Matrixston
Wow! Such a good movie.
Anoushka Slater
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
phanthinga
The Devil's Rain is your average evil cult movie from the 70s with bland script,bland characters and one hell of a grand finale thank to the amazing make up effects.It watchable for at least one time if you want to see a bunch of wax devil worshipers melting by a rain
Adam Peters
(43%) A pretty bad, yet not without its charm cult based horror staring William Shatner at at time in his life when he'd appear in anything as long as his cheque didn't bounce. Ernest Borgnine plays the lead bad guy which works as well as it sounds as the guy just isn't very intimidating; although it's great to see underrated cinema legend Ida Lupino in anything. John Travolta fans need not track this down because I honestly struggled to spot him, though the fact that I was more than a little sleepy may not have helped. This has brushes of good quality, the opening credit sequence is creepy, and there's tons of scenes (maybe too much) of people melting like a fizzing sherbet dip dab in the rain, but this is too sluggish and forgettable to hit all the right buttons.
Scott LeBrun
In this memorably silly and incredibly entertaining rural horror flick, a family named the Prestons must do battle with a Satan-worshipping villain, Jonathan Corbis (Ernest Borgnine). Mark Preston (William Shatner) and his brother Tom (Tom Skerritt) are among those with the balls to face this minion of the Devil. What Corbis really wants is to lay his infernal hands on a very important book.Robert Fuest ("The Abominable Dr. Phibes", "The Final Programme") directs this insane, sometimes uproarious feature. The script, credited to Gabe Essoe, James Ashton, and Gerald Hopman, is pure nonsense. One truly must approach this after checking their brain at the door. The film has a very effective pace, as it hits the ground running and starts unleashing its horrors within the first few minutes.There is some excellent atmosphere to enjoy, and much striking desert imagery photographed in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The overcast skies in early scenes merely add to the mood. Al De Lory composed the suitable music score; Alex Phillips Jr. did the lighting. The action takes place in some very desolate environments.The acting is deliciously hammy from Borgnine and Shatner. Borgnine in particular has rarely been as much fun as he is here...especially when he's covered in goat's head makeup for much of the last half hour. The slumming big name cast also includes a typically amusing Keenan Wynn as a sheriff, Ida Lupino as the Preston matriarch, and Eddie Albert as Dr. Samuel Richards. Joan Prather plays Skerritts' wife, Claudio Brook appears in the stylish flashback sequence as a crusading priest, Lisa Todd is cast as a temptress, and that's none other than John Travolta making his film debut as one of Corbis's many disciples. (His dialogue basically consists of "Blasphemer!").The extremely protracted ending is the unqualified highlight. Most of the cast melts when the title element is unleashed. Apparently in this story selling your soul to the Devil turns your body into wax. Who knew?"The Devil's Rain" is trashy, and stupid, but for certain tastes, a Hell of a lot of fun.Eight out of 10.
oscar-35
*Spoiler/plot- The Devil's Rain, 1975. A group of Satanists in the American rural town are visited by outsiders. The outsiders are descendants of people that persecuted the Satanists in 1600s New England at witch trails. The Satanists wish to get revenge. But one of the children of an earlier victim vows to destroy the Satan worshipping town folk. *Special Stars- William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Isa Lupino, Tom Skeritt, Eddie Albert, Keenan Wynn. *Theme- Devil worship is an old religion.*Trivia/location/goofs- Universal. John Travota's first film role. Anton Lavey, California's most famous legal devil worshiper based in San Francisco was in this film. The shooting of the film was plagued by eerie events and accidents. Because of this Ernest Borgnine vowed to never work on a project with this subject matter again.*Emotion- A hugely un-intentional comedic bad film plot that is even more watchable with the large amount of big movie & TV stars that perform in it. Shatner was post Star Trek TV show cancellation. Travolta was just starting out from New York. Ernest Borgine's horned devil scene in full face make-up is a creepy must-see experience for any audience. Top notch film to see. *Based on- Devil worship and hippie cults in the SoCal area. Charles Manson murder matters had just be exposed at devil worship related by LOs Angeles district attorney.
