very silly and therefore doesn't make much an impact. The fact that the scenes where people aren't melting are boring doesn't exactly help things either. The plot is barely given any weight, and the tagline's claim of 'Absolutely the most incredible ending of any motion picture' seems only to be referring to Borgnine looking like a fool! Overall, this might appeal to some people...but it didn't do anything for me!