Devil in the Dark

It kept my interest and I really wanted to understand it all. I thought it would all come together and answer all thise unanswered questions. A nice tidy ending. But it didn't. For me that did not make the movie bad. I for one liked this movie and will watch another time to catch somr nuances that i may have missed.

MINOR PLOT SPOILER QUESTIONS. As a child Adam (Marshall Archibald/Kai Dickson) got lost in the woods and saw something that looked more like a guy in long johns than the creature on the cover. There are numerous flashbacks to the incident, but we discover that these are not Adam's (Robin Dunne) flashbacks as an adult as he later states he has no memory of the incident. Adam lived in the shadow of his older brother Clint (Dan Payne) who was Dad's favorite. Adam has been out of town for the last 15 years and didn't visit his dad when he was dying. The reunion opened a lot of wounds for the brothers to work out on a hunting trip, something Adam loathes. We get character build up for about 55 minutes then something happens. The nuts and bolts of the film were fine. I was just confused by the story itself. Shouldn't there be some sort of legend about what is in the woods, other than don't go on the plateau because a mentally handicapped person went missing there? Then there was the eye contacts thing. Sometimes they were in and a guy seemed possessed by something, but it was short lived. And then the whole Adam sad sack routine and what exactly did happen to him? The film ignores formula and closure unless the whole demon in the woods thing was a manifestation of their own personal demons and that too didn't have the proper build up, but was the only thing they did build up. Personally if I was out hunting with a guy who doesn't hunt and was hung over I would be wearing orange and wouldn't split up. Guide: a couple of F-words. No sex or nudity.

I actually enjoyed this film! The setting really adds to the terror and the two brothers having to see past their differences and fight to the end builds tension. Doesn't have the most thought out storyline, but I still recommend viewing.

This movie had so much potential!!! It's frustrating! I actually really enjoyed the creepy moments and even though I knew the odds were against them I was really rooting for these brothers to not only reconnect, but survive. I was very close to rating this one a 5 because it left so many loose ends. It presented so many questions never to be answered. The ending was the biggest question of all! It has a similar vibe as another film called The Ritual. Both out in the wilderness, both where the characters are being stalked by a mysterious creature, but unlike the ritual there really is no resolve. No explanation. No neat bow. If you like a movie that is eerie and has some chilling moments and is suspenseful without much of a conclusion you may really enjoy this film. Not everyone needs everything to be all wrapped up at the end. I don't, but I do prefer it.

'Devil in the Dark' drew me into seeing it, with a cool and creepy poster, an intriguing idea with a potentially relatable central relationship and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive. Actually found 'Devil in the Dark' fairly watchable, if not an easy film to rate or review. Had to think long and hard about what my thoughts were and how to articulate them. 'Devil in the Dark' is not great, or good, has a fair share of problems (fairly big ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There are however a number of decent, even good, qualities in 'Devil in the Dark', at least it wasn't intelligence insulting or inept (unlike some films seen recently) and the potential is not completely squandered. Lets start with the positives. The scenery is very atmospheric, likewise with the very nice way it's shot. The music is suitably spooky and doesn't distract at all from the atmosphere, while not exactly enhancing it. The acting is better than average from the whole cast. There are some scary and suspenseful moments once the film gets going and the central family relationship does have some genuine emotion, with the origin of the conflict being one of the few things agreed made completely clear. However, the story does feel over-stretched, especially in the first half, and too much of it feels vague, under-explained and gives off the sense of incompletion, with more loose ends than you can count. There is too much overlong exposition and too many extraneous scenes that could have been cut, and the central relationship/family scenes are too heavily focused on in favour of generating more scares. Dialogue can be stilted while the pace is uneven, especially in the first half where things take too long to get going. Didn't find the ending that scary or surprising and the big reveal was more silly than shocking. Overall, watchable but not devilish enough. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Interesting treatment of the 'Id,' sibling rivalry, hormone drives, love, regret, guilt. The undertone is possibly alien abduction. The creature resembles a grey, the darkening of eyes and the restraint scenarios. The suggestion that they had been there before and fragmented dream memories seems to be redolent of greys abilities of mind control and palpable suggestion. Anticipated the very ending, but I often do. 🥂

Character conflict is stereotypical, everything is a clichéd interaction between "sensitive guy" and "redneck guy and his redneck dad" Characters are unmemorable, I literally couldn't have told the characters apart (the brothers from their dad and their girlfriends from their mom) Character development is nonexistent The soundtrack consists of 2 boring repetitive segments of toned down inception noise and tonedeaf sad plinking on the piano The cinematography is AWFUL; don't let other people deceive you into watching this for the views - a home video of uncle Frank getting drunk in the woods has better cinematographic quality than this The monster and the supernatural effects are simply too old and not scary anymore.

I liked it a lot. Creepy/monotonous music, woodsy, proper gun handling, excellent ending.

The plot has too many unfinished plots. Even the ending is a unfinished story. Seems it was a movie made with lots of if's and the producer ran out of funds midway.

In British Columbia, Adam (Robin Dunne) visits his estranged brother Clint (Dan Payne) to reconnect their relationship after fifteen years apart from each other. Clint has always been the favorite of their father Glen (Daniel Cudmore) and Adam feels grief and sorrow. The plan to go in a hunting party along the weekend to hunt deer and supersede their problems. When they stumble upon a cave surrounded by deer antlers, they flee from the spot. But they are chased and stalked by a supernatural creature. Will they escape alive from the being? "Devil in the Dark" is a promising little film that begins as a drama switching to horror, but maybe with lack of budget to be completed. The cinematography and location are wonderful and the acting is good. But there are many subplots without explanation or conclusion. For example, Clint is the manager of a lumberyard and needs to fire four workers and…what? When Clint and Adam were children, Adam went missing from his father Glen and Clint in the woods. What happened? What is the creature in the cave? What happened in the cave? My vote is four. Title (Brazil): Not Available