The Devonsville Terror

1983 "Three hundred years ago they burned her as a witch. Now she's back!"
4.9| 1h22m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 24 October 1983 Released
Producted By: New West Films
Country: United States of America
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Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on them.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Leofwine_draca THE DEVONSVILLE TERROR is one of many low budget horror flicks that director Ulli Lommel was making in the early 1980s, his video nasty THE BOOGEY MAN being the best-remembered of them all. This one's a typical witchcraft story, of the kind that seems to have been filmed over and over again over the decades in America. A bunch of witches are killed by Puritans and swear vengeance; in the modern day, an innocent young woman is possessed by the spirit of one of the dead witches and the cycle of revenge begins. This is familiar small town material, with a fair bit of atmosphere but not much in the way of plotting or originality. There are nice roles for an always-reliable Donald Pleasence and Robert Walker Jr., while Suzanna Love acquits herself well as the feisty lead. However, it's all a little staid, a little forgettable, at least until the hilariously over the top climax, which rips off the ending of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK but is even more gruesome - something I really enjoyed.
Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) This movie have some certain characteristics that kinda make you wonder a bit. "The Devonsville Terror" is a very interesting movie to watch. I saw this movie one time, and I got hooked. After seeing it again, I liked it still. Suzanna Love("The Boogeyman") plays a teacher from out of town who enters Devonsville, a town with a very dark history. 300 years ago, witches were persecuted. One of them put a curse on the town. She was wrongly perceived by the towns folks. The descendants of founding fathers still live in the town which they live their conservative ways. When Jenny Scanlon (Love), and two other women come to reside in town for the winter, the hostility between them begins to sink in. When one of the locals killed his wife, he takes interest in Jenny. The town doctor(Donald Pleasance) is inflicted with an ailment which was brought on by the curse. He is seemingly the only one who is not like the other men. When the others started to attack the other two women, Jenny is the incarnation of the wrongly accused. When they tie her up, the wife of the town leader decided to do away with him. Jenny displayed her fury on the others, and ended up moving on. Some cheese factor was shown. The scenes remind me of "Scanners" , " The Fog" and others to mention. It's not bad. I liked it! 2 out of 5 stars
leathermusic Like another reviewer said, this one is actually better the second time around. Ulli Lommel and Susana Love are much better known for the Bogey Man, but I like this one a little better. It is charming little witch story, with some truly unintentional laughs thrown in (i.e. the Convenience Store Guy). It is crudely produced, but it manages to work up an understated feeling of mystery and tension.The supporting actors, I assume many of them are local rural Wisconsin folk, manage pretty good, in earnest amateur way. Were there ever supposed to be witches in Wisconsin? In the town of Rhinelander there is a legend of a prehistoric dragon like creature called a hodag which has nothing to do with this movie, but when I saw that this was made in Wisconsin, it reminded me of a vacation from long ago. Anyway, this movie is about the curse of Devonsville, where a few hundred years ago some townsfolk slayed some witches in mildly horrific manner (cue Rush's Witchcraft from Moving Pictures 1981). Fast forward to 1982 and some outsiders come to Devonsville and are perceived by the local intolerant inbred as evil/sexy/a threat to their collective blandness. Menace ensues, followed by an awkwardness. Will they also meet their doom in ways that mirror the earlier deaths, or will they triumph over these dullard yokels?Susanna Love is great as the confused outsider. As is the case with The Bogeyman, she exudes a certain naive warmth. Donald Pleasance is pleasing as always. Like Ms. Love he has a very mannered way of delivering his lines that is kind of fun. And the aforementioned towns people are obviously dedicated to the project, if a little green. Say what you will about Ulli Lommell, at least he made a solid effort with this little picture. Solid entertainment if you like this kind of thing.Going back to the Rush song, is it possible that the filmmakers heard the song and thought it would make a good movie? Probably not.
Tito-8 This typically mediocre horror flick is only worthwhile if you are a die-hard fan of the genre. The acting is good enough, and the story was okay, but as usual, this is a horror film that is not the least bit scary, or even creepy. If there is one very good thing about this movie, it is the look of the picture. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that horror films that were filmed 15 to 25 years ago tend to have a dark, cold, and often lonely feel to them, and that the quality of today's technology is actually a bad thing when trying to film a scary movie these days. But the great look of this film still doesn't mean that any of you should bother watching it...