before cujo and there be lucky the devil dog . in 1978 and on halloween night the moviedevil dog and the hound of hell premier . a story of a family get a new puppy ( from a farmer who just happen to be in the neighborhood sell fruit and vegetable ) because their dog skipper be kill . coencidence . everyone love the new dog and but there be something strange about him . it isn not long until the father mike barry ( richard crenna and first blood ) start to notice . his wife betty ( yvette mimieux and where the boy be and jackson county jail and snowbeast ) be different and his kid charlie and bonnie ( ike eisenman and witch mountain and fantastic vourage and kim richards and witch mountain and nanny and the professor and hello larry and tuff turf ) also have change . do the dog have something to do with it . he determine to find out and do whatever it take to save his family . this movie be great because it have ike and kim play a darker side of themselves than what we saw on those witch mountain movie . this be one of the many 70 make for tv horror movie that be actually scary for a make for tv horror movie . the music be creepy and even the end which i would not tell make you think . this movie also star ken kercheval ( cliff barnes of dallas ) and r. g. armstrong ( who couldn not stay away from devil movie rememberrace with the devil . ) it worth watch .