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Release Date: 27 August, 2002 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: |
Demonicus Reviews
Demonicus is a winner!!! OWN IT NOW!!!!!
Demonicus is a movie turned into a video game! I just love the story and the things that goes on in the film.It is a B-film ofcourse but that doesn`t bother one bit because its made just right and the music was rad! Horror and sword fight freaks,buy this movie now!
Demon Gladiator From Hell...or not.
Attempting to cash in on the popularity of Ridley Scott's Gladiator, Full Moon purchased Demonicus to release under it's Cult Video line. While at the video store, the cool cover, font and tag line might enduce you to spend the $3.50 to rent. After viewing you would be disappointed to find that the actual film was not as well produced as the box it came in.
With the exception of the burial cave set, the entire film is composed of external forest locations. One would think that after the Blair Witch Project, both hikhers and film-makers would stay out of the woods. If you are truly a fan of low-budget horror film you may see this as cost effective filmmaking.
My respects go out to the prop department for the Demonicus helmet, which will likely be the only thing to find it's way to a sequel.
Character dialoge and motivation are incredibly poor. When the action is as spare as it was in this film, and most of the time involes the characters wandering through woods, sharp, clever, inteligent dialoge is key. Look to Charles Band's Blood Dolls for an excellent example of creative dialoge.
The men are initally only motivated by sex (which while eluded to often, this film does not actually contain). None of the characters have any believeable relationships with one another nor do any develope. The one time when it would make sense for two of the men (who are supposed to be childhood friends) to develope a connection in regard to a common goal. The writers decide to have them bicker and swear at one another, knowing that they plan to just kill off one of them anyway, so why bother.
Like the writers, the viewer does not come to care for any of the characters, so there is no impact when they are killed.
As an aspiring writer I saw this film as a lesson in what you need to have to make a story work. Unfortunately, this story did'nt. I hope the writers learned as much from this film as I did.
My apologies to Tim Sullivan and Jay Woelfel, but I did buy (not rent) the picture.
FullMoonFanatic@msn.com
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