Devoured

I hadn't heard about this 2012 movie titled "Devoured" from writer Marc Landau and director Greg Olliver prior to stumbling upon it by random chance here in 2024. I have to say that I was initially intrigued by the movie's cover, and with it being a movie that I had never seen (or heard about), of course I opted to sit down and watch it. The storyline in the movie was slow paced. Half an hour into the movie and nothing interesting or worthwhile had happened, and that made for a very slow paced and boring narrative. And I have to admit that I was struggling with finding the will to keep watching the movie, because it just didn't appeal to me. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but it should be noted that leading actress Marta Milans (playing Lourdes) definitely carried the movie quite well, despite the fact of having next to nothing to work with in terms of an interesting script, character gallery and dialogue. "Devoured" was a swing and a miss of a movie in terms of it entertaining me. And this is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on. My rating of "Devoured" lands on a very generous three out of ten stars.

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DEVOURED opens with a police investigation into the death of a woman in a restaurant. The rest is the story of what led up to it. Her name is / was Lourdes (Marta Milans), a hard working mother, sending her wages home to El Salvador for her desperately ill son. As the nights pass, Lourdes begins to see haunting images and seemingly supernatural phenomena. The more we learn about her, the darker her life becomes. This all leads to the final shocker, when the truth is revealed and everything spins out of control. DEVOURED is a suspenseful creeper with several jolts and twists. Milans is fantastic in her unhinged role, and the finale is just plain bonkers!...

I have just finished viewing this movie, saw the tailer in youtube and it seemed like a standard scary movie for a Friday night, you know just to pass time. You see this nice movie start the grind of someone that is reliving everyday the grind, like her on very own in-life purgatory trying to achieve her goal. But days come in and go by and you start to see the toll on the character, so close and so far away from her goal. The movie borders on slow and repetitive but aided by an amazing lead and intelligent script and nice cinematography and score one decides to soldier on and keep on watching. A few minutes before the ending you feel it is just a regular zombie, haunted house movie with a predictable end... but just as we come full circle at the end the movie, all the questions you had, all the inconsistencies you thought to have picked through the movie just explain themselves out in an absolutely amazing way. The grind, the repetitiveness of every day, the sympathy for the lead they are answered and in the end it comes up as a reward to the viewer. 20 minutes before the movie closed I was just thinking to myself, nice little art movie but pretty doesn't make for substance... 4/10... at the end... 8/10... how many movies do you know that not only do not drop the ball at the end much less raise the bar of the movie to a whole other level? Recommended without a doubt... and if I use JeremyJahns' ratings this is "Definitely worth buying on bluray"

I will never understand how someone can rate this a 1, unless you have the attention span of a flea. I liked the main character, she was sad and vulnerable and I thought the acting was pretty good. It isn't straight horror, more like part ghost story, part thriller. It kept my attention throughout. It's not the happiest movie, quite depressing actually but well made.

I watched this movie yesterday. When I saw this movie's rating on IMDb, I was suspicious about it. After watching this movie, I came to the conclusion: first, the movie is slow paced & second, this movie is not scary enough. However the acting by actress Marta in lead role is pretty good but sadly it alone is not enough to make the film enjoyable. All the side characters in movie have been given negligible role to play. Movie just focuses on Marta but after a certain time, it loses grip over the plot & pace. The only thing, I can say is if you really have some free time then watch this movie & expect very limited horror only from this movie. It seems the director is trying his hands first time at horror genre.

Trying to write this without a spoiler - hmmmmm. The story line jumps around unconnected and is not believable (there has to be a small thread of possibility that this movie lacks). A woman from El Salvador is working to make money to help her son that lives with her mother. The "horror" make-up is really bad. It will really remind you of the stuff you purchase once a year at those pop-up Halloween stores. The acting is poor. Not sure what else to say about that. And I really enjoy seeing unknowns over "big names" - but these actors just weren't working here. There is excessive BOTOX. You would think by now there would be a clause in contract regarding BOTOX prior to filming. And the last few minutes ultimately try to tie together an entire movie that made no sense. Unclear why there were so many breaks with food, chopping and cooking - maybe to tie it into the title - but it brings nothing to the disjointed movie.

6.6 of 10. It's rare that you get horror combined with a finely structured mystery and an Irreversible shout-out. That's what you get here. Great relative to most horror, pretty good as a film overall. Had more thought gone into the film's title, it would get another bump up. There's an unspoken subplot in this film involving what crosses protect you from. But telling you how that turns out will spoil the ending. The film as a whole could be discussed thoroughly about what other allusions and metaphors the film serves up on modern American society, immigrants, employment, and boss-worker relationships. Horror worthy of showing in a film school.

this isn't your usual horror movie. it's slow moving but never boring, easy on the eye but always uneasy. very well-acted and executed. i liked the food preparation scenes, and very sympathetic to the protagonist. it's gruesome, unpredictable, and sad. if you are tired of slasher/monster/ghost horror, then i would recommend it. if you're into the over-done gore then give it a miss. i have watched too many horror films to be cynical about this one which tries to do something different, and successfully.

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