Attack of the Demons

This movie was fun from start to finish, and was obviously a labor of love. It pays wonderful tribute to Italian horror films of the 70s and 80s. Although the method of animation is "low tech", there are some wonderfully composed shots. Fairly consistently too. I'd love to see what director Eric Power could do with a much larger budget.

I was intrigued by the films art style which vaguely reminds me of early South Park, something I can see some people being fairly split on whether they liked it or not. Going beyond that, the monsters were all fairly unique and it was glad ot see them go beyond usually zombie fair.

Unfortunately, the voice acting comes off very flat which really comes out when characters should be scared or worried about things. Additionally, many characters lines come off as stilted and strange. There are plenty to reference but I will go with one The character Nat calls out "Are you guys okay? I can't see anything" Kevin responds in a dead pan tone "We are both stuck in the mouth" and the character Jeff follows up equally deadpan "I think I am going to fall"

I LOVE comedy/horror films. So, seeing this in that genre, I figured it would at least be worth a watch.

Great effort was put into the South Park style animation, and I applaud the makers for that. However, to put in less effort for the acting and script would impossibly require effort. Every one of the actors sound like they were forced by their parents to finally leave the basement and do something productive no matter how much it pained them. There were attempts at humor, but I get the impression this was the writer's first attempt at humor, and having never experienced humor wasn't sure how it works.

In summary, great example that anyone can make a movie.

Attack of the Demons (2019) is an animated gem that I recently watched on Prime. The storyline follows a group of friends in the mid 90s that live in a small Colorado town. When a local cult unleashes a demon apocalypse the group of friends will try to save the world.

This movie is directed by Eric Power (Path of Blood) and contains the voices of Thomas Petersen, Katie Maguire, Andreas Petersen and August Sargenti.

The animation for this picture is very basic but worked. The depiction of the 90s was a lot of fun and spot on. The storyline was fairly straightforward but worth following and the kills and background music were awesome. There's a fox demon and numerous spitting ooze sequences that are really good. The final battle is entertaining and wraps the movie up well.

Overall, this is a unique addition to the horror genre that I would recommend seeing once. I would score this a 7/10.