Island of Death (1977) Ta paidia tou Diavolou (original title)

Director:

Nico Mastorakis

Writer:

Nico Mastorakis

Release Date:

15 January 1977 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

An original film, thrilling from start to end.

Plot:

A British couple on a break on a small Greek Island are spreading terror beyond anything the islanders could have ever imagined...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Killing | Greek Island | Greek | Taboo Sex

Cast

Robert Behling	...	Christopher (as Bob Belling)
Jane Lyle	...	Celia (as Jane Ryall)
Jessica Dublin	...	Patricia
Gerard Gonalons	...	Foster
Jannice McConnell	...	Leslie (as Janice McConnel)
Ray Richardson		(as Ray Zuk)
Marios Tartas		(as Mario Tatras)
Efi Bani		(as Efi Banny)
Clay Half		(as Clay Huff)
Jeremy Rousseau
Elizabeth Spader
Nikos Tsachiridis	...	Shepherd
Mike Murtagh
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Blackman	...	(uncredited)
Nico Mastorakis	...	Novelist (uncredited)
Takashi Yanhiro	...	(uncredited)
Hiroshi Yuzama	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Nico Mastorakis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nico Mastorakis		(as Nick Mastorakis)

Produced by
Nico Mastorakis	....	producer (as Nick Mastorakis)
Nestoras Pavelas	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Nikos Lavranos		(as Nick Lavranos)

Cinematography by
Nikos Gardelis		(as Nick Gardellis)
Nico Mastorakis		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Vasilis Syropoulos		(as Bill Syropoulos)

Art Direction by
Katherine Zeiss

Costume Design by
John Galatis

Makeup Department
Yiorgos Stavrakakis	....	makeup artist (as G. Stavsakakis)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nikki Clapp	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Antonis Georgiadis	....	sound re-recording mixer
T. Metallinos	....	sound editor

Music Department
Nikos Lavranos	....	conductor (as Nick Lavranos)

Production Companies

• Omega Pictures

Distributors

• TransAm
• Winstone Film Distributors (1976) (UK) (theatrical) (1976 theatrical cut version)
• AVI Video (1982) (UK) (VHS) (uncut version)
• Omega Entertainment
• Allstar Pictures Ltd. (international) (PAL DVD)
• Arrow Video (2011) (UK) (DVD)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Tokuma Japan Communications Co. Ltd. (1980s) (Japan) (video)
• Video Technica (1985) (Greece) (VHS) (cut version)

Also Known As:

"Ta paidia tou Diavolou" - Greece (original title)
"Devils in Mykonos" - Australia (pre-release title), USA
"Killing Daylight" - USA
"Devils in Mykonos" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

108 min | Germany:99 min | UK:102 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18 (cut) | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted | UK:(Banned) (1984-2002) | UK:18 (uncut) (2010)

Filming Locations:

Mykonos, Greece

Company:

Omega Pictures

Trivia:

Nico Mastorakis saw that bootlegs of the film were going for large amounts of money so he decided to allow the film to be released on DVD and he supervised the transfer from the original negative.

Goofs:

Continuity: The murderous couple are using a rope tied to an airplane to drag a potential victim. He is running to keep up before they take off. In a shot from behind the plane, he falls down. The next scene, the plane is in the air and he is hanging off the wing.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Cinema Snob: Island of Death (#2.23)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Destination

Twisted and perverse.

Nico Mastorakis "Island of Death" has to be one of the most mean spirited movies ever made.A young couple,Christopher and Celia,arrive from London to spend some time on Mykonos,an island off the coast of Greece.Soon the series of brutal murders is set in motion."Island of Death" is a sleazy exploitation film which contains some of the most disturbing and downright degrading moments in the history of cinema.All the sex scenes end in death.This picture is pretty notorious due to its gore and sexual violence,not to mention the sequence involving the rape of a young goat and its simulated killing.So if you like exploitation cinema give this one a look.My rating:8 out of 10.