Director: Curtis Harrington
Writers: Elinor Karpf & Steven Karpf
Cast---
Richard Crenna ... Mike Barry
Yvette Mimieux ... Betty Barry
Kim Richards ... Bonnie Barry
Ike Eisenmann ... Charlie Barry (as Ike
Eisenman)
Victor Jory ... Shaman
Lou Frizzell ... George
Ken Kercheval ... Miles Amory
R.G. Armstrong ... Dunworth
Runtime:95 min
Writers: Elinor Karpf & Steven Karpf
Cast---
Richard Crenna ... Mike Barry
Yvette Mimieux ... Betty Barry
Kim Richards ... Bonnie Barry
Ike Eisenmann ... Charlie Barry (as Ike
Eisenman)
Victor Jory ... Shaman
Lou Frizzell ... George
Ken Kercheval ... Miles Amory
R.G. Armstrong ... Dunworth
Runtime:95 min
DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL (1978)
There are two...okay maybe three reasons I watched this movie, much less wanted to own it. 1.) Kim
Richards was my first crush. I had the childhood hots for Kim Richards, and having this film, which I had
seen at the height of my infatuation, allowed me to recapture some of my childhood memories. 2.)
Richard Crenna is a bad ass. Not only does he play the father in this, but he's Col. Sam Trautman from
"RAMBO" for God's sake! 3.) Devil dogs are a scary concept, and I'm sure we all have scary stories
involving crazy dogs. Not only does the film have a place in my childhood nostalgia, but it's a damn good
horror movie made for TV, too.
One day, a group of satanists decide to buy a pure-breed dog for breeding purposes. They pick a cute
little German Sheppard pup named Lady and take it to a barn in the woods to perform a ritual on it.
They summon a demon dog that impregnates Lady and a few months later she gives birth to a liter of 10
puppies...devil puppies! Meanwhile, Bonnie (played by the adorable Kim Richards) and her brother
Charlie (played by Ike Eisenmann, who, strangely enough, played Kim's brother in the classic "ESCAPE
TO WITCH MOUNTAIN") just lost their dog, and she decides to cancel her birthday party to sulk. But as
luck would have it, a crazy old man selling fruit from the back of his truck stops in front of her house and
just happens to have Lady and her puppies in the back. She falls in love with one of them (the pick of
the litter, apparently) and the man gives the pup to her. She names it Lucky, and the whole family loves
it except their neighbor George's dog and their maid, Maria. The dog realizes Maria is the stereotypically
religious Spanish lady, so he causes her to catch fire and watches her burn to death. No one suspects
the dog. Why would they? A year later, Lucky has grown into a big, healthy dog. The dad starts to notice
that the dog is unaffectionate with him, and the dog sees an obstacle so he tries to hypnotize Col.
Trautman, I mean the dad whose named Mike, but that isn't any fun, so I'll call him Col. Trautman.
Anyway the dog tries to get the Colonel to put his hand in a lawnmower, but he resists and the dog
realizes he has a worthy adversary under the same roof. That night we find out that the kids have been
brainwashed by the dog and now worship him nightly...oh oh!
The mom (played by Yvette Mimieux who played Weena in the original "THE TIME MACHINE") starts to
notice the kids acting very strange and worries that somehow the dog is becoming a bad influence.
Lucky sees yet another obstacle and decided to brainwash the mother and turn her into a sexed-up
devil slave (not sexed-up toward the dog, people, this is a TV movie). Trautman starts to wonder what
brought about the change in his wife, but he is only slightly suspicious because he gets some action and
that shuts him up. A few days later, George's dog is found mangled, and he blames Lucky. Trautman
assures him that it can't be, and the rest of his devil-slave family are angry at George and threaten
to kill him if he comes near Lucky. But that's not necessary because Lucky takes matters into his own
hands and kills the shit out of George. One night later on, Miles, Charlie's guidance counselor comes
over to tell them about his suspicions that Charlie framed a kid for theft so he could win the school
elections. Weena, I mean Mom, kicks him out, then goes over to his house and seduces him for some
reason. Trautman, noticeably un-pissed, goes over to Miles' house to find out why he screwed his wife.
