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THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS

La notte dei diavoli

1972 IT HMDB
April 29, 1972

In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country. Upon damaging his car, Nicola sets out for help, only to meet a mysterious family that lives in total fear of someone or something. This evil force slowly penetrates the household and thrusts each of its members into a frenzy of absolute terror!

Directors

Giorgio Ferroni

Cast

Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera, Cinzia De Carolis, Teresa Gimpera, Bill Vanders, Umberto Raho, Maria Monti, Rosita Torosh, John Bartha
Horror

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

A man with a broken-down car finds hospitality near the Yugoslavian border with a family of peasants. He falls in love with the youngest and most beautiful daughter but does not know that a terrible curse weighs on the entire family: they are destined to be turned into the undead by the old father, himself infected by the terrible local wurdalak he killed. It is, so to speak, a kind of "extension" of the second episode of "The Three Faces of Fear" by Mario Bava, that starring the great Boris Karloff as a bloodthirsty wurdalack. Very dark and spectral atmospheres accompany the viewer throughout the film, enhanced by excellent direction by Ferroni and the remarkable special effects of Carlo Rambaldi. If you love atmospheric horror films, this story set among misty forests and old wooden houses in the moorland will keep you glued to the screen.