The Devil's Rain (1975)

Director:

Robert Fuest

Writers:

James Ashton (writer)
Gabe Essoe (writer)

Release Date:

July 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

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

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

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Mexico | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Sandy Howard Productions

Trivia:

John Travolta's feature film debut.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Julie drives away from Tom before he goes back to town, you can see shadows from off-screen crew visible.

Quotes:

Jonathan Corbis: Who calls me from out of the Pit?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tarnation (2003)

Creepy and grotesquely haunting

This is a prime example of the type of film that haunted and disturbed me greatly when I saw it as a child. I had nightmares about a demonic Ernest Borgnine for months. Viewing it now I find it still holds up relatively well as a fairly well done 'satanic 70's horror' escapade. A disturbing nightmare of imagery and sound to invade your dreams...forever. And very impressive make-up Fx for the time. Who else grew up in the 70's haunted by the strange and dreamy horror films of the time? How does that "shape" childhood? I suppose one is influenced by whatever time they grew up in, but there was no other time like the 70's.