Demons at the Door

In general, I think the digital revolution is a good thing. Somewhere in the world, the next Sam Raimi is creating a horror masterpiece using just a digital movie camera, a home computer and a copy of Final Cut Pro. Hopefully very soon, someone is going to reinvigorate indie horror on a small budget and I can't wait to see it.

This is not that movie.

You know you're in trouble from the first frame of this movie. There's some kind of ridiculous voice over about angels that plays over some really terrible CG shots of the Earth from space and some kind of comet. Then, it cuts to a shot of two archaeologists working on some kind of dig. Apparently they have discovered some kind of ancient door, which they are brushing clean of sand. Take a stock shot of the desert and superimpose a picture of two people with paint brushes in the lower left corner. That's the way this shot looks.

Reading one of the other comments, I was led to believe that the lead "actor", Richard Benedetto, is some kind of established comedian. If I were Richard, I wouldn't quit my day job. Physically, he's a low rent combination of Lou Ferrrigno and Frank Stallone. His acting is the only horrifying part of this whole movie. I'm also not buying the idea that this was meant to be funny. The movie only sways into an absurd comedy in the last half hour. I think someone probably watched the first hour and realized that it wasn't working as a horror movie, so they rewrote the ending to make it into a screwball comedy thing.

The effects are obviously done on a home computer, but not anything that was made before 1979. These look like they were done on an Atari 800. These effects are worse than anything you'll see on a third graders flash animation site. The lighting is horrible. It's as if they couldn't afford a light bulb over 40 watts or they didn't know how to open up the aperture on the camera. They tried to fix this in post by blasting the image with as much light as possible, which just makes it grainy. There are shots in the movie that are so grainy that you'd swear there was sand in your TV screen.

Clearly, the writer and director were influenced by Sam Raimi, but they also seem to love the lowbrow comedy of Trey Parker. Their attempt to create a movie that combines South Park and Evil Dead is a questionable goal to begin with... the result is worse than you can imagine.

I work at Blockbuster, so I get free rentals. I saw this and said "what the heck, it's free". I haven't laughed this much in a very long time. Horribly bad computer effects paired up with horrible dialog and horrible acting makes for a very funny movie about a battle between humans and the hordes of Hell. If I had to compare it to something I'd compare it to Evil Dead 2. The gallons of green demon blood, the chainsaw, the possessed hand, are all in this movie. And the ending is so unexpected and ludicrous that it caps off the excellent hilarity of this movie. If you're looking for laughs and can put up with horrible acting and effects, watch this movie. You won't regret it.

This movie sucks. It was not funny (like some of you are saying), and it is most definitely not scary. The acting sucks, the effects SUCKED, and so did everything else. The music didn't help much. It seemed as if they just had a soundtrack of one band and played it throughout the movie. Let me give you some examples of why it sucked: It has the Aqua Team Hunger force floating objects effect It's graphics of the monsters are worse than Evil Dead's. The acting was not good at all. A monster tried to have sex with a girl (which wasn't funny, just stupid) There was 'cool' music playing during dull scenes etc.. I recommend that you avoid this movie at all costs.

i'm giving this movie 3 for 2 reason. I liked the soundtrack (ICP) and the main chick was hot. They used the same special effects that you see in Aqua Teen Hunger Force (for those of you who don't know it, it's a cartoon). The opening story was typed on a computer, hell my gf was even able to tell us what font they used lol. oh and the opening credits...LONGEST CREDITS EVER!!!! The acting was horrible and you'll never look at Satan the same way again. I was cracking up for a good part of the movie because it was just soooooo bad. If you're someone who likes to watch bad movies then you should see this. Especially if you have a thing for rapping demons.

After watching this movie two thoughts crossed my mind. The first one being why did I rent this? the second one being. "I think i am dumber now then 2 hours before." This movie was so bad words are hard to find to explain it, but I will do my best. The dialog was horrible, full of really bad one liners. The plot sucked beyond all reason. The special effects were done with micro soft paint. If I had made this movie, I wouldn't show it to my friends, relatives, family or anybody. if i had anything to do with this movie I would keep it a secret to the grave. There is one scene where a monster comes out to attack one of the soldiers, but you can see his HUMAN FOOT. A boot must have fallen off or something, but it is right there in the open. This movie was a waste of my time. If I could get those two hours back of my life I would. This film should be burned and barred for life.