The Devil's Left Hand

Right, well I had never heard about this 2023 horror movie titled "The Devil's Left Hand" prior to stumbling upon it by random chance here in 2023. And with it being a horror movie that I had not heard about nor seen, then of course I opted to sit down and watch it, as I love horror movies.

And I figured that since the movie had scored a 6.3 rating here on IMDb, when I sat down to watch it, then it seemed like I would be in for a fair enough horror movie experience. Little did I know just how wrong I would be proven.

Writer and director Harley Wallen delivered a rather lukewarm horror movie here. The script, storyline and narrative in the movie felt amazingly random, generally lacking a red thread throughout the course of the narrative. It felt and looked like writer and director Harley Wallen was just making things up on the fly as the filming of the movie progressed.

The acting performances in "The Devil's Left Hand" were fair enough. Nothing outstanding or great, though. But the actors and actresses on the cast list did well enough, given the limitations imposed upon them by the script - or lack thereof.

Something that did work in favor of "The Devil's Left Hand" was the special effects. Not that it was mind-blowing special effects that will knock your feet away from under you or anything. But taking into consideration the level of production and the amateurish feel that the movie had to it, then the special effects were actually fair.

For a horror movie then "The Devil's Left Hand" was a swing and a miss. Nothing scary about it throughout the course of the 98 minutes that the movie ran for. Again, things were just too random and inconsistent to have a proper build up for a scare effect.

My rating of "The Devil's Left Hand" lands on a three out of ten stars.

Kept scratching my head after I started viewing this stinker, knowing I'd seen it before but couldn't locate my record of it. Looked it up here on imdb, clicked one of the actor's links, and voila! Turns out it was released in 2019 under the title Agramon's Gate. There's a discrepancy in the listed run-times, but I assure you it's the same lame film. Same lame cast, same lame direction, same lame dialogue (the primary couple refer to each other as "babe" so many times it's hard to remember their actual character names!) In more capable hands, the story might've been made interesting, but as is, it's decidedly not. The poor excuse for an ending seems like a set-up for a sequel, to which I can say only please God, no!

If you like suspense, mystery, spooky and creepy mind games then I think you'll enjoy this. I saw Ash & Bone and I guess I kind of expected something similar and I'd say the only things similar was quality camera work., good acting and story and the music was really good! I'm not a fan at how much horror has changed to gross and disturbing effects with ridiculous kill counts has become the trend and so much is now completely void of a coherent story, intrigue and characters you actually care about.. it's a rare breeze of fresh air on what's lately been a stagnant pond of horror. Pro-tip: I saw it on Redbox incase you want to see it "free" since it's not free elsewhere.

I will admit i did not really get 'into' this movie.

I havent seen the agramon's gate everyone says this movie completely copied, but i will say the movie seemed to bore me a lot. But it is indeed trying to convey childhood traumas which is a good concept. I think they had this great concept but it just wasn't written well and then the acting had some average people but also a lot of really new people to acting.

All in all i congratulate them on finishing the project but at the same time - not to sound bad - but I am surprised this got released. I think it is good though because it was good practice for everyone involved but the actual merit as a movie itself is very .. well - it's not so great.

To be frank - anyone saying "this is good" is ... not to be trusted. And anyone saying "this is GREAT!" is ... insane.

I must say though - Aphrodite Nikolovski is very attractive and her voice was sensual - The star male's acting was by far the best but even he couldn't really seem serious with the script he was given. The music score was very good so i give it points for that - but as a movie itself it needed more work much more work - I can't really say much more.

Harley delivers a suspenseful yet thrilling ride in The Devil's left hand! It may be an indie production, but the film knows exactly where it's stands. Not just a horror film but the way it reaches into the paranormal as well as suspense make this an excellent yet easy to follow watch. Wallen shows a true knack for his way to bring you out of your seat and wanting more. In a long time has there been a film twist the devil and a demon together to bring a whole different feel something totally different. Paranormal activity meets the Conjuring. Harley displays his gift for writing and directing! Don't sleep in this one.