Devilreaux

So many of the scenes in this film were acted as if they were filming a low budget p**no. I am a huge Tony Todd fan, like epically huge, and this is hands down the worst performance of his career. It's like he saw that the rest of the acting was so bad that he decided to make his acting be bad to match theirs. They tried to jump the storyline around to make the point interesting I guess but they just jumped the story around and made it stupid and convoluted. I'm genuinely mad that I spent $6 to watch this movie. Like I genuinely want my money back. I was very hyped for this movie and now I'm very disappointed. Some of the scenes were well done. The set for the house was very beautiful and realistic. Most of the other sets not realistic.

This film is the worst film I have seen in many moons. Like RIP Tony Todd but he was in his late 60s when This was made. And whhhhhaaattt?? The acting is so so so bad - and who proof read the script??? There is a line that literally says and I quote " we went to the origins - the starting place " hahaha anyways I love Tony Todd and I'm sad he is gone. But my lord this is so so bad. Like I want to get drunk ( am trying to right now ) and write a script and it will be at least less painful.

I guess my review is too short so I am adding extra words so I can fill this in. My boyfriend said that should not be a problem considering I talk too much about nothing.

So hopefully I will be able to post this.

So horrendously bad & low budget that even casting the Candyman himself couldn't help it. The acting & historical accents were atrocious. The scenes depicting slaves/slavery were so cringy that I had second hand embarrassment. The story & plot went from bad to worse, cheap set designs & bad costumes...idk how many ways I can say bad... En Español; mala, poor, awful, dreadful, crummy, lousy.... Movies often require us to suspend our beliefs but the best films are at least somewhat based in reality, this was pure nonsense.... The demon coming back wearing a cheap synthetic braid wig after he died with a low cut minutes prior or a cop administering a "lie detector test" in a hospital to a shaken, crying, & upset patient just moments after their attack. I mean the whole point of the test is to monitor stress levels right... nvm! Just skip this!

Right, well the cover for the 2023 horror movie "Devilreaux" definitely seemed interesting, and the fact that the movie had Tony Todd on the cast list certainly also helped to peak my interest.

I had never actually heard about this movie from writers Thomas J. Churchill and Vincent M. Ward priot to sitting down and watching it. But that hardly mattered, because I have a preference for the horror genre in general. The storyline in "Devilreaux" was fair enough, and by that I mean there was definitely potential here. Just a shame that director Thomas J. Churchill didn't utilize it to the fullest. The movie started out fair enough, but then rapidly started to lose its momentum about halfway through, and from that it never recovered.

The acting in "Devilreaux" was adequate, for the most parts. I get why Tony Todd is billed on the cover/poster, because he is the only familiar face on the cast list, but the guy was hardly in the movie. And why they opted to cast Jackie Quinones for such a major role in the movie was just beyond my comprehension, because acting wasn't her strongest side.

Visually then "Devilreaux" was okay. It was not a movie that used a whole lot of special effects, for better or worse. But I have to say that the design of Devilreaux was actually good, though his eyes were not milky as on the cover.

"Devilreaux" came and went without leaving a lasting impression, and it was actually just another one of those Tony Todd movies. You know, the horror movies that show up and disappear just as quickly.

My rating of "Devilreaux" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

Where to start? Story line is like so many and one wonders when people will learn. I mean seriously: a curse from the 18th century? Just a tad too corny. The whole feel is like Jumanji, using a ouija board and then the nasty ghost arrives holding Mike Myers ax.

Nothing against the main characte, Tony Todd, but he's a poor mans Geoffrey Holder/Baron Samedi from Live and Let Die.or as someone else put it: Papa Shango getting ready for the Royal Rumble!

Is there something positive....it's not filmed with a handheld camera and thus has a professional feel to it. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 3.

If you really got nothing else to do, it could be a time killer movie, otherwise save your 1 1/2 hours and do something else.