France, 1990
82m
digital video, colour
Dolby, French
A French horror film directed by Alain Robak.
Plot Summary
A circus owner abuses his pregnant wife then takes delivery of a new leopard which promptly dies. But an ancient evil spirit living inside the leopard possesses the man's unborn child and starts demanding blood.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Alain Robak
Heuf de couer presents a Partner's Productions/Exo 7 production
Producers: Joëlle Malberg, Irène Sohm, Ariel Zeitoun
Script: Serge Cukier, Alain Robak
Director of Photography: Bernard Déchet
Editor: Elisabeth Moulinier
Music by: Carlos Acciari
Sound: Yves Laisné, Joël Rangon, Serge Richard
Make-up: Benoît Lestang
Special Effects: Benoît Lestang, Jean-Marc Toussaint
Cast
Emmanuelle Escourrou (Yanka)
François Frappier (le premier camionneur)
Rémy Roubakha (le chauve du taxi)
Christian Sinniger (l'homme en cuir)
Jean-François Gallotte (Richard)
Thierry Le Portier (le dompteur)
Roselyne Geslot (Rosette, la caissière du self)
Jacques Audiard (le décapité)
Eric Averlant (le chauffeur du car)
Philippe Belin (Roger 2)
Pierre Cadeac (le passant au chien)
Alain Chabat (le passant égorgé)
Chimbot (Baxter, le chien)
Pierre Garnier (le pompiste)
Jean-Yves Lafesse (le conducteur du poids lourd)
Benoît Lestang (un infirmier)
Marc Linbe (Roger 1)
Yann Piquer (le clochard)
Alain Robak (le premier ambulancier)
Jean-Claude Romer (le conducteur de la camionnette)
Anne Singer (la femme de l'hôtel)
Jean-Marc Toussaint (un infirmier)
Dominique Treillou (le client du self)
Alternative Titles
The Evil Within
Links
Extracts included in
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
References
Books
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror pp.458-459 – credits, review
Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.404
French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier p.20 – illustrated credits, synopsis
Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.29
Horror Fims of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.55-56 – credits, synopsis, review
