The Devil's Men (1976)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Kostas Karagiannis

Writer:

Arthur Rowe (writer)

Release Date:

June 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Half man . . . half beast . . . trapped in a world forgotten by time!

Plot:

A satanic cult kidnaps 3 young people and Priest Donald Pleasence and Costas Skouras must save them from the hands of this evil! |

Plot Keywords:

Satanic Cult | Cult | Demon | Greece | Tourist

Cast

Donald Pleasence	...	Father Roche
Peter Cushing	...	Baron Corofax
Luan Peters	...	Laurie Gordon
Nikos Verlekis	...	Ian
Kostas Karagiorgis	...	Milo Kaye (as Costas Skouras)
Vanna Reville	...	Beth
Dimitris Bislanis	...	Police Sgt. Vendris (as Fernando Bislani)
Robert Behling	...	Tom Gifford (as Bob Behling)
Anna Matzourani	...	Mrs. Mikaelis
Anestis Vlahos	...	Karapades - Grocer
George Veulis	...	Max - Chauffeur
Jane Lyle	...	Milo's Girlfriend
Jessica Dublin	...	Frantic woman at police station (as Jessica)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Rietty	...	Police Sgt. Vendris (voice)
Efi Cosma	...	Female Victim (uncredited)

Directed by
Kostas Karagiannis		(as Costa Carayiannis)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arthur Rowe		writer

Produced by
Frixos Constantine	....	producer
Herbert G. Luft	....	associate producer
Nick Morrison	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Brian Eno

Cinematography by
Aris Stavrou

Film Editing by
Barry Reynolds

Production Management
Pantelis Filippides	....	production manager

Art Department
Petros Kapouralis	....	set designer

Visual Effects by
Zoran Perisic	....	optical effects

Music Department
Gordon T. Chambers	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Getty Pictures Corp.
• Poseidon Films
• Poseidon Productions

Distributors

• Cathay Films Ltd. (1976) (UK) (theatrical)
• Crown International Pictures (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
• Saguenay Films (1977) (Canada) (theatrical)
• PVB Editions (1978) (France) (DVD)
• Interglobal Home Video (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox Video (1987) (UK) (VHS)
• Leisureview (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• BCI Eclipse (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Deimos Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Poseidon Film Distributors (1982) (non-USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

I maska tou Diavolou (Greece)
Land of the Minotaur (USA)

Runtime:

88 min | Greece:94 min

Country:

UK | USA | Greece

Language:

English | Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (video re-rating) | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Greece

Company:

Getty Pictures Corp.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Don't Scream It's Only a Movie (1989)

A Great Movie!

"Land of the Minotaur" was an impressive movie with a terrific story line and interesting idea.

Tourists in Greece are being used as sacrificial objects for the Minotaur, a Satanic creature of some sorts portrayed as a bull. After three characters are taken to the castle where the rituals are practiced, a young woman and a friend arrive, meeting with a priest. The woman is, I think, the wife or girlfriend of one of the three tourists from the beginning. And this boyfriend is the only surviving tourist of that three, because the others were killed.

That night, the woman, the friend, and the priest are attacked by the worshippers of the cult, who all happen to be the people of the town. Soon the woman is kidnapped, and the friend and the priest must go after her and find her, leading up to the somewhat unexplained and could-have-been-better ending.

All around, a great movie with a great concept. There are a few noteworthy scenes, such as the woman being chased by cult members in the woods and when they were watching her in the bathroom. Both very creepy scenes. All around, a movie worth seeing.