Devil in the Dark

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.

'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

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.

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.

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.