DEVIL'S DUE

(2014) 89 Minutes, Rated R

A.C.’s Review:  January is the infamous month for dumping films that the studio has no faith in. The general consensus is that these films are all worthless. While that is true of 99% of the cases there are a few diamonds in the rough so to speak. Devil’s Due is one of them.

While it is the latest entry in the seemingly never ending fad of “Found Footage” movies it manages to overcome that by presenting interesting and sympathetic characters played by good actors. Stars Allison Miller and Zach Gilford are surely not household names but they turn in good performances as a couple whose life becomes a mounting nightmare following their honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.

It all starts on their last night when they are picked up by a cab driver who brings them to an underground dance club. Quickly the couple is drugged and unaware an anti-Christian cult has impregnated the bride Samantha with one of many Anti-Christs that will soon be born to plunge the world into evil. Following the ritual they are returned to their hotel room and wake up with hangovers and return to the U.S. 

Shortly thereafter Samantha learns she is pregnant but the joy slowly turns to horrors as ominous things began to happen to the couple and Samantha begins to change.

I won’t say any more than that but the film sets out to do what a film is supposed to do. It entertains for an hour and a half. Not every film has to be academy award worthy.

The only points I will put against it are the common weakness of found footage movies in that it’s hard to suspend your disbelief that someone would keep filming when they are running for their lives.

Best Scene: Three teenagers who stumble across Samantha in the woods when she is possessed meet their demise in a violent and exciting sequence.

A.C.’s Rating:  I felt it was worth full price but I am going to say DVD because most people wouldn’t pay full price for these types of movies after being burned so many times.

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