Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy

I don't even know if I can give it one star. It's one thing to make a really bad movie in good humor, but when you're trying to be serious and don't realize how bad it is, that's a problem.

Devon's Ghost: Legend Of The Bloody Boy had potential to be a pretty good "B" horror movie. Instead, what we got was a movie full of atrocious acting and a director who seemed too afraid to get down and dirty with the slashing. Devon (Reza Bahador) could have used a little bit of work as well. He came off as a ticked off Yankees fan rather than the star of a horror movie. The box-cover looked good with the baseball theme and the bat with a saw-blade attached to it. That is really what attracted me to this movie in the first place, but truly failed to deliver when it counted.

The plot was somewhat muddy and clouded, but in general, it seemed that Devon was murdered by his parents. They were eventually acquitted, thanks to a Johnny Cochran type lawyer, who just happens to be the father of Symphony (Karan Ashley). Later, both the parents and the lawyer disappeared without a trace and it is chalked up to the ghost of Devon. Soon after, couples start turning up murdered in a brutal fashion and police wonder whether it is actually the ghost of Devon or some kind of copycat killer.

The worst part of this movie is most definitely the acting. Usually, I can find at least one decent performance but I am sad to say, there was not one here. The worst of which was Kristy Vaughan, who played Genesis. She has absolutely no skill or delivery. I would say she ruined the movie but she was just a drop in the bucket. Johnny Cruz, who played Craig, reminded me of Joseph from King of The Hill, but was not as good an actor.

If I had to find something good about the film, it's best quality is the fight scenes. Skipping over the fact that the "helpless" girl seemed to be somewhat an expert in Kung Fu or something, the fight scenes looked as decent as any other kung fu movie. The sound effects for the fights were bad as well but I do not have the time to nitpick the whole movie. I can not recommend this movie, not even to the hardcore horror "B" Movie fans. 2/10

This is crap, alright? Total crap.

Badly shot, bad effects, bad story, bad acting, bad everything. There are a couple of scenes that are not totally horrible, but all in all this is boring.

I bought this just out of curiosity, and hoped for the best. Did not deliver the best.

People saying this movie is good are just people in the crew, or people who have not seen any other movies, ever.

It's a good while since I saw this, and I don't remember much. I remember it was a total drag to watch. Not a good sign.

Ratings here on IMDb, are usually pretty safe to go by, but sometimes the rating is totally wrong. In the case of this movie though, you can go by it. Safely.

UK title - "Sawed". Found a second hand copy dirt cheap in a charity shop, liked the cover but also (correctly) guessed that this was going to be cheap and most probably bad. I did check out some of the reviews on here prior to watching this film & at first I thought that they were a little harsh. However, as the movie progressed it just got worse & worse. Acting certainly is not great, though I have seen worse. Devon does wield a pretty cool looking baseball bat & there is a reasonable number of kills. Most, however, are off screen. The continuity is, at times, an utter mess. Perhaps Devon can teleport!? And near the end the makers decided to turn this into martial artist versus the slasher. Oh, and the soundtrack is just awful & so inappropriate at times. Overall, a pretty bad slasher movie, though there are even worse out there!

First review on IMDb. This one pretty much barks at the moon. Some of the most wretched acting I have seen even in a B flick. I think it's pretty obvious this must have been some film and media course's class project, and like almost all such, they elected to make a horror movie because it doesn't require a lot of sets and props, costume, etc.

Now, to be fair, I've seen some of these class-project horror flicks that were passable first attempts. This wasn't one of them. There was one refreshing new face, Kristy Vaughan, who actually LOOKS and SPEAKS like a high school girl instead of a twenty-something starlet in a cheerleader costume, but frankly that was this flick's only redeeming feature. To add insult to injury, towards the end they apparently decided (correctly) that making a horror movie was a lost cause, and so they switched to making a martial arts film.

To be frank, I think this entire crew other than the Vaughan girl needs to think about real estate or fast food management as a career.