I saw new added to Hulu so I figured I would give it a watch. That was a mistake (I hate misleading cover art). Well I was bored with it about 1/4 of the way through and just forced myself to watch the rest. It remained constant boring, no real excitement, no real story to speak of, and the acting was sub-par at best. This was obviously a low budget film that did not use that budget well. I would have given this film a rating of one, but the scenery and location shots were at least good.
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mydian_thorne30 March 2017
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denmurph20 February 2017Going round in circles, and getting nowhere ! I couldn't get beyond the hour, fell asleep twice. All the actors could only shout at each other ! No story ? My first time writing a review, I think i should have picked a more decent film than this.This is the second review for this trash movie. Read between the lines ??? Dinnymurf
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So just what exactly do you feed the Devil? Apparently boredom, judging from this movie.
I was initially lured in to watch this movie given the movie's cover/poster, because it really did look interesting and I do enjoy horror movies. So naturally I did pick up this movie. But perhaps I should have checked it out on IMDb first...
The storyline in "Feed the Devil" was unfathomably boring, and very, very little happened throughout the course of this movie. And whatever did happen here wasn't hardly enough to lift the movie back up on course from the boredom that served as a restrictive anchor around it.
I had essentially expected somewhat more from this movie, so I was left mighty high and dry. And I must admit that more than once did my attention drift away from the screen.
As for the acting in "Feed the Devil", well all I can say is that I found it to be rigid and wooden, and pretty much fitting to the rest of the movie.
"Feed the Devil" is a movie that I doubt that you will ever watch a second time, provided you actually make it through the entire movie the first time. -
seriouscritic-425691 September 2018If you can get past the clumsy, clichéd opening scene (and I almost didn't) you will discover both an atmospheric, serious, technically well-made, frequently interesting film and, at the same time, a film with major weaknesses that is also frequently tedious and confounding. Do the good points outweigh the bad? It would depend on what is most important to the individual. The stupid, reckless behavior of the characters (necessary to drive the film forward) is justified by the fact that they are depicted as stupid, reckless people. However since they are also neither interesting nor sympathetic (which are more important to me than that horrible Hollywood phrase "likable") it is impossible to care or be concerned for them. They are presented believably (sadly, I've met similar types) - and believably performed by the actors - but that's never going to allow for the necessary third act switch to hero mode and even as victims I found myself on the side of "whatever is in the woods" more than once. Yet overall the mood is always strong, and the mystery grows unnervingly, but then it is diluted by too much repetitive action (caught, survived, escapes, caught, rinse and repeat) and the inexplicable occurrence of sustaining injuries that never seem to last more than a few minutes - or until, another round of survived-escapes-and caught again. Disagreeable, and boring, characters, lapses in logic, and even very confused and inconsistent geography and staging do nothing to help the film, but I return again to the impressively ominous and creepy tone; much of the photography and editing is excellent and there are some very nice and original developments (a mute woman wandering by the side of the road who attaches herself to the characters as if entitled, and who may be viewed as a victim or a threat, is by far the best) that makes it difficult to simply disregard the film or suggest everyone bypass it. With the exception of that opening scene (which feels like it was tacked on from another movie) there is enough violent threat, scares (not the easy-cheesy jump-scare type) and creepy scenes to appease even a discerning watcher of genre films, but the question remains; do the good points outweigh the bad? And I'll admit that I felt one way immediately after the movie ended, and another way by the time this review was written.
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nogodnomasters23 September 2017In Bethel, Alaska, Marcus (Jared Cohn) has been given the location of some righteous pot plants by a man who owes his dad. We surmise it is located where our intro teaser killing took place. He takes his girlfriend Stella (Victoria Curtain) and her new found sister Lydia (Ardis Barrow). They turn off into the woods and then there is a long line of issues as Stella becomes separated....later we see wolves, a big ugly thing with a stone ax, ghosts, and skeletons. Marcus is reluctant to get any help because of the pot score.
We get an explanation about 70 minutes into the film, which didn't tell us much....it was PLOT SPOILER? "the God's hunting grounds." That didn't tell me much, I felt I knew as much before as I did afterwards. Marcus, the main character, wasn't likable and was able to function with way too many wounds. The film had some good individual scenes, and a lot more scenes that were not so good, i.e. boredom sets in. Slasher in the woods type of film with a sprinkling of the supernatural.
