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I was reluctant to see this after reading some not so glowing reviews. Also the ratings r pretty low. Saw lil bit on tv channel n got enticed into seeing this on a dvd. The cinematography and the acting were the factors that convinced me to sit thru the entire film otherwise it's a very slow film n the horror element is almost nada. The monster is not given enuff screen presence, the kills r almost zero but the mountain trekking part transports us with the brothers. The poster of the demon with the horns is also missing in the film but the lair of the creature n the mountain plateau is creepy.

Before i rent a movie or watch it on the internet i like to read reviews, what i notice in the past few months is that a lot of people post fake reviews, your read the review and think wow this movie does look good, sometimes the fake reviews come a lot earlier then the real people that have seen the movie and fool people into either buying or renting the movie.

This movie is like a real boring drama between 2 brothers with a touch of supernatural here and there. Glad i rented this part of a 3 movie bundle and ended up paying 6$ of the whole bungle. But still don't believe the great reviews this movie is receiving been done a lot before and better.

In British Columbia, Adam (Robin Dunne) visits his estranged brother Clint (Dan Payne) to reconnect their relationship after fifteen years apart from each other. Clint has always been the favorite of their father Glen (Daniel Cudmore) and Adam feels grief and sorrow. The plan to go in a hunting party along the weekend to hunt deer and supersede their problems. When they stumble upon a cave surrounded by deer antlers, they flee from the spot. But they are chased and stalked by a supernatural creature. Will they escape alive from the being?

"Devil in the Dark" is a promising little film that begins as a drama switching to horror, but maybe with lack of budget to be completed. The cinematography and location are wonderful and the acting is good. But there are many subplots without explanation or conclusion. For example, Clint is the manager of a lumberyard and needs to fire four workers and…what? When Clint and Adam were children, Adam went missing from his father Glen and Clint in the woods. What happened? What is the creature in the cave? What happened in the cave? My vote is four.

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I found some people saying this is is a boring movie but I found it quite the opposite. It's a different kind of horror and thriller - much more of a thriller than horror.

This movie focus a lot on the relationship of the two brothers because they are opposites, complete opposites to each other!

Nobody ever talks about the sound mixing but it is quite good - plus, the musics chosen are really good in my humble opinion.

The end, well, that's the part that gave me more chills and made angry at the same time, to be honest!

The plot has too many unfinished plots. Even the ending is a unfinished story. Seems it was a movie made with lots of if's and the producer ran out of funds midway.

This is a strange little flick that got me completely. The story looked not that promising, two brothers estranged because one was dad's favorite and the other one was the sissy, are going for a hunting hike deep into the woods.

Once in the woods this flick goes deep into characterisation and just when you think, okay no we know their backstory things slowly change into a supernatural flick.

It's not a big production which shows due the fact that it doesn't have any notable effects or even a spot of red stuff. What this flick do has is a good score, good acting and an all over atmosphere that creates slowly the creeps. Maybe you will be reminded of Blair Witch due the antlers hanging in trees and the night scene's full of weird noises but in fact this isn't a found footage.

I liked it a lot and clocking in under 90 minutes do adds towards the fact that it never is a boring flick even as it's mostly about the two brothers starting to know each other again. Nice surprise to start the year with.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

This movie definitely had potential but maybe fell a little short, but watchable nonetheless

Story was not crazy original but still good and Intriguing. I would say the best part about this movie is the acting. The guys did a surprisingly good job.

The pacing was a bit off with far too much exposition ( and yet things still felt under explained) and nothing particularly exciting happening till over half way through. The terrible CGI was quite disappointing, I would have rather seen someone in a morph suit than that lol there was also a lot of back and forth, physically and dialogue wise that was on the verge of feeling drawn out and tired, but just on the verge. Probably could have shaved about 20 min off. The ending, while again not crazy original or unexpected, was still good and felt right for what the movie was so I liked it.

All in all it was a decently watchable film but nothing to write home about. Would recommend maybe for a rainy day.

Devil in the Dark's an interesting little film.

Its actually not an easy one to review either. You can see a lot of familiar tropes on offer here.There are elements reminiscent of The Omen, The Descent, Blair Witch (without the annoying shaky camera thing or a witch), films like Snow Beast (for those of us who remember 70's horror) and no doubt others you can think of.

All of this takes place in a wilderness setting, offering lots of atmosphere, with some genuinely creepy, nighttime scares. What is particularly praiseworthy about this film, is how the stark outdoorsy scares are transported back to civilization in the closing scenes of the film. An interesting final twist that raises the hairs on the back of the neck.

The acting is not too shabby either, with a somewhat predictable back story that establishes the fractious relationship between two brothers.

All in all not a bad little horror flick. I give Devil in the Dark a seven out of ten.

Nice poster shame about the film... well, shame about the story actually.

This is NOT a horror story, nor is it a thriller. Basically, this is a drama about two brothers and their relationship in relation to their father and his death. These two brothers, Clint, played admirably by Dan Payne, and Adam, nicely acted by Robin Dunne, are two very different people with different interests and lives. Though in an effort to build some kind of connection between them Adam asks his brother to go on a camping trip with him. Clint turns it into a hunting trip. Adam agrees though he doesn't like hunting.

