91 minutes of South African accents is 90 minutes too much (I write this in the hope that a few of my South African colleagues will read it).
Creature design was interesting but the cgi was painfully bad. The early 2000's really sucked for horror; practical effects were on their way out but our computer overlords were not up to scratch.
Was pretty excited to see that two of my favourite Steve's were working together again but this collaboration didn't pack nearly the same punch or broad appeal as their previous offering. Still very much enjoyed it but rather than the lead character coming across as just weird (I personally love weird people - especially those who are singularly obsessed with one topic), they accidentally made her quite annoying as well...even selfish to the point where she was hard to like.…
This movie is my happy place. It gets better on every re-watch And that Danny Elfman score...damn, it;s powerful nostalgia!
Damn you Martin Brest wherever you are - you showed the world how great action comedy buddy films should be made...and then you stopped making them! Somebody find this guy and give him a camera.
Satan was huge in the 70's and people were still religious enough that he scared the crap out of them (Exorcist and the Omen reaching peak Beelzebubophobia). He even made it into moderately creepy made-for-TV films like Satan's Triangle; by far the scariest of all shapes (Satan's Rhombus doesn't cut it).
It's atmospheric, isolated tone definitely helps to make this one watchable but not memorable. Add to that a nice tight runtime and a decent ending and you could see this landing in the top 50 movies about the devil in the 70's (a list that probably doesn't exist but should).
