USA, 1975
91m
35mm film, Metrocolor
mono, English
An American science fiction/horror film directed by Larry Cohen.
Plot Summary
Peter Nicholas, a New York police detective investigates a series of mysterious mass murders in which the only link is the phrase “God told me to” uttered by the killers before they killed themselves. As his investigations continue, he uncovers a strange, Christ-like figure who was known briefly to all of the killers…
Credits
Crew
Director: Larry Cohen
© 1975, The Georgia Company
A Larco Production
Executive Producers: Edgar J. Scherick, Daniel Blatt
Producer: Larry Cohen
Script: Larry Cohen
Director of Photography: Paul Glickman
Editing Staff: Arthur Mandelberg, William J. Waters, Christopher Lebenzon, Mike Corey
Music: Frank Cordell
Sound: Jeffrey Hayes
Deborah Raffin’s Wardrobe: Halston
Special Make Up: Steve Neill
Cast
Tony Lo Bianco (Peter Nicholas)
Deborah Raffin (Casey Forster)
Sandy Dennis (Martha Nicholas)
Sylvia Sidney (Elizabeth Mullin)
Sam Levene (Everett Lukas)
Robert Drivas (David Morten)
Mike Kellin (deputy police commissioner)
Richard Lynch (Bernard Phillips)
Sammy Williams (Harold Gorman)
Jo Flores Chase (Mrs Gorman)
William Roerick (Richards)
Lester Rawlins (board chairman)
Harry Bellaver (Cookie)
George Patterson (Zero)
Walter Steele (junkie)
John Heffernan (Bramwell)
Alan Cauldwell (Bramwell (as a youth))
Robert Nichols (Fletcher)
Andy Kaufman (police assassin)
Al Fann, James Dixon, Bobby Ramsen, Peter Hock, Alex Stevens, Harry Madsen, Randy Jurgensen (detective squad)
Alternative Titles
Demon – UK
Meurtres sous contrôle – France
Paholainen – Finland
Links
Includes extracts from
Space: 1999 (1975-1978)
Extracts included in
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
Mad Ron’s Prevues from Hell (1987)
References
Periodicals
- Weng’s Chop vol.1 no.4 (September 2013) pp.19-21 – illustrated article (The unique cinema of Larry Cohen by Karl Kaefer)
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.329
- Film Review 1981-1982 by F. Maurice Speed p.149
- Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death by James Marriott & Kim Newman p.190
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.90
- Horror Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir pp.398-400 – credits, synopsis, review
- Science Fiction Films of the Seventies by Craig W. Anderson pp.133-139
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.35
Other sources
- BFI Southbank Guide February 2008 p.10 – illustrated listing
- BFI Southbank Guide August 2015 p.16 – illustrated listing