Lucky gets there first and turns into a dinosaur dog, scaring Miles out onto the street where he gets hit
by a car and dies.
That night, the dad is unable to sleep and starts to hear chanting from the attic. He goes up and finds
his kids chanting and burning candles to a devil goat picture Charlie drew. He knows the dog is behind it
somehow and grabs a gun and the dog and drives out to a field. He shoots the dog twice, but the bullets
bounce off of it. He jumps into his car and drives off, leaving Lucky sitting in the dirt. When he arrives
home he finds Lucky has beaten him there. Col. Trautman heads to an occult bookstore and the old
lady there tells him about the goblin dog Vargast, and tells him that if he heads to Ecuador he will find
answers(???). So he flies to Quito and meets up with an old Ecuadorian Shaman (played by Jewish
character actor Victor Jory from "CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON"...yes, I said Jewish, and he doesn't even
try to speak with a Spanish accent!) who draws a symbol on his hand and tells him the only way to send
the dog back to hell is to press the symbol on his palm to the dog's eye. He gets back to Los Angeles,
and the dog follows him to a factory. The dog (thanks to shoddy 70s effects) turns into the dinosaur dog
and Trautman kicks its ass by pressing his hand to the dog's fluffy side. The dog goes up in a blaze of
glory and is sent back to hell. The Colonel arrives home and finds that his family is a-ok. But Charlie
realizes something as they pack up for a vacation: "There were 10 pups in the litter. Where do you
suppose the other 9 are?"
Being a TV movie, there isn't any blood or boobage on display (however, if you so choose to pause it at
the right moment, you might see Trautman's ass), but it's still a pretty intense little horror picture. Kim is
great in her little sailor outfits and dolly dresses, Crenna is always cool, if aloof at times, and it was kind
of neat to see the kids from "WITCH MOUNTAIN" in a horror movie. I wonder if they had the same agent
and decided to break out of the Disney mold like Anne Hathaway did? Anyway, as TV movies go, this is
one of the best, and most enjoyable. It never lags and is constantly entertaining. As far as demon dog
movies go however, this is pretty tame stuff, but it's great Saturday night fun and who says you need
gore when you have Kim Richards...by the way, I know she's like 10 years old in this movie, and I don't
think it's weird for a grown man to remember fondly a former crush...so there!
- Jose Prendes
Richards was my first crush. I had the childhood hots for Kim Richards, and having this film, which I had
seen at the height of my infatuation, allowed me to recapture some of my childhood memories. 2.)
Richard Crenna is a bad ass. Not only does he play the father in this, but he's Col. Sam Trautman from
"RAMBO" for God's sake! 3.) Devil dogs are a scary concept, and I'm sure we all have scary stories
involving crazy dogs. Not only does the film have a place in my childhood nostalgia, but it's a damn good
horror movie made for TV, too.
One day, a group of satanists decide to buy a pure-breed dog for breeding purposes. They pick a cute
little German Sheppard pup named Lady and take it to a barn in the woods to perform a ritual on it.
They summon a demon dog that impregnates Lady and a few months later she gives birth to a liter of 10
puppies...devil puppies! Meanwhile, Bonnie (played by the adorable Kim Richards) and her brother
Charlie (played by Ike Eisenmann, who, strangely enough, played Kim's brother in the classic "ESCAPE
TO WITCH MOUNTAIN") just lost their dog, and she decides to cancel her birthday party to sulk. But as
luck would have it, a crazy old man selling fruit from the back of his truck stops in front of her house and
just happens to have Lady and her puppies in the back. She falls in love with one of them (the pick of
the litter, apparently) and the man gives the pup to her. She names it Lucky, and the whole family loves
it except their neighbor George's dog and their maid, Maria. The dog realizes Maria is the stereotypically
religious Spanish lady, so he causes her to catch fire and watches her burn to death. No one suspects
the dog. Why would they? A year later, Lucky has grown into a big, healthy dog. The dad starts to notice
that the dog is unaffectionate with him, and the dog sees an obstacle so he tries to hypnotize Col.
