Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy

I don't even know if I can give it one star. It's one thing to make a really bad movie in good humor, but when you're trying to be serious and don't realize how bad it is, that's a problem.

First review on IMDb. This one pretty much barks at the moon. Some of the most wretched acting I have seen even in a B flick. I think it's pretty obvious this must have been some film and media course's class project, and like almost all such, they elected to make a horror movie because it doesn't require a lot of sets and props, costume, etc.

Now, to be fair, I've seen some of these class-project horror flicks that were passable first attempts. This wasn't one of them. There was one refreshing new face, Kristy Vaughan, who actually LOOKS and SPEAKS like a high school girl instead of a twenty-something starlet in a cheerleader costume, but frankly that was this flick's only redeeming feature. To add insult to injury, towards the end they apparently decided (correctly) that making a horror movie was a lost cause, and so they switched to making a martial arts film.

To be frank, I think this entire crew other than the Vaughan girl needs to think about real estate or fast food management as a career.

When the Canyon High School reopens under the administration of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, the students recall Devon Anderson (Reza Bahador), a boy that killed his parents and vanished. On the first day of class, there is double homicide and Symphony (Karan Ashley), her boyfriend Craig (Jonathan Cruz) and her friends Josh (Johnny Yong Bosch) and Genesis (Kristy Vaughn) believe that Bloody Devon is back, but the police believe in a copycat. The sensationalist reporter Miller also attributes the murder to Devon. But Devon is really back with his baseball golf and he wants to play killing people.

"Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy" is awfully ridiculous, actually the "perfect" bad movie since everything is terrible. I usually like low-budget and independent movies, but this flick is among the worse ones I have ever seen. The title refers to a ghost, but there is no ghost in the story. The silly and uninteresting screenplay is flawed, with the most unreasonable situations, terrible lines, using clichés and characters that stumble and cry instead of running away or defend themselves. The direction is poor and the acting is weak, but most of the actors and actresses are young and will certainly have chance to improve their performances in another film. The cinematography and lighting are cheesy. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil): "Caçada Sangrenta" ("Bloody Hunting")

This was one of the worst movies I have seen in quite some time. The acting was terrible, the plot line (if you call it that) was predictable and had me on the edge of walking out. It seemed as though the makers of this, I guess you would call it a movie, read the book "horror movies for dummies" and took all the bad horror movie stereotypes it could find and used them. Including the old "haven't you seen a horror movie" line. Obviously, the makers of this movie had not. This was more of a slasher movie than a horror movie, and I found the plot holes in it wide enough to drive an eighteen wheeler through. I would suggest you avoid this movie.

UK title - "Sawed". Found a second hand copy dirt cheap in a charity shop, liked the cover but also (correctly) guessed that this was going to be cheap and most probably bad. I did check out some of the reviews on here prior to watching this film & at first I thought that they were a little harsh. However, as the movie progressed it just got worse & worse. Acting certainly is not great, though I have seen worse. Devon does wield a pretty cool looking baseball bat & there is a reasonable number of kills. Most, however, are off screen. The continuity is, at times, an utter mess. Perhaps Devon can teleport!? And near the end the makers decided to turn this into martial artist versus the slasher. Oh, and the soundtrack is just awful & so inappropriate at times. Overall, a pretty bad slasher movie, though there are even worse out there!