Im struggling to understand why there are so many positive reviews. This movie was atrocious. Initially this movie looked really promising. The trailer depicted a chilling take on a classic fable, but there were several things that just made this movie crumble.
I'll start with the good things. The cinematography is very good. Very well shot and the scenery created a great mood. The special effects and makeup was 10/10. Very good depiction of the gates of hell, very good makeup on the demons. But this is sadly where the positives end.
Onto the negatives. The writing and acting of the demon was just flat out bad. He was literally the village idiot of hell. There's simply no other way to put it. He's goofy, silly, incompetent and uses cliche Lines like "come closer little girl and I'll tell you" I couldn't take this character seriously, especially when you're expecting a horror movie. If anyone remembers the SNL skit where will Farrell plays the part of the devil. That was absolutely this demon. He sounded and looked just like him. I half thought this was a joke, which I actually would have preferred. At least then there would have been an excuse for the terrible acting.
There was a scene towards the end where one of the other demons hadn't seen the main demon in a long time and they started casually talking like they were at the water cooler at work. Literally saying things like "where have you been? Good to see you. We didn't think you were coming back". I was literally laughing at this point. Finally, as cool as they made the gates of hell look and what I imagine was the devil, this magnificent beast was brought down by...wait for it...chick peas? Apparently demons have a thing about counting chick peas when they're spilled out on the ground? The blacksmith beat the devil with chick peas... I'm at a loss for words. This movie would absolutely rock if they didn't hire SNL writers to write the movie. Save yourself the time and don't watch this atrocity
I'll start with the good things. The cinematography is very good. Very well shot and the scenery created a great mood. The special effects and makeup was 10/10. Very good depiction of the gates of hell, very good makeup on the demons. But this is sadly where the positives end.
Onto the negatives. The writing and acting of the demon was just flat out bad. He was literally the village idiot of hell. There's simply no other way to put it. He's goofy, silly, incompetent and uses cliche Lines like "come closer little girl and I'll tell you" I couldn't take this character seriously, especially when you're expecting a horror movie. If anyone remembers the SNL skit where will Farrell plays the part of the devil. That was absolutely this demon. He sounded and looked just like him. I half thought this was a joke, which I actually would have preferred. At least then there would have been an excuse for the terrible acting.
There was a scene towards the end where one of the other demons hadn't seen the main demon in a long time and they started casually talking like they were at the water cooler at work. Literally saying things like "where have you been? Good to see you. We didn't think you were coming back". I was literally laughing at this point. Finally, as cool as they made the gates of hell look and what I imagine was the devil, this magnificent beast was brought down by...wait for it...chick peas? Apparently demons have a thing about counting chick peas when they're spilled out on the ground? The blacksmith beat the devil with chick peas... I'm at a loss for words. This movie would absolutely rock if they didn't hire SNL writers to write the movie. Save yourself the time and don't watch this atrocity