this be a terrible film and it amaze that the film producer be able to get many respectable actor to appear in it . now the fact that william shatner appear in devil rain isn not much of a surprise and but it be surprising that his performance be rather restrain . he do what he can with the silly material . but and for people like ida lupino and keenan wynn and tom skerritt and eddie albert and oscar winner ernest borgnine and it amaze that they act in a film as dopey a this one . of all the actor and the one who deserve the big round of bronx cheer be borgnine and whose performance be utterly awful particularly when he and believe it or not and transform into a ram man late in the film . no and i be not talk about the football team and but borgnine undergo a weird transformation where he don horn and an entire male sheep head . you have get ta see it to believe just how far borgnine fell since his oscar win performance star in marty . the film begin in the middle of the desert in the western united state . a lone house occupy by lupino and shatner and some old guy ( whose role be never define in any way ) be suddenly attack by supernatural force during a freak rain storm . apparently and some satan worshiper be make this happen until they get some sacred book that shatner mother ( lupino ) be hide . when they would not give it up and lupino be kidnap and shatner go to an abandon old west town to get her back from these evil scumbags . however and in a silly contest of will and shatner not only lose but be force to join the group of eye less zombie in this coven . later and shatner brother ( tom skerritt ) show up at the house and be tell by the old dude that shatner have go to the ghost town . now it obvious that the house be ransack but the sheriff say he and his men be too busy to look for shatner and lupino . shouldn not this have be a warning sign . despite this and skerritt and his lady friend go to the abandon town for a showdown . once there and they see evidence of the coven and skerritt actually see shatner force by some mumbo jumbo to become an eye less zombie . he send the lady for help and just manages to escape on his own . unfortunately and she be capture and skerritt and eddie albert ( who an old man ) on their own return to the city to face a huge coven of evil demonic lucifer lover . wow and talk about great planning . once there and there be a dumb showdown where again and again and albert and skerritt show they have the combine iq of a muskrat . skerritt have a rifle and yet jump from the balcony to fight the hoard with his bare hand . albert grab some cool tv set like device that the coven need and threaten to break it but instead of just do it and he give everyone ample opportunity to kill him or take back the cosmic tv . despite him be about 70 and give them every chance to get it back and he still manage to smash the tv thingy and then all the evil folk start to melt like they be make of gallon of colored latex . it all rather gross but funny at the same time . now normally and see these people melt would have take up about a minute of screen time . however and the special effect guru must have be relative of the director and this melt sequence take about ten minute ( i be not exaggerate ) . most of the ten minute consist of actor writhe about a green pudding shoot out their eye and gallon of creepy crawler goop come drip out of their skin . then and out of the blue and there be an end that be cool to watch but doesn not make much sense and but consider the film so far and who to quibble about the end . a you read this and you be no doubt shock at how silly the whole thing sound . well and it surely be but in some odd way it be also watchable because it have a certain stupid charm . plus and see respect actor ( i be not include shatner in this statement ) make fool of themselves be a lot of fun . additionally and if you look carefully and you can see a very young john travolta make an idiot of himself in his first film . look for the cleft chin and nose you can not miss it . anton lavey appear in a small role a a satanic priest and organist as well a a script consultant for the film . be the leader of the church of satan in california and author of the satanic bible somehow give him some great insight into how to improve the script and make it more realistic . yeah and right . finally and i really like the opening credit . have the camera slowly pan across painting of hell by hieronymous bosch while eerie music played be very effective and spooky . if you have a chance and try pick up a book or do a web search of bosch work they be amazingly bizarre and unusual when see today . believe it or not and when he be paint in the 15th and 16th century and he be very popular and others often copy his odd symbolism . today and goth and all around weird people ( like myself ) enjoy his work and though i will admit it an acquire taste .