Product Details

• Actors: Hedges Capers, Denver Pyle, Susan Strasberg, Percy Rodrigues, R.G. Armstrong
• Directors: John Newland
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starmaker/Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: October 10, 1991
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302246962
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,372 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Legend of Hillybilly John. Cult Classic Rare NEW WORLD PICT. original VHS Release. A film starring SEVERN DARDEN and Denver Pyle with Susan Strasberg. Music by Hoyt Axton. Tagline: He Stood Up To Evil and Defied the Devil. Based upon the famous book Who Fears The Devil? The Legend of Hillbilly John. An eerie supernatural down-home guitar picking flick. Set in the hollows of the Appalachia and across the great wide country.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars only movie made from Manly Wade Wellman book, September 2, 2004

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Ira Lebowitz "married lawyer, dad of 4," (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legend of Hillbilly John [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm crazy for Manly Wade Wellman's writing. I saw the only other video available - an episode of the twilight zone and an episode of Night Gallery; so I had to watch this movie. The music is excellent as it really fits the mood of the Silver John books.

But the special effects are so cheesy that they are comical especially to me as I grew up sneaking bad horror movies when the baby siter was talking on the phone.

You can check out www.manlywadewellman.com for more info.

You should watch it for the music and the beautiful mountain scenery. The effects would have been better served by taking a BLAIR WITCH approach and not showing very much.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Z-Movie, October 22, 2005

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John Oconnor "Wrong Reverend Pope John the Me... (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legend of Hillbilly John [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie must have had a budget of $1.98. For such a low budget, though, it is excellent. It has the feel of Manly Wade Wellman, although the added Grandpa John, and the girl who isn't Evadare, don't fit. Other than that, it's decent. It's also rather antigovernment, but then, most intelligent people are, I guess. The greatest evil has got to be Congress, right? It's cheesy, but it's well worth watching.