Demon Tongue

I enjoy indie movies with an original idea, no matter the budget.

This movie fails miserably in engaging the viewer due to: exaggerated use of cheap effects found in editing software, repetitive audio effects such as whispers with echo, poor acting performance (actually, the people in this movie are probably not even actors), dialog volume not normalized, and stereotypical characters.

It's hard to recommend this movie. While you can argue that simply releasing a movie is enough to get credit this is bottom of the barrel low quality horror. The story is generic, the acting is terrible and the lighting/sound/editing all don't really come up to scratch.

I'm really not sure why this film was made since it doesn't have much to say or a sense of fun, if it was the entry for a film competition or school project I wouldn't be surprised. Bottom line is there just isn't much of value for a viewer to take away, so it's probably best to avoid.

an early appearance of the antagonist or the third person's antagonist was not really an accurate move since it would not let the viewer experience the recognition moment when everything makes sense. I think it belongs to the routinous other movies except from this abrupt rush to show some of the antagonists. Horror movies should have a next move to a different era of horror movies since the same dynamics have been used since a long time and a new paradigm should be deployed. In other words, it doesn't seem to be a canonical horror movie genre even the characters seem to be robotically talking making lose the feel for the natural talk. The movie is for first timers who want to get to know horror movies twists.

Just so everyone knows where I am coming from, I love horror movies, be they big budget efforts, low budget schlock, or anything in between. As long as the story has, well, a story that can be followed. It doesn't have to have a beginning, middle, and end, as long as it is coherent.

Demon Tongue has this. But this is about all it has. Nothing original, and a bit thin, but OK for an indie film. 3/10 feels about right. It's below average, but not a complete stinker. Certainly better than anything I could attempt.

I have witnessed worse acting and directing.

Sets and costumes are OK.

Visual effects are also OK.

Cuts between shots are a bit choppy in places, but, again, I have seen worse.

But the sound. The sound is terrible. It is extremely inconsistent. I expect some poor audio in outdoor settings, with smaller budgets, but it alternates from voices so quiet, I cannot hear what is said (needing to up the volume more than a reasonable amount, often to no effect), then suddenly switching back to a reasonable level, which is, of course, now blaring. And it is no better in the few indoor settings, suffering from the same issues. This took me right out of the movie, and basically ruined my whole experience.

For me this is a "watch once, in the background, while doing some task by rote, to pass the time" offering.

Cheers,

You guys it's so bad that it's enjoyable. With no good acting in sight and a script so terrible, this is The Room-esque level of an experience. Also, it admits it takes place in a room below a haunted volleyball court. Truly delightfully terrible