Adam suffers from a reoccurring nightmare where he's a kid lost in the woods. He finds himself in a strange clearing of dead trees that are decorated with stags antlers. There's something in the woods with him though he never gets to see what it is.

Imagine his horror when on the hunting trip with his brother they find themselves in the very same dead tree clearing.

It takes half of the film to get to this point. Up until then, we see the brothers arguing with each other, remembering past times, reconciling over other things. Even though the actors do a good job with their characters it's the story, written by Carey Dickson, that makes them unbelievable. It's not until the second half of the film that we're told it was Adams idea to come see his brother; if this is the case then why does he arrive late to dinner, wasting time driving around the town, and leave quickly afterwards to spend time with his old drinking buddies getting drunk. This doesn't ring true and there are plenty of other places in the script that feel the same way.

The director, Tim Brown, doesn't bring anything to the film. Instead of creating an atmosphere of unease and terror in Adam's dreams or when the brothers are troubled in the woods, he just gives the audience a bland rendition of the story.

The big letdown of the film is the reveal of the woodland monster. If you're a horror fan you'll know instantly where you've seen the naked blind albino humanoid form before - in a better more terrifyingly atmospheric movie, is where. On the heels of that is the "twist" at the climax. It's been done before and better - you just know it's coming. It's meant to leave you with a chill. It just left me sighing and shaking my head.

There are some good elements in the film which should have been built upon. The dead tree clearing. The stag's antlers. The antler tunnel. With these alone, a good writer should be able to form a story to chill the bones.

If you like horror films or thrillers then stay away from this movie, you won't get anything out of it. Though if you like dramas with moaning brothers in them... I still wouldn't recommend it.

This movie is a waste of time, the disorganized editing and the confusion of flashbacks and fake-outs mixed with a stretched out plot. There are several loose ends and scenes that needed to be scraped the moment they where filmed. It seems like a 3 hour movie cut at the middle with no resolution. Do not watch

'Devil in the Dark' drew me into seeing it, with a cool and creepy poster, an intriguing idea with a potentially relatable central relationship and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive.

Actually found 'Devil in the Dark' fairly watchable, if not an easy film to rate or review. Had to think long and hard about what my thoughts were and how to articulate them. 'Devil in the Dark' is not great, or good, has a fair share of problems (fairly big ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There are however a number of decent, even good, qualities in 'Devil in the Dark', at least it wasn't intelligence insulting or inept (unlike some films seen recently) and the potential is not completely squandered.

Lets start with the positives. The scenery is very atmospheric, likewise with the very nice way it's shot. The music is suitably spooky and doesn't distract at all from the atmosphere, while not exactly enhancing it. The acting is better than average from the whole cast.

There are some scary and suspenseful moments once the film gets going and the central family relationship does have some genuine emotion, with the origin of the conflict being one of the few things agreed made completely clear.

However, the story does feel over-stretched, especially in the first half, and too much of it feels vague, under-explained and gives off the sense of incompletion, with more loose ends than you can count. There is too much overlong exposition and too many extraneous scenes that could have been cut, and the central relationship/family scenes are too heavily focused on in favour of generating more scares.

Dialogue can be stilted while the pace is uneven, especially in the first half where things take too long to get going. Didn't find the ending that scary or surprising and the big reveal was more silly than shocking.

Overall, watchable but not devilish enough. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Interesting treatment of the 'Id,' sibling rivalry, hormone drives, love, regret, guilt.

The undertone is possibly alien abduction.

The creature resembles a grey, the darkening of eyes and the restraint scenarios.

The suggestion that they had been there before and fragmented dream memories seems to be redolent of greys abilities of mind control and palpable suggestion.

Anticipated the very ending, but I often do. 🥂

I actually enjoyed this film! The setting really adds to the terror and the two brothers having to see past their differences and fight to the end builds tension. Doesn't have the most thought out storyline, but I still recommend viewing.

The movie has the potential to be good, but just when you think it finally is going to get good, it just goes off, leaving you hanging and not really understanding anything. I hate movies like this one, it's like whoever made it said let's see how many people we can make mad by making them think they are going to see a great movie, but instead we're just going to tease them and leave them wondering what was really going on...

It kept my interest and I really wanted to understand it all. I thought it would all come together and answer all thise unanswered questions. A nice tidy ending. But it didn't. For me that did not make the movie bad. I for one liked this movie and will watch another time to catch somr nuances that i may have missed.

I wasted my time... Bad script, bad cinematography, bad focus assistant, bad story, bad lighting, bad actors, poor CG, GOOD drone shots. Slow and painful to watch movie. So much noise in the picture!!! Long and painful scenes and nothing is happening in them. Unclear purpose, unclean story. OK we get the family drama, lame and common, but nothing for the creature, for it's motive.

I liked it a lot. Creepy/monotonous music, woodsy, proper gun handling, excellent ending.

The acting, the plot, all of that was much more than I expected going in. The two estranged brothers are actually rather stellar in portraying their fraught relationship. Honestly, I'd say the brother's relationship is the main selling feature of this film, not the monster, and that's probably where some of the let down is.

That, and the effects are probably the biggest weakness of this film, as they're actually rather shoddy, and yes, that does take points out of this review.