The Devil's Candy (2017)

Load of rubbish!!

Brilliant and touching

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Que é esta merda????? Merecia um caralhinho. gREAT THO!!! aMAZING WORK...............NOT FILHAS DAS PUTAS. QUE PERDA DE TEMPO.

This movie seems to be produced or written by a speed or death metal music fan. The writers infuse at least three characters with metal as a defining interest, yet this does not relate well to the suburban family setting.That was the confusing introduction to the primary characters.The rest of the film is slow to develop. Its difficult to tell who is possessed by what. The characters are flat, and the choices by the director for actors is odd. The primary character, a father , is heavily tattooed and resembles modern interpretations of Jesus. He listens to terrible music and paints mediocre art. His daughter is a cliche of a teeneager who listens to Metallica and dyes her hair purple. She wears the same rock and roll t-shirt get up throughout the movie. At least the costume people didn't have her wear a Ramones t-shirt as in the movie "Mama"! Total cliched people, but not relatable to a family living in a farmhouse in Texas!The plot of this movie stretches credulity, especially in the ways the local sheriff handles the crimes in this movie. A known madman allowed to roam around freely and stay at a local motel? The known suspect from a serial murder spree not monitored though he lives in a town of less than 1000 people?Its difficult to take this movie seriously. There's the requisite religious imagery that is so popular today in horror films, and chanting voices and of course death metal, but all this thematic effort is overplayed and wasted. The CGI fire scenes are not convincing and the injuries sustained by the protagonists should be fatal!Horror fans have got to expect more from productions like this; cosmetic flourishes and iconic imagery combined with "edgy" characters does not a movie make.

Really well made horror movie, similar to the shining in some aspects, very creepy and a lot of tension is used, I would really reccommend to anyone thinking about watching. Outstanding performances by the two lead characters

A film about Satan and the devil, how classic. There's an undercurrent of pure dread to this flick. It works its way through the film's veins using music cues, whispering demonic voices and haunting images. Ethan Embry's performance is superbly crafted. A well-meaning dad, that rocks out to metal and paints pictures all day. He feels very real and not like a caricature. (He also gets ripped for this flick, I guess because he paints shirtless for a few scenes. It seems unnecessary, distracting and unfitting for his character but sure).He begins to hear voices and see things and paint horrible stuff he doesn't understand. It's all very unnerving and convincing and seems to be leading to some inevitable catastrophe.But the film lets up in the home stretch. It becomes a bit of a supernatural home invasion flick. The film seems undecided about whether there are real demons at play, which unfocuses the movie and makes it seem unsure of itself. The film isn't exactly about investigating the place demons have in the modern world either. It just knows they are inextricably linked with metal. A lot of the build-up seems for naught in the end and it's a real shame. Byrne has great ideas, a wonderful grasp of character, atmosphere, tension, but maybe not enough to say?