The Ogre (1988 film)

The Ogre (aka Demons III: The Ogre, The Ogre: Demons 3, House of the Ogre and La casa dell'orco) is a 1988 Italian horror made-for-TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti. It was the fourth of four films made for the TV series "Brivido Giallo" (other films include Graveyard Disturbance, Until Death and Dinner with a Vampire). But, like the very similar Zombi series, it has little to no relation to the films it claims to be a sequel to. It, too, is followed by many unofficial sequels. "The Ogre" was released in some areas as the unofficial third entry into Lamberto Bava's Demons series. For another unofficial third entry see Umberto Lenzi's film Demons 3.

Plot

Cheryl, an American writer of horror novels, travels with her husband Tom, and their young son Bobby, to a villa in rural Italy for a few weeks of vacation, and for Cheryl to work on her latest book. When Cheryl begins having nightmares from when she was a child of being stalked by an ugly being, an ogre, she tries to persuade her skeptical husband that the villa has a curse on it and it is using its power to manifest her nightmares into reality, including the demon/ogre. Cheryl must find a way to face her fear and somehow defeat the ogre before it starts claiming victims.

Releases

The film was released on on Region 1 DVD by Shriek Show. Though the alternate title "Demons III: The Ogre" is present on the box art, the title card on the film itself is still just "The Ogre."

External links

• The Ogre at the Internet Movie Database