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Devil Story (1986)
Directed by Bernard Launois
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Overview
After their car breaks down in the French countryside, a young couple must fend off a Nazi mutant and his gypsy mother, a mummy, and a possessed horse.
Rated NR | Length 76 minutes
Actors
Véronique Renaud | Marcel Portier | Catherine Day | Christian Paumelle | Pascal Simon | Nicole Desailly | Bernard Launois
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/12/2021 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Too bizarre for words, it’s hard to believe this is on Blu-ray! It feels like someone shot a bunch of semi-random scenes and then edited it into the barest semblance of a film with a loose plot. Filled with so many overly long, mystifying scenes like a man trying to shoot a horse with a shotgun, which feels like it’s easily 20 minutes of the runtime here.
The gratuitous practical effects are even more fun because the camera fixates on them for inordinately long periods of time that go from odd to uncomfortable to hilarious. I’m pretty sure Danzig studied this film as prep work for VEROTIKA.
My favorite is the odd mummy, especially after his bandages are torn from his face, revealing a pretty cool, grotesque rotting corpse face underneath, drooling seafoam green bile for an uncomfortably long time!
This is a movie you should play in the background at parties. I’d love to see this on The Last Drive-In for Joe Bob’s commentary!
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