Feed the Devil (2015) Reviews

• Give it a Miss

  denmurph2017-02-20

  Going round in circles, and getting nowhere ! I couldn't get beyond the hour, fell asleep twice. All the actors could only shout at each other ! No story ? My first time writing a review, I think i should have picked a more decent film than this.This is the second review for this trash movie. Read between the lines ??? Dinnymurf

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• We're doomed

  nogodnomasters2017-09-23

  In Bethel, Alaska, Marcus (Jared Cohn) has been given the location of some righteous pot plants by a man who owes his dad. We surmise it is located where our intro teaser killing took place. He takes his girlfriend Stella (Victoria Curtain) and her new found sister Lydia (Ardis Barrow). They turn off into the woods and then there is a long line of issues as Stella becomes separated....later we see wolves, a big ugly thing with a stone ax, ghosts, and skeletons. Marcus is reluctant to get any help because of the pot score. We get an explanation about 70 minutes into the film, which didn't tell us much....it was PLOT SPOILER? "the God's hunting grounds." That didn't tell me much, I felt I knew as much before as I did afterwards. Marcus, the main character, wasn't likable and was able to function with way too many wounds. The film had some good individual scenes, and a lot more scenes that were not so good, i.e. boredom sets in. Slasher in the woods type of film with a sprinkling of the supernatural. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

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• Does the Good Outweigh the Bad?

  seriouscritic-425692018-09-01

  If you can get past the clumsy, clichéd opening scene (and I almost didn't) you will discover both an atmospheric, serious, technically well-made, frequently interesting film and, at the same time, a film with major weaknesses that is also frequently tedious and confounding. Do the good points outweigh the bad? It would depend on what is most important to the individual. The stupid, reckless behavior of the characters (necessary to drive the film forward) is justified by the fact that they are depicted as stupid, reckless people. However since they are also neither interesting nor sympathetic (which are more important to me than that horrible Hollywood phrase "likable") it is impossible to care or be concerned for them. They are presented believably (sadly, I've met similar types) - and believably performed by the actors - but that's never going to allow for the necessary third act switch to hero mode and even as victims I found myself on the side of "whatever is in the woods" more than once. Yet overall the mood is always strong, and the mystery grows unnervingly, but then it is diluted by too much repetitive action (caught, survived, escapes, caught, rinse and repeat) and the inexplicable occurrence of sustaining injuries that never seem to last more than a few minutes - or until, another round of survived-escapes-and caught again. Disagreeable, and boring, characters, lapses in logic, and even very confused and inconsistent geography and staging do nothing to help the film, but I return again to the impressively ominous and creepy tone; much of the photography and editing is excellent and there are some very nice and original developments (a mute woman wandering by the side of the road who attaches herself to the characters as if entitled, and who may be viewed as a victim or a threat, is by far the best) that makes it difficult to simply disregard the film or suggest everyone bypass it. With the exception of that opening scene (which feels like it was tacked on from another movie) there is enough violent threat, scares (not the easy-cheesy jump-scare type) and creepy scenes to appease even a discerning watcher of genre films, but the question remains; do the good points outweigh the bad? And I'll admit that I felt one way immediately after the movie ended, and another way by the time this review was written.

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• The Devil is still hungry after this movie has ended...

  paul_haakonsen2017-05-08

  So just what exactly do you feed the Devil? Apparently boredom, judging from this movie. I was initially lured in to watch this movie given the movie's cover/poster, because it really did look interesting and I do enjoy horror movies. So naturally I did pick up this movie. But perhaps I should have checked it out on IMDb first... The storyline in "Feed the Devil" was unfathomably boring, and very, very little happened throughout the course of this movie. And whatever did happen here wasn't hardly enough to lift the movie back up on course from the boredom that served as a restrictive anchor around it. I had essentially expected somewhat more from this movie, so I was left mighty high and dry. And I must admit that more than once did my attention drift away from the screen. As for the acting in "Feed the Devil", well all I can say is that I found it to be rigid and wooden, and pretty much fitting to the rest of the movie. "Feed the Devil" is a movie that I doubt that you will ever watch a second time, provided you actually make it through the entire movie the first time.

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• Don't waste your time.

  mydian_thorne2017-03-30

  I saw new added to Hulu so I figured I would give it a watch. That was a mistake (I hate misleading cover art). Well I was bored with it about 1/4 of the way through and just forced myself to watch the rest. It remained constant boring, no real excitement, no real story to speak of, and the acting was sub-par at best. This was obviously a low budget film that did not use that budget well. I would have given this film a rating of one, but the scenery and location shots were at least good.

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