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Summary: Evil Ernest...
Review: Tom (Tom Skerritt) and his clairvoyant wife set out to find his brother Mark (William Shatner) who has vanished under bizarre circumstances. Ernest Borgnine is Corbis, the head honcho of a group of desert-dwelling satanists, who can channel lucifer and take on a goat-like appearance. It seems he's after a book full of the names of those whose souls were sworn to satan some 300 years earlier. Mark is eventually assimilated into the sect through a strange "baptism" ritual which leaves him eyeless (like the rest of the cult members) and Tom's wife is kidnapped. Tom must battle the entire cult (with the slight assistance of Eddie Albert) in an attempt to save his wife. The actual Devil's Rain is a weird goat-headed jar containing the souls of those in hell, trapped in a perpetual rainstorm. We get to watch, as the side of the jar is like a TV screen (hellevision?). Anyway, the jug gets smashed, causing the worst case of acid rain ever! The satanists begin melting into puddles of squishy goo! Corbis tries to push Tom into a pit, but is interrupted when his face starts sliding off. The whole thing ends in a wet, icky mess! Pretty decent as devil movies go, especially for 1975. Watch for a very silly looking John Travolta as Danny (another hooded, empty-eye-socketed face in the crowd) and Anton Lavay (the late high priest of the REAL church of satan) as the high priest of our little gaggle of goofballs. TDR is semi-cheese-tacular, but gets high marks for the prolonged, oozing death sequence...
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Summary: VERY NOSTALGIC
Review: Wow! I can't believe that this movie is released on DVD!! I saw this movie in a theatre when I was a kid (my parents didn't know) It scared me so much that I had a hard time walking home after the movie!! Amazingly enough, The Devil's Rain has the same effect on me now as when I was a kid. Very scary and and a great cast- Ernest Borgnine, William Shatner, and John Travolta in a very small part.I just got the DVD and am very impressed with the digital transfer- it looks good-a little grainy but very clean. I also like that it's in "real" letterbox format. Hey, it almost feels like I'm 9 years old watching it in a theatre again!
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