Bedeviled

I watched this both when quite drunk, and while mostly fast forwarding. It was so predictable I could even follow it on x30 speed.

I actually felt quite bad for the 'actors', as they're going to be remembered for this complete and total train crash of a movie.

Is it scary? No. Cheap? Yes. Well thought out? No. (But could have been). Original? No. (The Ring etc... did a much better job). Recommended? No no no.

Please people... Look at the reviews and don't waste your time. I promise... It really is THAT BAD!

0/10

I gave this one a chance because the trailer made it look like it had a creepy Nightmare on Elm Street vibe (which turned out to be more of an "It" vibe). Overall the film is meh; a movie made by folks who only know life from other C grade films. Cases in point; the group of high school friends don't talk, or act, like high-schoolers (all the females, including the extras in the brief classroom shots, were cast from the "hot girl" casting pool and non of them look younger than early twenties); with two or three brief exceptions these kids practically live in a bubble - none of them have parents, or siblings, or know anyone else at school except each other since they don't interact with anybody or have outside interests and certainly no jobs (they live in super fancy homes yet none of them even have maids, or gardeners in the absence of parents); they know they're being stalked through their phones by an evil app but still continue to go home to their dark, empty houses and stay connected thru their phones. Oh and isn't it lucky that amongst the group there just so happens to be a studly computer genius who can figure everything out for them - possibly even completing the work of a renowned deceased scientist - and yet the evil computer app who knows everything about them doesn't even deal with that threat. If those kind of unbelievable, unrealistic, and totally synthetic behaviors and situations never bother you then you might enjoy this flick. There's one or two decent little sequences (I like the evil teddy bear) and they obviously spent all their budget on some cool effects instead of the necessary re-writes to make the film anything more than barely tolerable. And they saved money by not hiring good actors also. But it seems like all they simply wanted to do was make a movie just like other movies, regardless if those were good or bad.

Bedeviled by horror stereotypes. Thats how I would describe this film.

Lamentably everything about this flick has been done to death (pardon the pun). It's replete with horror stereotypes we have all seen a million times before.

To get away with recycling well worn ideas something at least little different is needed, not to mention a lot of polish but really, its just not there.

Thats not to say Bedeviled its a bad film. Its a fun production, with what appears to be a limited budget. It does reasonably well with what it has. Its story line is predictable but not terrible and the acting is actually, quite good.

I would say this film is certainly worth a look just don't expect anything especially novel or remarkable. If you can accept this limitation give Bedeviled a go, it's certainly fun and does have a few, decently creepy, moments. Six out of ten from me.

I never like starting any sort of a review with a negative, but I can't approach reviewing this in any other way. This is not a very good film, in fact it's actually a pretty poor film.

It has some truly interesting ideas, but the realisation is pretty poor. Evil invasion by app sounds great, but sadly it just doesn't work. There's an effort to make it feel old school, it has a vibe of Nightmare on Elm Street about it, plus it has a few references, It and Truth or dare being two, sadly though Bedeviled is not in the same league as either.

Some good visuals, but we don't get them for long enough. Best scene definitely Cody being chased through the car park, that was great. The acting was also an issue, at times various members of the cast were very wooden.

So many wasted opportunities. 4/10

This flick has a nice plot (not original but fun) and some really gorgeous young actresses (the main reason to watch this).

Sadly there are way more negatives than positives. Sound design is terrible. I really hate the old trick of popping up the volume 1000% when someone screams. Also, this kind of movie needed way way...way more SFX. All you get in this are homemade quality SGI, and quite few at that (The SGI in the final scene are especially bad).

This flick is for a fun night with friends, a few laughs, and watch preferably while playing a board game or something. Enjoy...