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A-Zupreme2 December 2016Three young adults venture deep into the Alaskan wilderness to claim a stock of quality marijuana, only to find trouble instead.
I saw this title on the store shelf and read the back to see that it was set in the Alaska. So, I decided to give it a go, mostly because Alaskan horrors haven't really disappointed me thus far. After all, Alaska can be such a hard place to survive, even before throwing in some boogeyman to stalk some doomed protagonists. I was curious needless to say, so I gave it a go.
If I were grading solely on setting and atmosphere, this would get a stellar rating. The movie OOZED dread in that aspect, and I wanted to run 100mph to the nearest town FOR THEM because those damn woods were so ominous. Add in that mute native girl who wouldn't talk for any reason along with those creepy ghosts watching our characters from the woods, and you have at least a few elements of creepiness to look forward to. Location was definitely utilized in this movie to convey isolation and hopelessness.
Characters were not remotely likable or sympathetic, save for perhaps the third-wheel character who clearly would rather be with her trouble-making sister and boyfriend than to be abandoned and all alone. Subversions to horror conventions do ensue, but unfortunately not really in a remotely satisfying way.
My biggest complaint has to be that the movie sort of plods along to a conclusion, and a lot of my biggest questions were left unanswered. Characters disappeared for long periods of time, others were introduced and killed off unceremoniously, and what an abrupt ending to boot? And why would the guy who told them about the marijuana stock send them to this evil location in the first place? I'm all for drawing my own conclusions, but please help me out at least a little bit...
If you enjoy creepy settings, maybe give this a shot. Many things could've been done better, though. Proceed with caution. 4 out of 10. -
axel3358 January 2019I love this movie. Its preposterously bad. The actors are awful, the script is nonexistent, the camerawork and music are bad and I have not for a long time seen so many plot holes in a movie
In the movie almost nothing happens. The actors are taking the wrong decision all the time. Sometimes i start imagine that maybe the scenes where put together in the wrong order. Many times things just happen without purpose or without leading anywhere.
For example:
What was the purpose with that mute girl? Why did she lead martin to her house? Why did she laugh? For what reason? It doesn't make sense at all.
In the beginning of the movie why did the girls get it of the car after being attacked by wolfs? Wouldn't it be much more reasonable to get in the car and out of here?
At many times the actors are so bad (especially Martin) that its lol-funny. From time to time the movies are so confusing that it's difficult to understand what's going on.
The beautiful Canadian wilderness is not being used the way it could and should. The morons that made this movie fail to even get a decent shot of the beauty of nature.
Sadly the movie ends with gore and Martin looking more stupid than ever.
This "movie" fills med with a lot of question. Why was it done? What was it intend to be in the first place? Maybe the guys behind this trash had something completely different in mind (I hope so)
All in all its really, really bad. The only reason I don't give it a 1 was that it's so bad it's funny -
parry_na31 January 2019If you are taking a trip to the snowy forests of Alaska, or indeed anywhere at all, then this film's lead Marcus (Jared Cohn) possesses every trait you would be wise to leave at home. I'm no prude, but every sentence simply has to be littered with the f-word, every word has to be squealed out in the most petulant way possible, and every overtly aggressive gesture is just begging for the little weasel to receive the best kicking available. His sister and her friend, not hugely appealing themselves, have my every sympathy for having to spend time with this absolute tool, as he searches for marijuana plants. That's right, he is an excessive weed smoker, and that may be the reason he is portrayed in this manner. Rather than being stoned and laid back, he is forever in the midst of a temper tantrum as he travels to locate more marijuana. Don't do drugs, kids - is that the message - or you'll become a boorish loudmouth like Marcus? Have I said enough to convey how appalling this character is? To be honest, I doubt it. I'm not sure any one character has tempted me to turn off a film before, at least not for a long time. Only the nicely filmed locations, occasionally spooky isolated atmosphere, and the furious hope that I'll see Marcus suffer stop me giving up on this.
