A witchdoctor named Dr.
Henry Armitage (Dean Stockwell) performed
an exorcism by using his special powers
to perform an exorcism on a possessed
teenager named Caitlin (Natacha Itzel)
and had her cleaned from an evil spirit
and thinks his troubles are over.
However, there's a demented family as a
Midwife (Victoria Patenaude) gave birth
to a beast with octopus type of legs and
the family kidnaps other people for it.
A team of inspectors named Walter Rice
(Griff Furst) and Professor Fay Morgan
(Sarah Lieving) team up to go on a search
for these missing people as well as any
clues on the evil's that are going on
with the people who kidnap these people
leading themselves into danger with this
demon.
I couldn't
understand this movie too well plus it
was very cheesy and made on a low budget
that you can tell the CGI effects were
computerised. However, after I found out
that this was a made-for-cable movie I
understood why it looked cheaply done
since most of those types are.
The plot looked like a cross between a
remake on Texas Chainsaw Massacre
and The Exorcist
flicks with barely any style at all. The
plotlines were very weak and stale. But
some scene's looked impressive with the
storms and evil happenings as well as
showing some fangs from a beat which
looks like the creatures from Aliens.
There's many pointless dialogues with
businessmen, inspectors and preachers
having meetings about what is going on
and so fourth and I was thinking to
myself that I'm in alot of trouble if
this keeps happening.
Nothing
too special about this flick and it's
apparently a remake to a 1970 flick as
well as based on a short story by
H.P. Lovecraft.
The acting is a
little rusty but some of these actors try
the best they can throughout their
performances like lead actor Griff
Furst who shows a good charming guy
next door type of attitude as one of the
inspectors in the film plus had the right
attitude and looks too.
Dean Stockwell tried his best to
play a witch doctor of some sort but at
times he lacks and other spots he's on
target such as his emotional behavior
during a certain part of the story in the
film.
Jeffrey Combs seemed to pull his
role off well as a crazy one in the film
showing nice strange expressions and an
unsettled speaking voice too. He came
across clearly that he wasn't a normal
person at all.
Natacha Itzel did her job ok while
she was possessed and showing a different
side to her after she was exorcised and
having a nice outgoing type of appeal to
her role in it.
M. Steven Felty really stressed his
part well as a crazy old man in the film
just showing expressionless looks on his
face and the things he said came across
believeably.
Victoria
Patenaude was by far the best
supporting actress in the film acting
totally insane, loud and creepy looking
all putting it together with what she had
to do. She showed alot of terrific energy
in her role and never showed a lacking
moment. You won't be disappointed folks.
Jesse Barksdale had a small role in
this film as a blindman but he was very
strong with his performance and seemed
very realistic by doing this part that I
had to discuss it. Great job indeed.
We spot a couple of topless
women lying on a couch barebreasted
There's a hair piece cut
off from a scalp with a maniac toying
with it.
A top of a head is chomped
We spot a good shot on
supporting actress Victoria Patenaude
going in labour during the beginning
of the film which looked freaky as well.
We spot a dialogue with supporting actor Dean
Stockwell about to perform an
exorcism and having a dialogue with
supporting actress Shirly Brenner
sobbing about her daughter being posessed
in which the direction on this looked
very lacking in energy.
We spot some cheesy actions on
Natacha Itzel acting possessed on a
bed acting wild with Stockwell
trying to use his powers to perform and
exorcism as all this looked very corny.
We spot a nice shot on Patenaude laughing
crazily while holding a prop of a head
stroking the hair of a wig.
There's a good shot looking up on Jeffrey
Combs getting out of his vehicle
near a gas station and showing an evil
expression.
We have a nice shot on supporting actress
Lacey Minchew entering a
washroom and looking around with Combs
entering with a cloth over her nose
knocking her unconcious.
There's nice menacing moments with Patenaude
and Combs towards Minchew
as well as a good shot on her against a
wall with creepy monstrous looking legs
grabbing her.
We spot a nice raging moment with Joseph
Diaz pointing his shotgun towards Patenaude
with her cackling and then a good
close up shot on Combs spitting
venom on his face with a great tense
reaction.
There's a good shot with certain actors
doing a cult ceremony with Minchew
lying on a floor.
There's many good dialogues scene's
between Griff Furst and Sarah
Lieving in their car together with
many good takes on them chatting and was
nicely directed.
There's a good presence by Jesse
Barksdale as a blindman talking to
both Furst and Lieving
in his corner store in which the
direction on this looked very mysterious.
There's a perfect camera shot on Patenaude
acting evil speaking towards M.
Steven Felty lying on the ground
doing well in pain with a perfect shot on
him being dragged away.
There's many good takes on both Furst
and Lieving exploring a house
with a good shot on a long corridor which
almost leaves a similar impression like
watching The Shining.
There's a good moment with both Lieving
and Furst trying to talk to Stockwell
with him acting like an emotional wreck.
There's a nice shot looking down on
Lieving making a pentagram on the grassy
ground in a field and then joining Furst
and Stockwell about to perform a
cermemony with plenty of good shots on
them struggling a storm showing good
energy due to Scott's work on
it.
We don't
hear much of a songtrack in the film but
the odd classical msuci performing for
the real susepnseful moments but there's
some good clanging sounds during a scene
at a corner store which sounds very Texas
Chainsaw Massacre like.
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