The Devil's Rain Movie Review
Satanic leader Corbis (Ernest Borgnine) swears revenge on the descendants of his churchgoers...and he has to get a book...and he may be the actual devil...and there’s something about rain...or something. Honestly, I’m really not sure what was going on in this 1975 B movie that had a surprising lack of comprehensiveness and an even more surprising number of stars, be them fading or just beginning to shine. Aside from Borgnine, Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, stars. Joan Prather ("Eight is Enough") and Tom Skerritt (Alien, Top Gun) are also here, as is, in his film debut, Hollywood legend John Travolta.
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Wow, was this movie ever a lot to sit through. The nonsensical plot is accompanied by dialogue that is just as questionable, and performances that may make you wonder if the actors had a bet to see who could be the worst. I have never been a fan of Shatner and his form of overacting--he certainly brings that to this movie, but Borgnine somehow manages to out-Shatner Shatner. I did appreciate the practical effects, which were as odd as anything else in this movie, and I'm always a fan of desert settings, so there was that too. The climax of the movie, with the melting bodies, was cool, but there's a whole lot of nothing happening to get there. I watched this on an episode of "Svengoolie", so there's a very good chance I liked it more than I should have; still, this is not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 4
The Devil's Rain Movie Trailer
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