The Evil [Blu-ray]

Director: Gus Trikonis Gus Trikonis

Overview

This superbly chilling haunted-house opus stars Richard Crenna as a therapist who, with wife Joanna Pettet, selects a lavish mansion for use as a drug rehab clinic. No sooner have the staff and their assistants set up housekeeping when a nightmarish force emerges from a trap door in the basement, and the house begins preying on the occupants in horrendous ways, from freak electrical bursts to sudden flash fires (leading to some extremely graphic scenes of people being burned alive). Director Gus Trikonis keeps the tension unbearably high and drives the plot on the strength of an excellent cast -- especially Victor Buono in a magnificent but brief role as the Devil himself. Amazingly, some prints of the film deleted his appearance altogether.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/18/2018
UPC:	0826663189858
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	23,588

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Richard Crenna	C.J. Arnold
Joanna Pettet	Dr. Caroline Arnold
Andrew Prine	Prof. Raymond Guy,Actor
Cassie Yates	Mary Harper
Lynne Moody	Felicia
Victor Buono	The Devil
George O'Hanlon Jr.	Pete
Mary Louise Weller	Laurie
Robert Viharo	Dwight
Milton Selzer	Realtor
Galen Thompson	Vargas
Emory Souza	Demon
George O'Hanlon	Pete Brooks
Ed Bakey	Sam
Johnny Harris	Composer

Technical Credits

Donald G. Thompson

Ed Carlin	Producer
Paul A. Joseph	Executive Producer,Producer
Malcolm Levinthal	Executive Producer
Gus Trikonis	Director
Donald G. Thompson	Screenwriter
Buddy Hooker	Stunts