The Devil's Rain (1975)

Director:

Robert Fuest

Writers:

James Ashton (writer)
Gabe Essoe (writer)

Release Date:

julio 1975 (USA)

Genre:

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:

Good Versus Evil | Burned At The Stake | Diabolical | Occult | Science

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Well it had one hell of a finish...

Cast

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:

Lluvia del diablo, La (Spain) [es]

Duración:

86 min

País:

Mexico | USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

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

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Sandy Howard Productions

Trivialidades:

John Travolta's feature film debut.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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.

Quotes:

Mark Preston: CORBIS! God damn you!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tarnation (2003)

Well it had one hell of a finish...

Most of the movie is sadly rather underdone. Seems they had a somewhat interesting concept and just rushed it to the finish line. I am guessing they thought of the ending first and wrote a bunch of filler to get to said ending. So what do we get for most of the film? A rather good cast doing nothing more than going out to the abandoned town and getting themselves kidnapped by the evil cult led by Ernest Borgainine in a rather good over the top performance. You know a movie is in trouble when it seems they are rushing things so no startling revelations here, only lets rush to the cool ending. Which is the highlight of the film, a rain that comes down and washes the cult members away, rather good effects, especially for the time, but this does not make up for the rest of the film. Which leads to a question I have, why are movies about Satan and his cults usually so bloody boring or bad for the most part? You would think these movies would be some of the most gory and scary the horror genre had to offer, but usually it falls flat. Still if you do watch the movie look out for the many stars who apparently had nothing else better to do.