Demon Squad

My rating is based on what the film makers and actors did with the obviously very small budget.

There is a magic macguffin the PI is trying to find. The opening scene in a dive bar turned paranormal bar is really good. They got a number of extras and did really good work with the small amount of makeup budget.

Given the limited number of sets the whole crew did a nice job. The story makes sense, internally there are no glaring plotholes.

Character motives are clear, the cheap special effects are pretty good in context.

The dialog broke down too quiet several times, I am sure because of the budget.

I think like others who have watched this, I watched in MST3K S13. That is the only way that I could have possibly gotten through this. I wouldn't suggest anyone raw dog this.

The overacting felt insulting. The shaky camera was dizzying. The sets were extremely low budget making it look like a student film. Lighting in many scenes was practically forgotten. Movies this bad usually have a certain charm about them, but honestly this one didn't have anything. It struck me that the production didn't enjoy making it.

It is described as film noir. I wouldn't, unless you count one or two lazy archetypes trying to achieve that.

The prosthetic makeup was I guess the only positive. A good showcase for the films make up artist.

The story was whatever. Demon hunter/gumshoe falls for sexy client. They fight demons. Not original but that's fine.

The problem was the acting. It was atrocious. Watching wasn't bad but listening was another story. Might have been a better movie with the volume down and closed captioning on.

I am a huge Paranormal film noir fan. That said, I knew this didn't have a huge budget, but from the first scene in the demon bar I was hooked. I liked the snarky Nick Moon and his plucky Girl Friday. It made me glad I have amazon prime.

I saw this because of MTS3k (Mystery Science Theater 3000) and it is expectedly bad.

The acting ranges from bad to 1st time doing line levels of bad - 2/10 The script isn't terrible, it's nothing great but it would work with better acting, directing, effects and lightning - 3/10 The cinematography is poor with a few decently done shots - 3/10 The makeup for the demons rages from simple but effective to actually decent work that belongs in a better movie - 5/10.