The ensemble cast includes William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino and Keenan Wynn.

A curse affects the Preston family, caused by their betrayal of the Satanic priest Jonathan Corbis in colonial New England.

Corbis has harassed the Preston family for generations to obtain a book containing the signatures of the members of his cult which bind their souls to Satan.

Corbis captures patriarch Steve Preston, who is allowed to escape to warn his wife Emma and son Mark.

The Satanists converge on the church, so Tom and Richards retreat, taking The Devil's Rain but leaving behind the book, which is taken by Corbis.

The Devil's Rain is released from the bottle, melting the Satanists (including Mark and Corbis) and burning down the church.

Nor is it the script, which raises more questions in a single reel than it can resolve in three, while satanic effects are piled on at every possible juncture, with gore virtually used to plaster over every gaping loophole.

"[10] Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times said "All of this would be good silly fun if the movie weren't so painfully dull.

[11] In his 2010 book Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies, Australian film reviewer Michael Adams called The Devil's Rain "the ultimate cult movie ...