The Devil in Me

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Plain & simple: a horrible movie. It tries to rip-off better movies, like The Exorcist or The Entity and fails miserably. The opening credits are something straight out of YouTube. Wait, no, that's unfair...I've seen better opening credits in YouTube. This was Greg A. Sager's first attempt at making professional movies...and I have an advice for him: please Mr. Sager, don't quit your day job yet. He is the Director, Writer & Editor of this abomination. At least he did an "ok" job in the editing dept. The script is awful and completely ridiculous. It's filled with plot holes and full of ludicrous situations. The acting is simply atrociously bad. There's not 1 good actor in the whole movie. I'm serious: sometimes it feels like a homemade movie, as if some friends just grabbed one camera and said "let's make a scary movie, you guys!". Photography is a mess and I'm starting to feel like they didn't do the catering right. The FX are complete trash. And most of them are just CGI. Bad CGI. The only "redeeming factor" of the whole movie is that they took one of YouTube's most infamous "scary clips" and remade it almost exactly. So yeah, it's that unoriginal. But hey, at least they've proved that the YouTube video was a hoax...right? Seriously...don't watch this poorly made and very badly acted piece of garbage. Remember that life is finite. You've been warned.

A girl dealing with a relative's illness comes back to continue a new year of college with roommates and hooks back up with her boyfriend who is cheating on her with one of the roommates. They have just moved into a new house. The character that is central to the story goes to visit a psychic after a night out in a club. The psychic of course gets upset and tells them to go and shortly afterward you see that this girl is first oppressed and scared and then possessed. This is the typical course of most possessions that I have seen in movies or read about in connection to exorcisms. The story is about how it takes over the girl and what happens as a consequence. This was a Canadian film so I wouldn't recognize most Canadian actors unless they did a lot of American movies so the issue of well known is moot. The acting was actually pretty good. You can tell it is a lower budget film but compared to all the movies of this type I have seen on Fear.net and other stations that predominantly show horror this one was one of the best. Of course all of these movies will be reminiscent of the Exorcist because it is a movie about possession and most often a Catholic priest will end up being involved even though exorcisms are done by other types of clergy and even non clergy. It is much more colorful and more recognized. The special effects were actually subtle and as to whether they were purely CGI I wouldn't know because I am not in the movie making field but they were good enough to get a rise out of the viewer here and there. All in all it was a pretty good low budget movie in my opinion. If you want a lot of graphic blood and guts this one has some but the whole movie is not about that. It is about the rivalries of the three girls involved. The main character's boyfriend cheating on her and trying to avoid getting caught and the unbelievable to most around her consequences of the protagonists possession partly because she is still a virgin and the demon involved who goes nameless wants a child. The title is intimating it is the devil therefore the reason for the alternate title of Devil Seed. The ending was good and I will leave that for a surprise for those who choose to view this movie.

Watching this film, I was constantly struck by the way the director inserted himself into the project with such a loud thud. Playing camera and light tricks that seem designed only to showboat his technique, what is really revealed is an object lesson in the old phrase "Knowing just enough to get oneself in trouble." I can only hope that with the passage of time, the director/writer/editor/Svengali behind this wet splat comes to be humiliated by how amateurish he once was as he's grown into creating valid works. Plotwise, NO new ground is covered here. Not a centimeter of fresh ideas, but a fairly sizable contribution to teen-boy gratification fantasies wherein pretty girls say the c-word and a bleach blonde gives generously to the public nipple fund and the heroine is ...naturally, a virgin. Completely gratuitous gazongas (In the shower, of course!) is a sign someone has lost focus. This film doesn't ever seem to have bothered so much as looking for its reading glasses. To get performances this poor on film requires determination in casting, extraordinary bad-luck or a George Lucas level micro-managerial determination to suck any kind of reality out of the otherwise human-shaped beings verbalizing and mugging on the beleaguered screen. Add to that a series of times where you can literally speak the dialogue before the characters do, and you have a morbid product to foist upon people who could have otherwise put that hour and a half of their fleeting lives into anything and found it more worthwhile. The question of why it was made has been tossed out in a few reviews and while it seems like a bit of a mystery, I don't think it is at all. The answer lies in the opening of this review. It was a vanity piece created by a would-be auteur without talent or technique enough to assemble a film worth watching. I just hope he's able to grow using this film as experience. Another film this bad and Ewe Boll is going to be hiring hit people to come after this guy for working his stretch of sidewalk. Best recommendation is for 12 year-old boys who've never heard of horror films before. THAT would be a happy group. Anyone else is going to find themselves checking their phones during most of this digital face-palm.