There are some moments of gore, or more specifically, meat. There are also some nicely shot moments of jeopardy for our leading man who, after carelessly losing his co-travellers and has no-one to talk to, does us the favour of keeping his gob shut. Overwhelmingly, though, this is a choppy, curiously edited film. Things happen, events occur, nothing moves forward. And then suddenly, it ends. The storyline, which is not unlike Adam Nevill's 'The Ritual' in places, doesn't really pick up momentum. I admire director and co-writer Max Perrier for appearing to try something different with his approach to this (and the excellent score by Miksa Kovek adds further layers to the horror), but his abhorrent main character tests the patience, and the rest of the production isn't consistent enough to make amends for that. -
TheLittleSongbird31 May 2018'Feed the Devil' drew me into seeing it, with a cool poster/cover, an intriguing and quite creative premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive.
It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws present in them are here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'Feed the Devil' is very weak, with a plethora of problems (fairly big ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There are however a couple of decent, even good, qualities in 'Feed the Devil'.
Lets start with the positives. The scenery is atmospheric and spooky and there are some nice location shots.
It starts relatively promisingly too, it was the one part of the film that grabbed my attention and didn't bore or annoy me.
'Feed the Devil's' story does feel over-stretched and too much of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their irritating and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates.
Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The effects are ropy at best, the sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions) and it's best not mentioning the uncomfortably stiff acting.
Dialogue can be stilted and rambling while the pace goes to a standstill after the promising opening and drags on forever, never recovering. The second half is interminable. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness and the complete lack of tension and suspense.
A lot of 'Feed the Devil' has underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. The ending makes the film finish on an incomplete and confused whimper.
There is not enough threat here and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, while everything is just so unimaginative and more odd than scary Some badly sagging momentum too, one feels they're going round in circles without being told anything and it is just dull. The direction is pretty leaden, got the sense their heart was not in it, and the music doesn't really fit.
Concluding, very weak and didn't just leave me hungry, it left me starved. 3/10 Bethany Cox -
vmalast16 September 2018This film had so much potential. Unfortunately it fell short. I'm actually giving a high rating because if you overlook the flaws, and there are many, it's a good film. Unlike other reviewers, I thought the actors did quite well. Annoying at first but, once you realize that their goal is alcohol and drug driven, the actors are spot on. Your not supposed to like them. There's no redeeming qualities about them except for the younger sister. Again, if you can overlook the flaws, it's a good film
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nammage17 March 2018This horror film opens up like many horror films: it shows the dangers of people being killed by a menacing person(s) and or creature. Will the American Horror genre ever get past that superfluous cliché? I highly doubt it. Then it opens up to the main character(s): the loner, the teenage kids looking for fun, the dysfunctional family etc., and this film focuses on pretty much all three. So, two girls and a guy go out to find a treasure of marijuana to have better lives, or smoke it, or...who cares? Oh, did I mention the 'bad guys' are ghosts (or what not) of Native tribes in Alaska? Oh, wait...gods? demons? Doesn't matter: they're the bad guys, right? And Marcus the racist (who likes to kidnap Natives and degrade them down to nothing) and his two girl pals are the good guys. The Native tribes thing has been done. It's like watching one of those old Westerns about Cowboys and Indians and the Indians are always the bad guys; if one's sole goal is to watch a horror film (at least an American one) for blood & guts then movies like this will take plot and semblance and just water them down to utter trash.
This is a well shot film. Direction's good, photography, acting's pretty good (except for Jared Cohn whose lines are constant words of profanity; he says f--- at least ten times per sentence, or the very least: it seems that way); the script writing is mildly okay...what it is is the cliché story. The stereotypes of white trash people and Native tribes and combining them into this trite. And it is trite (meaning: lacking something new and refreshing; i.e. unoriginal.)
While I watched the whole film, it ended for me 35 minutes and 36 seconds in; which is probably the only thing redeemable for me. -
Leofwine_draca13 December 2018FEED THE DEVIL is yet another indie horror film about a field trip gone awry. This one's Canadian and has a snowbound woodland setting. As usual for this genre, the characters are completely mundane, but this is a little better shot than usual and it does make good use of its setting at times. A shame it descends into predictable torture porn territory come the lame climax.
