Devilreaux

Holy crow this movie is BAAADDDDDD. Starts off with some really bad acting store owners who for some reason are opening a shop devoted solel to Devileaux -- whomever THAT is. You'd think that they might want to diversify a little in the product line, but nooooooo. What happens next are a series of cuts all over the place, hospital, restaurant, and 1800's. The so called "teenagers" all look like they are pushing 30. The acting is dismal. Thes are trul 4th rate actors. You are not prepared for how bad the acting is. I was wondering if these were just friends who wanted to make a direct to video film or if these people are actually pursuing an acting career. For most of them, it's too late. The Candyman guy akes an appearance. He must need money. But frankly, his acting is no better than the rest of the cast.

Devilreaux (Vincent M. Ward) is the surname of a slave and his son who was murdered by three prominent white families. His mother (Meberate Abajian ) was a voodoo priestess who was raped by the owner. She curses their bloodline. His spirit enacts revenge on the blood line when he is summoned by Ouija or cow bell. A group of kids were attempting to summon him in the Michael's mansion/museum where the incident took place. Much of the story is told as a flashback. This include the 19th century events which takes a good 45 minutes and also the teens playing in the house. They needed less on stuff that happened in the past. Lexi Allen (Monaye Moyes) was a teen that survived as she explains her story to Lt. Bobbie Briggs (Krista Grotte Saxon ). Krista Grotte Saxon went to the Angelique Pettyjohn school of acting. It was sad. They could have written better scenes and spliced things together more effectively. The plantation flashback should have been shortened and the kids playing in the museum a bit longer. Guide: No swearing or nudity. Rape scene.

So horrendously bad & low budget that even casting the Candyman himself couldn't help it. The acting & historical accents were atrocious. The scenes depicting slaves/slavery were so cringy that I had second hand embarrassment. The story & plot went from bad to worse, cheap set designs & bad costumes...idk how many ways I can say bad... En Español; mala, poor, awful, dreadful, crummy, lousy.... Movies often require us to suspend our beliefs but the best films are at least somewhat based in reality, this was pure nonsense.... The demon coming back wearing a cheap synthetic braid wig after he died with a low cut minutes prior or a cop administering a "lie detector test" in a hospital to a shaken, crying, & upset patient just moments after their attack. I mean the whole point of the test is to monitor stress levels right... nvm! Just skip this!

Devilreux is a low budget- borderline homemade horror- featuring a shovel-wielding Baron Samedi type character, with a backstory about being the son of a Voodoo witch, that was murdered by a family of racist slaveowners, before being brought back by his mother...to reap vengeance from beyond the grave. The character, himself, is alright. But the rest of the acting is so laughingly bad. It makes it hard to take the film seriously. Especially considering the poor plot structure around which the story is based. Which I'd chock up to director Thomas J Churchill having way too many projects on the go at once. Because it jumps around way too much, and lacks cohesion. Going from the opening sequence; to a completely unrelated case, used to introduce the backstory of the character; followed by a lengthy (much too drawn out) flashback sequence, that comes off as a bit redundant- and feels like it should have been the basis for the film as a whole (as opposed to taking place on the two different timelines). The flashback needed to be much shorter, and more succinct, to prevent it from ruining the flow of the film. Considering the length it is, it should, at least, have been used as the opening- before jumping forward in time, to the present- with a bunch of scenes cut for lack of importance. The main problem is, that they take no time at all, to develop the characters we are supposed to care about. So it never manages to fully engage you on any front. A condemnation that results from the overuse of time and resources on the development of the backstory. And it's lack of cohesion, overall. The best things about the film are definitely the sets and costumes. Which come off as impressive, in relation to the low budget feel the rest of the film gives off. However, they aren't enough to save this from being the travesty it is. Because it flows so badly...that it's impossible to care about any of the plethora of characters that are introduced. So this gets a hard pass from me. 2 out of 10.