La pluie du diable

Original title: The Devil's Rain

1975
12
1h 26m

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A satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in... Read allA satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.A satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil.

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5.1/10

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Trivia
Ernest Borgnine revealed at a convention panel in 2010 that the movie was financed with Mafia money and that he was never paid for his work on the film.

Goofs
The Preston family has been hiding the Book from the cultists for centuries yet when first Mrs. Preston and then Mark Preston are converted to the cult, no one thinks to ask them to retrieve the Book.

Quotes
Danny: Blasphemer! Blasphemer!

Crazy credits
Technical Advisor: Anton Szandor Lavey, High Priest of the Church of Satan.

Alternate versions
For American television, a deleted scene featuring John Travolta and Joan Prather was restored to increase the running time and to expand the role of Travolta, the film's then most prominent star.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Paradise Alley, Magic, Midnight Express, Watership Down, Comes a Horseman (1978)

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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.