Content/criticism
You did it: Zach (Zach Gilford) and Samantha (Allison Miller) have said yes and now want to spend the rest of their lives together. This shared phase should begin with a honeymoon to Santo Domingo, where dream beaches and picturesque old towns await you. But also a cool club, according to a taxi driver’s tip. The two of them get involved and really let it rip. A little too much perhaps, the next day they can’t remember anything. Back home, they discover that the trip has not been without consequences: Samantha is pregnant. However, the joyful anticipation is clouded by a series of eerie experiences…
Moderate feature film debut from the horror duo
Meanwhile belong Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillettwho are part of the directing collective Radio Silence are one of the better known horror greats. With the fun terror game Ready or Not – Ready, Set, Dead they left a lasting impression. Finally they helped Scream and Scream VI The film series, which had since been forgotten, received a fresh treatment and the distributor received pleasing income. But it was a long way to the top, the beginnings weren’t quite as impressive. In the first few years they made several short films that were shown as part of anthologies. With Devil’s Due – Teufelsbrut They made their feature film debut in 2014. It was commercially successful, but artistically less so.
A shortcoming that becomes apparent early on: They once again tried by hook or by crook to incorporate the found footage principle. It was so popular in the first half of the 2010s that it felt like every other horror film used it. What at The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Paranormal Activity (2007), which was still atmospheric, had degenerated into a clumsy trick. Especially since you are at Devil’s Due – Teufelsbrut didn’t even try to give a substantive justification for the camera. The beginning about a planned family chronicle works somewhat, later nothing mattered. Only the appearance was adopted, but not the content framework. The directors were well aware of this, but didn’t care much about it.
Boring and unimaginative
Every now and then the pictures reveal something. But in many places it’s just boring. In 2014 the air was already out, and back then you could already be annoyed by the flood of such titles. Over the past decade, oversaturation has decreased. Nevertheless, there is no reason to want to use this representative of all people. Especially since there is also the problem with the content. Screenwriter Lindsay Devlinwho worked here for the first and only time on a feature film, based himself on the classic Rosemaries Baby, by pinning a devilish pregnancy on the couple. While this one still had a mystery factor, you didn’t know exactly what it was about Devil’s Due – Teufelsbrut cards on the table right from the start.
That’s a bold decision because it means you have to offer something else instead to captivate the audience. But nobody knew what that could be. So the viewer is tormented with countless irrelevant scenes about the couple that neither pass as a relationship drama nor as horror. You get the feeling that those involved had problems getting the film to feature length – not uncommon for filmmakers who have previously only made short films. Towards the end things get a little more exciting for a while. But not enough to really warrant a viewing. Unless you have a historical interest, be it with regard to the found footage wave or the directors, you can Devil’s Due – Teufelsbrut save safely.
Credits
OT: „Devil’s Due“
Land: USA
Year: 2014
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Script: Lindsay Devlin
Camera: Justin Martinez
Occupation: Allison Miller, Zach Gilford
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2024-04-04 00:30:29
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