The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Horror · TV Movie · 1978
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
Movie details
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
“Man's best friend... or the devil's spawn?”
1978 Horror · TV Movie 1h 35m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.3 / 10
1.5K votes
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Curtis Harrington
Written by
Steven Karpf · Elinor Karpf
Richard Crenna
Mike Barry
Yvette Mimieux
Betty Barry
Kim Richards
Bonnie Barry
Ike Eisenmann
Charlie Barry
Victor Jory
Shaman
Lou Frizzell
George
Ken Kercheval
Miles Amory
Court is in session
Put Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.