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5.3/10   317 votes
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Director:
Gus Trikonis
Writers:
David Sheldon (story)
Galen Thompson (writer)
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Release Date:
5 May 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Escape is just a nerve-shredding scream for salvation! more
Plot:
Richard Crenna fra First Blood har hovedrollen i denne grøsseren fra 1978. Et gammelt "kråkeslott" har stått tomt i mange år... more | add synopsis
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See it for Victor. more

Cast

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Richard Crenna ... C.J. Arnold
Joanna Pettet ... Dr. Caroline Arnold
Andrew Prine ... Prof. Raymond Guy
Cassie Yates ... Mary Harper
George O'Hanlon Jr. ... Pete Brooks
Lynne Moody ... Felicia Allen
Mary Louise Weller ... Laurie Belman
Robert Viharo ... Dwight (as George Viharo)
Victor Buono ... Satan
Milton Selzer ... Decker, the realtor
Ed Bakey ... Sam, the caretaker
Galen Thompson ... Spirit of Emilio Vargas
Emory Souza ... Demon
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cry Demon
House of Evil (USA) (LD title)
The Evil Below (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Rangoon more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
See it for Victor., 9 June 2004
5/10
Author: Big Bad John from Sydney, Australia

This is a pretty weird haunted house flick that ultimately turned out to be a bit of a let down. It has it's moments though, and any movie starring the late, great and always welcome Victor Buono (seen here as Satan) is definitely worth a look. The film is kind of like "the spooky old mansion is really a doorway to Hell" type movie. I saw it many years ago on video and remember being disappointed because it started out reasonably scary and then got really silly... especially after Victor came on the scene. I'd probably appreciate his sense of humor more now, but back then I had high hopes for some good scares after seeing the likes of "Halloween" and "Nightmare On Elm Street." Probably seeing the movie now (and not expecting much), it would be good, dumb fun. Wish I could find a copy.

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