Rainey Dawn I love the classic horror films like this one... they didn't have to show lots of blood and guts on screen back then, people were smart knew what was going on even if not shown directly on camera (this is when several things happened off camera was indirectly shown).We have Peter Cushing vs. Donald Pleasence -- two great actors in a good film, it's hard to get better than this! I'll admit that even if Cushing and Pleasence was not in this film I would have enjoyed it but to watch both of them in this film was a great treat - they were the icing on the cake! The film is about a satanic cult, they worship a Minotaur God, lead by Peter Cushing! It's strange to see Cushing as the "bad guy" he usually played the "good guy" in films - so that's another treat to watching this film. Donald Pleasence is the priest out to fight the evil when he learns about people missing in the area and about the cult itself.Great classic film! Lots of Gothic imagery with an interesting story and a good cast (not just Peter and Donald).8.5/10

Aaron1375 Considering I got this film in a collection of 35 other films, I have to say it was not too bad. In fact, it was an interesting watch. Could have been better as I think they should have just did a full on R movie instead of a PG film; however, seeing two great horror icons battle each other made it a somewhat fun watch. It was slow for a couple of stretches and as I said it would have been more cool had there been some nudity and better kills, but overall for a film I got on the cheap it was not all bad.The story has a group of friends going to a place where two others recently went missing. A priest warns them not to go, but they do not heed his warning and soon end up going missing themselves. I was a bit surprised at this as they show a couple being sacrificed during the opening scene, so I figured this group of three we are introduced to are the protagonists of the tale. After they vanish, the priest (Donald Pleasence) calls an American and he also teams up with a girl who is looking for her boyfriend who was one of the ones who vanished. The town, though, seems to be harboring a terrible secret and a crazed woman seems to want to tell the two men what is going on and for reasons unknown the priest declines to take her up on her offer to learn the plot right away and would rather wait until later. A strange Baron seems to be in control of everything and during the night figures in black robes seem to stalk the group as they try to find out what is going on.Not perfect by any means as there were a lot of things that made little sense like Donald's character refusal to see the person that seemed to have answers. His character seemed to have a lot of angry outbursts for the good guy too. I also did not see why he called the one guy. Sure he was a detective, but they never really explained the two's relationship. Apparently, he may have lived in that town, but if so he did not seem to have a clue what was going on making him useless for anything but beating down a cop. Still, Peter Cushing was excellent as the sinister, but polite Baron and Donald Pleasence as the priest was good too. Seems he is either a villain who wears outlandish outfits, Dr. Loomis or a priest when he is in a film. An easy enough film to watch for their performance, so while not really good this film is also not really bad either.

InjunNose "The Devil's Men" (aka "Land of the Minotaur") is by no means a masterpiece, but very few horror films are. While there are good ones and bad ones, ultimately they're nothing more than *fantasies*--they ask you to suspend your disbelief. Horror films are not (or should not be) judged according to the same criteria as "Citizen Kane". Think "The Devil's Men" is bad horror? See "Ghost Story" and learn how the genre can be reduced to a pathetic cartoon (despite a big budget and a good cast). Think this is a low point in Peter Cushing's career? See "The Blood Beast Terror". This film actually has a lot going for it: strong performances from Cushing and Donald Pleasence (Cushing is particularly great in one of his few downright villainous roles), an eerie synthetic score by Brian Eno, and fine cinematography. It does get a bit dull in spots, but I haven't seen many movies that didn't. Director Kostas Karagiannis knew how to establish the proper mood for a film of this kind: witness the scene in which Pleasence, as the village priest, walks from his living quarters to the church to pray. He's a small figure in the immensely old, pagan landscape of Greece, which seems ready to swallow him up (and Eno's cue for the scene underscores this threatening feeling). Young horror auteurs, take note: it's little things like this that give the viewer a sense of unease. If, on the other hand, you just want to make the viewer feel sick or laugh, you'll bombard him with severed limbs and intestines. "The Devil's Men" is no award winner, but it's a creepy little film that's fun to watch. Its reputation as a bomb is undeserved.

Jonathon Dabell My, my, my: Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasance must have been desperate for work to have lent their talents to this turkey. A horribly muddled story about satanism in modern day Greece, Land Of The Minotaur (aka The Devil's Men) is a misfire on more-or-less every level imaginable. It has precious few scares (always a slight flaw for a "horror" movie, don't you think?); weak performances; countless scenes where characters foolishly wander off alone or turn down the opportunity to remain in the safety of a group; and some rather irritating editing techniques which add nothing whatsoever to the proceedings. I got prematurely excited at the prospect of Cushing and Pleasance working together 17 years after The Flesh And The Fiends - but this film isn't worth getting remotely excited about; it's a huge let-down and rather an embarrassment for its much worthier leads.In a remote region of Greece, outsiders such as tourists and archaeologists keep going missing, and local priest Father Roche (Donald Pleasance) suspects that something sinister is afoot. He writes to his friend, New York private eye Milo Kaye (Costas Skouras), asking him to fly out to Greece to help him get to the bottom of the mystery. In the meantime, three more visitors - Beth (Vanna Reville), Ian (Nikos Verlekis) and Tom (Robert Behling), who are all personal friends of Father Roche - go missing while snooping around nearby Greek ruins. Milo eventually arrives in Greece, but is initially dubious about Father Roche's beliefs that the missing people have been snatched for satanic sacrifices. Milo and Father Roche are also joined by Laurie (Luan Peters), the girlfriend of missing man Tom. Together, they uncover the activities of a Minoan devil-worshipping cult headed by creepy Carpathian exile Baron Corofax (Peter Cushing). These crazed cultists have been busily sacrificing their victims to a statue of the minotaur. Furthermore, they seemingly cannot be killed by normal means, so Father Roche has to use a variety of religious artifacts in his fight against them.Land Of The Minotaur should have been much better than it actually is. The plot is so wacky and improbable that it has all the hallmarks of an enjoyably goofy cult/camp favourite. But the handling is just awful. Director Costas Carayiannis has no idea how to link the narrative together cohesively, so the whole thing progresses like it was being made up on a day-to-day basis. He also has no idea how to coax convincing performances from his cast, so they are left to embarrass themselves in either dreadfully hammy (Pleasance, Cushing) or dreadfully amateurish (Skouras, Peters) performances. What's worse is that the narrative makes no sense. Why would Father Roche seek help from a private eye who is utterly flippant about his beliefs? How does Roche know that the sacrifices only occur during a full moon? How can the minotaur statue speak? Why is one one of the sacrificial victims instructed during a vision to stab Father Roche, only to herself be stabbed a few scenes later before getting a chance to carry it out? And - most baffling of all - why does Father Roche drag Milo halfway around the world to help him when all he needs is a crucifix and and some holy water to dispose of the bad guys? These questions - and more - will pop into your mind during Land Of The Minotaur.... but, alas, there are no answers to be had. Frustrating, dumb and disappointing!