“Can’t you shoot and talk at the same time?” : This French little one goes beyond all limits

In 1986, French director Bernard Launois made Devil Story, a feature film that begins with a serial killer in an SS suit, continues with a zombie boat, and ends with a devastating explosion! As you can imagine, the plot of the movie is a bit complicated.

Centuries ago, during the equinox, 5 brothers, bandits, brought ships to coastal reefs to plunder. One such ship from distant Egypt, loaded with boxes, fell victim to a terrible storm and disappeared, and the coastline was forever changed.

In the present day, living alone with his mother in the same small village, a deformed creature said to be the offspring of 5 brothers commits murder in his spare time. At the same time, the cat and the horse are the embodiment of the devil, and at the equinox, a once-disappeared ship emerges from the earth, freeing an Egyptian sarcophagus, from which emerges a magnificent mummy!

Are you a little confused yet? Wait for the rest!

In the middle of it all, a young blonde woman (unnamed) finds herself at the heart of this return of evil, and the local innkeeper tries to kill the “devil’s horse” with one blow.gun.

Did you lose it? You haven’t seen anything yet, as a mummy resurrects a black-haired woman who looks remarkably like a young blonde woman!

In short, The Devil’s Story is a complex story, but also a film that could only afford a 3-week crew, which ended up with only 55 minutes to complete. However, you have to reach 80 minutes to get to the cinema. That’s how Bernard Lonois turned out “make a movie” As he entrusts the DVD bonuses, to go ahead and finish the film with no money, with the crew reduced to a minimum.

An actor who can’t shoot and talk!

Also, one of the actors, who has many scenes where he faces the “Devil’s Horse”, tells the director that he can’t say his lines because he is being shot. Some delay, which consequently results in silent scenes where the actor fires a rifle in a field with no sound other than the gun…

The end result on screen and the rest of the behind the scenes of this incredible story can be seen on DVD and Blu-ray released by Nanarland!