Oh well, here is the review... The movie itself is acceptable. It is not bad... ...that much. I have the impression that the director wanted to copy the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose, as I noted elements of that movie in this movie. I have nothing much to say about this film other than just deja vu. Nothing special. Not to sound harsh, but I lost time watching this movie. I really do not recommend others to watch this movie because there is nothing to see. At the beginning of the movie, I was expecting some terrible/scary scene at the end of it. I thought for the beginning of this movie to be just an introductory story into much more horrifying scenes. But none of this. The actors are bad. Too bad. I rated movie with a good 3, because the film does not deserve a higher rating... ...Too bad.

The introduction suggests a possession in 1972 terminated by the killing of the possessed young woman by a Catholic priest. Then we shoot forward to the present, say 2012, the year of the film's release. Alex rides home from an airport with Jessica; they arrive at the new house where they meet Breanne, and soon Brian. Brian was Alex's boyfriend, but he had been intimate with Brianne when Alex arrived. Alex's grandmother has been ill, which was why she was gone most of the summer. Brian acts like things are still good between them. That night they go to a party. Brian makes an excuse about needing to be with his father, and leaves the party early. As Jessica and Alex walk home a bit drunk, Jessica insists on stopping at a psychic's shop to check out whatever is needed to see the future. Sigh. So let's see, we've got sexual infidelity, drunkenness, and messing about with occult implements. In the setting of Catholic mythos, this means there has to be at least one bad consequence coming up. Jessica is incredibly insulting to the psychic, referring to her as a gypsy to hippie crossbreed, a 'gyppie.' This fits in with the plot, but what a terrible thing to say to someone you are going to for a service. The psychic asks for cash; Jessica supplies some for Alex to get a reading. The psychic guesses that Alex is an Aries, then asks which kind of cancer it was. Alex takes that to refer to her grandmother. The psychic goes on to say that Alex's mother has passed; the mother is worried for Alex. The psychic sees someone with Alex, and commands them to show themselves. The whatever takes possession, or at least a toe-hold with Alex then. Alex gets home OK, which seems unlikely. Then the signs start showing up: electrical appliances start of their own accord; things go bump in the night; whispering voices; the next day, unexplained partially healed lacerations. This is 30 minutes in. Bump in the night goes on for quite a while. Brian continues to cheat on Alex with Breanne. Alex starts to sleepwalk, in a creepy way. Alex and Jessica discuss this the next morning. Alex starts researching possession in the library and online. She does not seem to have the tools to get out of her situation. People start to notice. She meets with a mixed bag of effective and ineffective advice and help. The cheating boyfriend is not all that helpful, nor is the well-intended professor at first. Soon enough, Brian just blames the whole thing on her so he can break off the relationship. Jessica, at least, is able to produce calm for short periods. Things get much worse for Alex. Will Alex seek help? If so, does she get help? Will Alex be freed from the possession? ------Scores------ Cinematography: 6/10 The introductory sequence mixed with the credits just stank on ice. The closing credits were hideous as well. The actual movie, with these black holes removed, was not that bad. Sound: 5/10 Over-driven and unhelpful, in places; nicely tension building in others. Acting: 4/10 Most of the performances were amateurish. Shantelle Canzanese was fairly good as Jessica. Screenplay: 5/10 The writing establishes context quickly, which was nice. After the establishing phase, the action moves quite slowly. Much of the dialog is incredibly bad, which makes it worse.

