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I liked this movie. It is not as good as Art of the Devil 2 in my opinion, but, actually, the two movies don't have much to do with one another anyway. The acting was really good in this one although some of the voiceover choices in English are not effective.

The story has been done before. It is a standard movie of greed and revenge. This movie does this story well and the practical effects are really good. I liked how the director made use of angles and cut-aways to use the gore effects more effectively.

I recommend this one.

Fans of unusual Asian horror will no doubt be familiar with the spate of weird and rather unsavoury films that emerged from Hong Kong in the early 80s; titles such as The Devil, Seeding of a Ghost, Centipede Horror, Calamity of Snakes, and Devil Fetus delivered disgusting gore mixed with black magic, and quite often featured a plethora of slimy or creepy critters (bugs, worms, eels, snakes etc.) crawling from corpses or victims' mouths.

Thailand's 2004 horror Art of the Devil, from director Tanit Jitnukul, is very reminiscent of such films: it's a revenge film that sees a woman using magic to torment and kill the family of a man who wronged her. It features some nasty gore, plenty of hokey voodoo rituals (including one that involves the use of a dead baby!), and LOTS of eels, but although it has the occasional good moment, the film is rather tedious overall, not as nasty as I had expected, and is hampered by some mediocre acting.

Jitnukul's direction is slick and the film has a very polished look, but with a narrative that meanders rather aimlessly until the predictable conclusion, plus lots of confusing flashbacks, it's hard to stay interested for the duration. Lead actresses Arisa Wills and Supakson Chaimongkol (as vengeful bitch, Boom) are both easy on the eye, and provide a little incentive to remain focused, but, in the end, Art of the Devil proves to be nothing more than another forgettable horror flick.

5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

In ART OF THE DEVIL, a woman uses black magic to destroy her ex-lover and his family, after he abuses and humiliates her.

This is an underrated, supernatural revenge film from Thailand. It uses religion, superstition, and human frailty to tell its story of betrayal and a family curse. Some of the death sequences are unforgettable, like the vomiting of razor blades, and a hospital room floor covered in blood and eels! Very effective, but not for the fainthearted!...

This film essentially begins with a young woman by the name of "Boom" (Supakson Chaimongkol) having an affair with a rich businessman and accidentally getting pregnant during this time. Realizing that he is extremely wealthy, she goes to him and demands a large amount of money--which he immediately pays. Having done that, however, he then has her gang-raped by several associates just for spite. So, after recovering from this horrific event, she subsequently demands more money--but this time she is beaten up for her efforts. Completely enraged, she seeks out a practitioner in black magic who casts an evil spell on all of those who raped her--to include the businessman's entire family as well. Sure enough, not long afterward, all of these people die in such an extremely gruesome manner that it catches the attention of a journalist named "Danai" (Somchai Satuthum) who immediately begins to investigate these incidences under the suspicion that black magic is somehow involved. Meanwhile, thinking that her unborn child is now the only heir to a fortune, Boom is shocked to learn of a court settlement granting the businessman's estate to his former common law wife "Kamala" (Krongthong Ratchatawan) and her children instead. Quite livid at this new development, she quickly devises a plan to ingratiate herself with this family while at the same time employing the same black magic specialist to destroy them in the process. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film turned out to be a rather standard Thai horror film which suffered somewhat from a lack of character development and an overabundance of repetitive death scenes. That being said, while this wasn't necessarily a bad film by any means, it could have used some improvement and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

This film trilogy now known as "The Art of devil "is really like in Mexico, the first film in countries Latin America and Mexico this film is known as "The Fingers Twists of the Devil, "the second movie as" The Art of the Devil "and I must say that is my favorite! Then I read "The Art of the Devil 2" As you heard the first: 'The crooked finger of the devil " has nothing to do with the second "Art of the Devil" and the last 2: "The Art of the Devil" and "The Art of the Devil 2" if the second supplement is the first sequel for all those who have not seen the movies that invite you to visit the following Spanish page: http://joanamolko.spaces.live.com in the movies section