Trautman, I mean the dad whose named Mike, but that isn't any fun, so I'll call him Col. Trautman.
Anyway the dog tries to get the Colonel to put his hand in a lawnmower, but he resists and the dog
realizes he has a worthy adversary under the same roof. That night we find out that the kids have been
brainwashed by the dog and now worship him nightly...oh oh!
The mom (played by Yvette Mimieux who played Weena in the original "THE TIME MACHINE") starts to
notice the kids acting very strange and worries that somehow the dog is becoming a bad influence.
Lucky sees yet another obstacle and decided to brainwash the mother and turn her into a sexed-up
devil slave (not sexed-up toward the dog, people, this is a TV movie). Trautman starts to wonder what
brought about the change in his wife, but he is only slightly suspicious because he gets some action and
that shuts him up. A few days later, George's dog is found mangled, and he blames Lucky. Trautman
assures him that it can't be, and the rest of his devil-slave family are angry at George and threaten
to kill him if he comes near Lucky. But that's not necessary because Lucky takes matters into his own
hands and kills the shit out of George. One night later on, Miles, Charlie's guidance counselor comes
over to tell them about his suspicions that Charlie framed a kid for theft so he could win the school
elections. Weena, I mean Mom, kicks him out, then goes over to his house and seduces him for some
reason. Trautman, noticeably un-pissed, goes over to Miles' house to find out why he screwed his wife.
Lucky gets there first and turns into a dinosaur dog, scaring Miles out onto the street where he gets hit
by a car and dies.
That night, the dad is unable to sleep and starts to hear chanting from the attic. He goes up and finds
his kids chanting and burning candles to a devil goat picture Charlie drew. He knows the dog is behind it
somehow and grabs a gun and the dog and drives out to a field. He shoots the dog twice, but the bullets
bounce off of it. He jumps into his car and drives off, leaving Lucky sitting in the dirt. When he arrives
home he finds Lucky has beaten him there. Col. Trautman heads to an occult bookstore and the old
lady there tells him about the goblin dog Vargast, and tells him that if he heads to Ecuador he will find
answers(???). So he flies to Quito and meets up with an old Ecuadorian Shaman (played by Jewish
character actor Victor Jory from "CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON"...yes, I said Jewish, and he doesn't even
try to speak with a Spanish accent!) who draws a symbol on his hand and tells him the only way to send
the dog back to hell is to press the symbol on his palm to the dog's eye. He gets back to Los Angeles,
and the dog follows him to a factory. The dog (thanks to shoddy 70s effects) turns into the dinosaur dog
and Trautman kicks its ass by pressing his hand to the dog's fluffy side. The dog goes up in a blaze of
glory and is sent back to hell. The Colonel arrives home and finds that his family is a-ok. But Charlie
realizes something as they pack up for a vacation: "There were 10 pups in the litter. Where do you
suppose the other 9 are?"
Being a TV movie, there isn't any blood or boobage on display (however, if you so choose to pause it at
the right moment, you might see Trautman's ass), but it's still a pretty intense little horror picture. Kim is
great in her little sailor outfits and dolly dresses, Crenna is always cool, if aloof at times, and it was kind
of neat to see the kids from "WITCH MOUNTAIN" in a horror movie. I wonder if they had the same agent
and decided to break out of the Disney mold like Anne Hathaway did? Anyway, as TV movies go, this is
one of the best, and most enjoyable. It never lags and is constantly entertaining. As far as demon dog
movies go however, this is pretty tame stuff, but it's great Saturday night fun and who says you need
gore when you have Kim Richards...by the way, I know she's like 10 years old in this movie, and I don't
think it's weird for a grown man to remember fondly a former crush...so there!
- Jose Prendes
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