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Better the Devil You Know

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
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Better the Devil You Know (2009)
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In this ambitious indie fantasy-comedy, three childhood friends reunite when they crash and burn in their personal lives and are forced to move back to their hometown. After one is visited by a recently deceased high-school friend in a dream and warned that the Four Horsemen will soon be coming for him and his pals, the incredulous trio soon discovers that each of its personal demons are in fact about to appear in forms all to real -- and dangerous. If they hope to make it out alive, they will have to fight for their future.-Jonathan Freys, All Movie Guide
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When Tom Anderson is visited by a deceased high school friend in a dream, she gives him only one warning. She tells him that the Four Horsemen (characters from his latest novel) are coming f... Read allWhen Tom Anderson is visited by a deceased high school friend in a dream, she gives him only one warning. She tells him that the Four Horsemen (characters from his latest novel) are coming for him and his friends at noon. But once his friends get trapped in town with him, the bat... Read allWhen Tom Anderson is visited by a deceased high school friend in a dream, she gives him only one warning. She tells him that the Four Horsemen (characters from his latest novel) are coming for him and his friends at noon. But once his friends get trapped in town with him, the battle for their future is about to begin. What they think is a dream is about to become a re... Read all

  • Director
    • Greg Augustine
  • Writer
    • Greg Augustine
  • Stars
    • Greg Augustine
    • Ryan Berard
    • Don Beringer
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
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    • Director
      • Greg Augustine
    • Writer
      • Greg Augustine
    • Stars
      • Greg Augustine
      • Ryan Berard
      • Don Beringer
    • 5User reviews
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    Greg Augustine
    • Young Sword…
    Ryan Berard
    • Gerald Raymond…
    Don Beringer
    • Sam's Father
    • (voice)
    Tim Beringer
    Tim Beringer
    • Tom Anderson
    Mary E. Borchardt
    • Trisha Goldwyn
    Daniel A. Brown
    • Male student in classroom
    Dana Calamia
    • Female student in classroom #2
    Harold Fager
    • Sword…
    Amanda Franecki
    • Jennifer Leland
    Nate Haban
    • Homeless person #3
    • (as Nathaniel F. Haban)
    Carrie Harris
    • Miss Ellsland County's friend at the bar
    Josh Hughes
    • Movie theater manager…
    Debra Lopez
    • Newscaster
    Andy McCain
    • Sam Goldwyn
    Josh McClenney
    Josh McClenney
    • Mark Austin
    Emily Morrison Weeks
    • Emily Goldwyn
    Chris Nehs
    • Timothy Rhoads…
    Jessica Nehs
    • Drive-thru speaker
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      • Greg Augustine
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    Absolutely awful!

    I just finished watching Better the devil you know and I can advise no one to do the same. The film is about three friends that come back to their home town because they felt the 'urge' to do so. All of them are without a job and at first that is thought the reason that they came back to the village they grew up in. One of them, Tom Anderson, has had a dream where his and his friends death was predicted to him. The film continues from there.

    Better the devil you know is a low budget movie and has that written all over it. Unfortunately not in any good way. It lacks a decent story, talented actors and decent music. This actually might have been the first comedy that didn't even make me think about a possible smile. Leave alone actual laugh. Despite the boring beginning I thought this film might have had some potential. I couldn't have been more wrong. After the film ended I was wondering if I could think of a worse way to spend my time.

    I cannot think of any audience that will like this movie and cannot advise anyone to spend time on this attempt of a movie.
    8rmccain

    3 non- musketeers that made me laugh

    A new kind of humor for me.. . serious farce. quick wit almost "nit wit" but entertaining. subtle humor you could easily miss. But don't miss this flick. Loved Sam's job, and the drive-thru fast food scene. Andy McCain as Sam is a totally believable nerd as a person we all know in life. The attempts to escapes out of town are cool. Some lighting imbalance from character shot to another but added to the fragmenting of the story bits. There could be more about Sam and the techo-haunting of each character but what was there was fun to watch. I bought the 2 disk set from Amazon and suggest that the making of and the out takes give the viewer a full picture of the challenges and fun that goes into a one camera low budget indi film. PROPS.

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
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      • Better the Devil
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      • Augment Image Studios
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
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