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The Devil's Chair

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
3.3K
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The Devil's Chair (2007)
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Nick and Sammy's drug-fueled visit to an abandoned asylum turns tragic when Sammy is killed. Years later, Nick is released from a mental hospital and returns to the site with a psychiatrist ... Read allNick and Sammy's drug-fueled visit to an abandoned asylum turns tragic when Sammy is killed. Years later, Nick is released from a mental hospital and returns to the site with a psychiatrist seeking the truth.Nick and Sammy's drug-fueled visit to an abandoned asylum turns tragic when Sammy is killed. Years later, Nick is released from a mental hospital and returns to the site with a psychiatrist seeking the truth.

  • Director
    • Adam Mason
  • Writers
    • Simon Boyes
    • Adam Mason
  • Stars
    • Andrew Howard
    • Pollyanna Rose
    • Olivia Hill
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    3.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adam Mason
    • Writers
      • Simon Boyes
      • Adam Mason
    • Stars
      • Andrew Howard
      • Pollyanna Rose
      • Olivia Hill
    • 52User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Andrew Howard
    Andrew Howard
    • Nick West
    Pollyanna Rose
    • Sammy
    • (as Polly Brown)
    Olivia Hill
    • Nurse
    Nadja Brand
    • Dr. Clairebourne
    Eric M. Breiman
    • Asylum Clerk
    Gary MacKay
    Gary MacKay
    • Driver
    David Gant
    David Gant
    • Dr. Willard
    Louise Griffiths
    Louise Griffiths
    • Melissa
    Elize du Toit
    Elize du Toit
    • Rachel Fowles
    Matt Berry
    Matt Berry
    • Brett Wilson
    Paul Sweeney
    Paul Sweeney
    • Patient
    Graham Riddell
    • Demon
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Adam Mason
    • Writers
      • Simon Boyes
      • Adam Mason
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    5xillib

    Andrew Howard (Nick West) carries the movie on his back

    I was on the fence whether I should vote 4 or 5 on this. While this horror flick is interesting and has some good effects in regard to the chair itself it definitely lacks in some areas around acting and story. (For example, the main character is in an asylum. He's released to a professor who wants to write a book on what happened when Nick's girlfriend was killed. Probably not such a smart idea.) However, the lead actor, Andrew Howard, really is the lynch pin that keeps the movie together. If he hadn't been as good in the lead role I would definitely have rated this lower. He enables the movie to have enough interest for you to want to see it through to the end. There is the usual blood and guts but overall it happens in the right places and isn't done without advancing the story. If you're a fan of B horror I think that you'd like this. If you only watch horror occasionally I'd pass on this one.
    6Quebec_Dragon

    And now for something slightly different

    This British horror film is unusual in a few aspects. It starts by showing the end (or is it?) of the story. It has the main character, Nick, as a narrator, who's more often a commentator who hits the pause button (freeze-frame) when he makes a comment. Nick is considered criminally insane because of the way his lover died 4 years ago in an abandoned asylum, but Nick insists it was due to supernatural causes (involving a weird chair). Early in the film, Nick admits he can be the only one who did it although he doesn't remember doing it. An old professor, his assistant and two students have the "genius" idea to bring back the supposedly criminally insane Nick to the asylum where the murder was committed, to study him. Right there, I had a problem believing such a dumb idea could actually happen.

    The "devil's chair" in the abandoned asylum is a sinister-looking chair with a skull, initially inoffensive, which "probes" people (creepiest effects of the movie) before shunting them off to another version of the asylum with a demon-skulled tentacled monster roaming. I thought sometimes it looked freakish, sometimes amateurish. The acting was unequal, but I think it might have been intentional. The pompous old professor was atrocious in his line delivery. The main character/narrator was actually good playing it serious, troubled, intense, sometimes mean, channelling Jason Statham. The others were OK, except the brown-haired assistant that was also bad, but nowhere near the level of the professor. There were jarring changes in the tone of the movie with the main character actually admonishing the viewer once. The "normal" version of the asylum was undermined by the irrational, sometimes corny, behaviour of the characters, which in a way got eventually explained. The "other" version of the asylum was sometimes unnerving with interesting cinematography.

    However, it's the last act (last 20 minutes or so) that was really horrifying with its final twist that I liked but that might frustrate others. For low-budget horror, it does try to be somewhat different but ends up a mixed-bag. I wondered what messages the creators were trying to convey if anything. One of them might be that the true horror doesn't lie in supernatural shenanigans but in the human psyche. Another might be simply what the main character spews out angrily at the viewer near the end. I don't think I particularly liked this movie, but I found it positively peculiar nevertheless.

    Rating: 6 out of 10 (Good)
    3tinkrbelfluttrs

    It doesn't make sense but i think that was its intentions..

    Im a huge horror fan and after watching this it left me feeling very uneasy towards the end it doesn't make sense none of it does but when you grasp the ending you begin to realize the devil chair/torture chamber wasn't real the entire movie was based on nick wests demented sociopathic mindset it was merely in his mind that was infact confirmed when the scene showed him kissing the student Rachel who resembled his first girlfriend only to realize she was not there thats when the movie is put in its true perspective that it was all in his mind that every scene was not real it has a clever story plot but the CGI monster wasn't scary at all and the gore seemed somewhat repetitive i give it a 3/10
    8vivisected

    An Interesting Spin on the Classic Horror

    I just got back from seeing this movie at the TIFF and I will start out by saying that if you are the type of person who likes to have everything clearly spelled out for you in a movie, this film is not for you. Likewise, if you are looking for a non-stop gorefest, you are likely to be disappointed. All of that aside, I thought the movie to be very interesting and certainly worth the watch. I've never been a fan of movies with narration, but this one executes it quite nicely. The narrative dialogue is witty and often injects a bit of humor into the film. The main story follows a man (Nick) in a mental facility for the criminally insane after he and his girlfriend enter an abandoned asylum and she dies. Nick insists that she was taken by a demonic chair. 4 years later, a doctor has him released, so that Nick, the doctor and his team can explore the scene of the murder and thing quickly go down hill from there. The cinematography in this film is interesting and the sound effects give the movie a lot more edge considering the gore is minimal aside from the liberal use of blood. Overall, this movie was definitely worth watching and I look forward to its release on DVD so I can watch it again!
    3megamuirs

    amateur and unoriginal

    I am a big fan of English film and have been excited by recent films like The Descent, and Dead Mans Shoes in the horror genre; and I hope that filmmakers with the sort of vision that makes these films possible get all the accolades and funding that they require to continue taking English film forward.

    however, this film and its director Adam 'I'm a t**t' mason, makes me embarrassed to have been born in the same country. To say this film is conceited would be a massive compliment, it attempts the self aware horror take a la 'Man Bites Dog' where the protagonist psycho talks to the audience and even at one point says 'is this what you want, this badly written, terribly acted horror movie' or something of the sort and I agree whole heartedly. The acting is shallow, the 'big plot twists' are tedious and I found it difficult to care about the characters at all.

    I implore that you do not watch this movie unless you are staving off suicide with terrible self involved movies

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    • Trivia
      Louise Griffiths's debut.
    • Quotes

      Nick West: Hi there. I'm Nick West. I'm medicated, how are you?

    • Connections
      References Hellraiser (1987)
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      The Heritage
      Written by 'Martin Grech'

      Performed by 'Martin Grech'

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    • Release date
      • September 22, 2007 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Третье измерение ада
    • Filming locations
      • Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Renegade Worldwide
      • Soho Square Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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