Review of Devour

Devour (2005 Video)
5/10
Truly Bizarre
1 December 2012
Plagued by disturbing premonitions, "Jake Gray" (Jensen Ackles) doesn't understand their meaning or what to do about them. He also has two friends, "Dakota" (Dominique Swain) and "Conrad Dean" (Teach Grant) who appear to have even worse problems than him. But when Conrad enrolls Jake into an internet program called "the Pathway" things begin to get truly bizarre. Suddenly both he and his two friends begin to get telephone calls advising them about their circumstances and telling them what to do. At any rate, rather than divulge any future surprises that may be in store for the person who hasn't seen this film, I will refrain from telling any more of the story. But I will say that this movie has some clever twists in it. Especially at the end. Now, I don't know how much money was spent to produce this movie but it has the feel of a low-budget production. The special effects, especially on the part of Satan, weren't that good and the character development on the part of Dakota could have been better as well. Be that as it may, the director (David Winkler) did a pretty good job with what he had as this is a fairly decent horror-mystery picture. Jensen Ackles performed rather well as did Dominique Swain, Teach Grant and Shannyn Sossamon (as Jakes' girlfriend "Marisol"). That said, while this might not be a "great" horror film, it isn't necessarily a "bad" horror film either. And although I was a bit disappointed with the ending, it seemed to fit in somehow. All in all, it was worth 90 minutes to see.
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