The Devil's Tail

Ugh, this 2021 horror anthology "The Devil's Tail" was brutal. And not in a good way brutal. Nay, this movie was just a swing and a miss from writers Mauro Croche and Taz Pereyra.

First of all, I didn't know that it was an anthology when I sat down to watch "The Devil's Tail", so the storyline made zero sense as things seemed very random and just change from one scenery and story to another in the blink of an eye. Normally, I am not overly keen on horror anthologies as they tend to be dubious at best.

But I continued on watching "The Devil's Tail", even after figuring out that it was indeed an anthology. But the stories just didn't have all that much appeal or punch, so it was a very bland and prolonged experience to sit through this movie from directors Nicole Goode, Carlota Pereda and Taz Pereyra.

Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble that participated in the making of "The Devil's Tail". But since they virtually had nothing solid or interesting to work with from the script and storyline, then the performances just never found a footing, and it was a drag to sit through.

For a horror anthology then "The Devil's Tail" was bad, not just dubious, but downright bad. And this is not an anthology I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on. The best part about "The Devil's Tail" was actually the movie's cover.

My rating of "The Devil's Tail" lands on a two out of ten stars.

The 1st scene was great,I thought this was setting the tone for the entire Movie. BEWARE<NOOO,,It was different vignettes,After the first 6 minutes this became UNWATCHABLE!! Totally ridiculous,what was that thingy on the floor! Listen friends, I have been trained for 50 years to critique Movies,STAY away from this ABOMINATION!! I was actually embarassed for who ever filmed this JUNK!! OH I watched 15 minutes of this for free on a channel we all love. I was actually shocked to find it. But even FREE I turned it off. The older gent in the 1st 6 minutes was awesome after that bathroom scene, TURN IT OFF!!

This movie not only fails to tell you it's gonna be an anthology in the description but the overarching frame story of the hospital isn't good and bares next to no actual connection to the other included stories. I think maybe the people in the stories might be patients of the hospital but I'm not even sure. In any event the stories suck, have a hint of a feminist undertone and a major dollop of "people are cruel", and the only vaguely scary bit is the burned ghost guy on the poster who is only in the movie for maybe 5 minutes. It also has an ending that I think is supposed to be a twist but just comes off as confusing and bland. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!

Yeah, so first off, neither the synopsis nor the video trailer said this was an anthology, which might be how they get people to actually watch it since most if not all horror anthologies really aren't done well enough to get someone to watch the whole thing. This one is no different, and I wouldn't have finished it if I wasn't "watching" it while playing mobile games and browsing the internet at the same time.

The stories don't seem to have any common connection beyond how people can be cruel. The only bit that really would fit into a horror movie would be the burnt guy from the trailer, so if you've watched that, then you've seen all the scary bits that the film had. The acting was mediocre, except for the nurse who was horrible. I honestly don't know what this was supposed to be about, if it even had a story behind it.

This isn't horror, I'm not sure what it is, but it isn't that... Maybe some art student can contrive some far fetched idea what the artist wanted it to be like people do with modern art. Time is better spent rewatching Kitchen nightmares as that's scarier than this by far.

It's not a bad film, not a great film.

But the reviews saying it bounces around may miss the fact it's an anthology horror?

If you go in knowing that it's an independent film that's a bunch of short stories, it will make a lot more sense.

Anthology horrors seem to be only as strong as their weakest story, but they do allow for fun and unique punch lines. It's a good way for independent filmmakers to promote their stylization and ideas to potential investors and for future films. We have seen this happen with many films like Terrifier. Hope to see bigger and more polished work come from some of these creatives.

Although not the best use of your time, you are watching horror build itself authentically from the ground up, and most importantly filmmakers that actually LIKE horror do so.