Night of the Devils (1972) La notte dei diavoli (original title)

Director:

Giorgio Ferroni

Writers:

Eduardo Manzanos Brochero
Romano Migliorini
(more)

Release Date:

29 April 1972 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family not to let him back in his house, no matter how much he begs them. |

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | House | Supernatural | Finger | Gore

Cast

Gianni Garko	...	Nicola
Agostina Belli	...	Sdenka
Roberto Maldera	...	Jovan (as Mark Roberts)
Cinzia De Carolis	...	Irina
Teresa Gimpera	...	Elena
Bill Vanders	...	Gorca Ciuvelak (as William Vanders)
Umberto Raho	...	Doctor Tosi
Luis Suárez	...	Vlado
Sabrina Tamborra	...	Mira
Rosita Torosh	...	Nurse (as Rosa Toros)
Stefano Oppedisano	...	Male Nurse
Maria Monti	...	The witch
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Bartha	...	Saw-Mill Owner (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy	...	Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Renato Turi	...	Il Detective In Pensione (uncredited)

Directed by
Giorgio Ferroni

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero
Romano Migliorini
Gianbattista Mussetto
Aleksei Tolstoy		novelette Sem'ya vurdalaka

Produced by
Luigi Mariani	....	producer

Original Music by
Giorgio Gaslini

Cinematography by
Manuel Berenguer

Film Editing by
Gianmaria Messeri

Costume Design by
Elio Micheli

Production Management
Solly V. Bianco	....	production manager

Art Department
Eugenio Liverani	....	set designer

Special Effects by
Carlo Rambaldi	....	special effects (as Rambaldi)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sebastiano Celeste	....	camera operator (as Nino Celeste)

Music Department
Luca di Silverio	....	soundtrack album producer

Other crew
Isabel Mulá	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Filmes Cinematografica
• Due Emme Cinematografica
• Copercines, Cooperativa Cinematográfica

Distributors

• Exclusivas Sánchez Ramade S.A. (1973) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) (1972) (Italy) (theatrical)
• IVC
• Pony Video (1986) (Japan) (VHS)
• Raro Video (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Raro Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• TDK Core (1986) (Japan) (VHS)
• Top Video
• Videce (unknown) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Video for Pleasure (VFP) (unknown) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"La notte dei diavoli" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Dear Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Filmes Cinematografica

A witch and some Varadluks at the Yugoslavian countryside!

Nicolas is found wandering aimlessly at a beach and is taken to a hospital where his horrific story is told through flashbacks; He have a car accident in the Yugoslavian countryside and finds a house where he gets shelter for the night. He hears strange noises during the night and in the morning he's told about the witch that lives in the forest. The witch killed Yorga's borther (Yorga is the father in the family he stays with) and the brother came back at exactly 6 pm the next day, transformed into a Vardaluk (some sort of zombie). Nikolas falls in love with Sdenka, Yorga's daughter, and stays with the family. Yorga decides to confront the witch and his son Jovan is prepared for the worst. Just like Jovan feared Yorga returns the next day at 6 pm precise and a lot of really bad things starts to happen.

This is an interesting movie with a good story, scary music and nice sets but it is a bit to slow moving. The flashback-to-present way of telling the story is pretty effective. There are some memorable scenes like the torture fantasies in the beginning and when Helene's fingers are cut of by Nicolas' car door. There are some nudity and sex. The twist ending is great! Some curiosity: The good-looking Agostina Bella (Sdenka) plays the jealous chambermaid in Ivanna. I give this one 7/10.