***Spoiler's at the end of my review**** This movie was not as bad as I thought it was going to be, especially for a low budget horror flick. A takes a new approach to the age old possession genre. I don't know why people compare it to the exorcist, it isn't really like it at all. Yes, it is a movie about the devil or whatever invading her body, but the rest of that story is completely different. I mean in all reality, how many ways can a movie be made about possession without being similar to another movie of a possession in some ways, really? Let me get this straight, the lead actress obviously only got the main part cause she's pretty, the supporting actress did an excellent job and I can only assume that she didn't get the lead because she wasn't "industry pretty enough." The main actress really needs some acting classes. Also, why they chose for her to speak in that ridiculous voice is beyond me. She would have done better just making her voice weird than using the computerized voice, that made me want to slap the producers. With that in mind, the movie is pretty good to watch. I wouldn't pay money for it, but would watch it on a movie night (did watch it on a movie night lol). I would take into account that this is a low budget film, so it is not gonna be perfect. The special effects are....special, the acting is low budget and the make-up could be a little better. With that said, if you go into this movie with limited expectations you won't hate yourself or the movie. It wasn't a I can't believe I watched this movie and is a okay movie to watch when you're looking for a movie to watch on a boring night.. ****************************Spoilers****************** The way she floats behind the blonde ho-girl in the beginning, cracks me up. She looks so funny. Also, when she licks her own ____ off the floor, her tongue is crazy looking...

I watched a lot of Horror movies, and many, many bad ones. There are worse out there of course, but Devil Seed is not very far from the bottom. ***MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*** The acting was quite... bad, except for Shantelle and a few other minor roles. The main character, Michelle, is beautiful, I agree. BUT, beauty alone, without any talent in acting whatsoever, cannot make a movie. That nose thing she was doing and her breathing while she was delivering her lines, were almost unbearable to hear. Sorry to the reviewers who put beauty before acting. The casting director did not do a very good job at all, he did exactly that. He chose beauty before acting. The ones who gave a quote of 10/10 DID NOT watch the movie, or worked on the film, or are friends of the people involved in the movie. No sane person can give this movie more than 5/10. And 5/10 is way too much for Devil Seed. You can have the best screenplay on earth, the best dialogue, the best director. BUT if the acting is not good, especially the main character, well, the film will suck. That's the case with Devil Seed. The dialogue was pretty ordinary as well, to say the least. The sound editing was ordinary. The special effects were based on the budget so, I can understand that. The main idea of the film itself was not original at all. It was long, dull and boring almost right off the bat. Don't expect to be scared, because you won't. Don't expect to jump, startled either, because again, you won't. Don't expect novelties, there aren't any. Don't expect the unexpected, you won't see any. So, don't expect anything and PERHAPS, you'll give it 2/10. Who knows?

well i thought this was gonna be a cheesy B movie but it turned out to be one of the better possession movies i have seen in a long time it starts off kinda slow and they could have picked better actors for the movie but the plot was really good it does have it's good parts in the movie though and there should have been more T AND A seems how it was all females and it could have been longer and at first i thought it was gonna have something to do with the new house they moved into so it kinda threw me for a moment but the sad thing is they never showed the devils face but this website has the title of the movie wrong because the name of the movie is The Devil In Me NOT Devil Seed!!!

Well, this is a horror flick I have a few difficulties with. It all looked well done but the budget makes it sometimes laughable and the scariness goes away by that. A lot of effects is 100% CGI and it shows that it was the cheap kind of CGI. And some CGI is seen but the next shot is isn't there anymore, just watch the all crackle, next shot the wall is in excellent shape. When Alex (Michelle Argyris) is possessed you can easily spot the make-up. But it's not all that bad. The acting was rather good. I would recommend it for teenagers, not that creepy and bloody but with a lot of girls walking around in their underwear. The flick starts off very hot with Bree (Vanessa Broze) having sex but you can see what you will get, she's fully naked but you only see her for behind getting her ride. She makes it good in a shower scene were she goes full frontal when the camera zooms out. All clichés from possessed flicks are here to see, the changing of the voice and face. Even the spiderwalk is here just like in The Exorcist (1973), of course the original is still the best. It's low on gore and on red stuff, it do has it's good moments but overall it's sometimes a bit laughable due the effects. Ideal for teenagers to watch but buffs and geeks must stay away from it before they get possessed. Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5