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song_of_rainbow2 February 2020First, I don't see how anyone would have though that such a offensive movie toward people who land was stolen and almost exterminated was a good thing. Then you have the biggest loser around, surviving more than five minute under those conditions. I would have liked this movie a LOT better if the main character hadn't been such a loser. Yeah, sure, a very lousy low level city crook, who gets beaten by his own alcoholic mother, that was in a drunken stupor before beating the guy with a bat, would somehow survive mosquitoes. This movie makes the horror genera even more idiotic than it usually is. (And I'm a horror movie fan.)
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mvike10 January 2020This film I'll agree with most, had no real point or plot to it. All I can gather is it's about 3 friends going to score on a weed field, and they end up prey for ...I guess some kind of weird Indian family...? It's pretty unclear exactly what is going on. It's decent as a lost in the woods type of film. It is very bland as anything horror...but was it AWFUL? No, the acting was actually pretty decent. Just another case of a weak script was all. Deserves, better than a 3 star.
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jhr20128 June 2021This has to be the dumbest movie ever. The main character is an ignorant drunk with a stupid trashy girlfriend and her equally stupid sister. They set out for God knows where based on a map drawn on a napkin, in a beat up pickup truck. The rest is just nonsensical garbage.
Pass on this mess. -
KaySew2726 August 2023Unfortunately, I have yet to find information about the actual indigenous consultation on this film, so from that perspective this film crew blatantly uses indigenous (made up) folklore with no actual knowledge and racist language and then further extends the blow by throwing garbage directly into the water of beautiful landscape that they exploit for the film.
Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me you used indigenous consultation. Tell me you gave credit to the reserve/chieftain/ban/indigenous actors used. Tell me you pulled your garbage out of the water. Tell me you respected the land you used.
If not this film is next level insulting and more than just surface level. -
ansell-7287922 July 2021What an odd fish of a film. It is a horror movie which isn't scary. The setting however is chilling and eerie. There is an excellent 'final girl', Ardiss Barrow, who might have been redemptive in terms of the overall film but the scriptwriters Matthew Altman and Max Perrier kill her off two thirds of the way into the film. The micro-budget is well masked right up to the scene where a character is wearing the same distinctive costume worn by another character earlier in the film. And so on it goes.
It is my belief that no one sets out to intentionally make a bad movie but director Matthew Altman and his cast and crew test my resolve on this point.
The plot, such as it is, sees a drug dealer, Jared Cohen, venturing into the wilderness, always a mistake, with his girlfriend and her sister, for the dope score of a lifetime. He unknowingly enters the territory of a Native American demon and his ghost subordinates. The plot is in its way simple and linear and shouldn't be as confusing as it is.
There is a scene when a Native American explains what is going on which might have been included earlier in the film, in some way, so that the viewer has an appreciation of the plot which is unfolding.
Cohen stretches credibility to breaking point with regards his ability to survive. It's his incredible good fortune that every piece of rotting rope, every decaying piece of wood he is tied too, every handy route of escape comes his way. The bulk of his dialogue is comprised of a single word, 's..t'. He emotes two acting faces one drunk / stoned the other sees him shouting at whoever is nearby. That's it, drunk or shouting. In fairness he does sometimes mix it up by shouting when acting drunk.
He is responsible for one of the funniest scenes captured on film. Shouting he throws a bottle of alcohol at his burning ute. Instead of hitting the ute proper he smashes a window and momentarily completely drops out of character. He does though carry the film being in almost every scene.
Cohen's own efforts aside, his character is undermined by the scriptwriters. He is entirely inconsistent. He declares his undying love for his girlfriend played by Victoria Curtain at the same time as he declares his desire to have sex with her younger sister. After verbally abusing, physically hitting and ignoring Stella, the girlfriend, for most of the film, the final third sees him obsessively searching for her because, s..t, he loves her.
The soundtrack is effective. The cinematography is solid. (It's difficult to mess up Canada.) The special effects are OK given an obviously tight budget. Props are quite good and there are lashings of gore.
I don't regret watching Feed the Devil, but it could have been a lot better if a lot tighter. There is a sloppiness to the project which has nothing to do with the micro-budget. There is a scene were, using stop motion, a ghost is supposed to appear and disappear but in fact the actor is seen sneaking off to hide behind a tree. These few seconds are emblematic of the entire 95 minutes of its running time. -
Stevieboy66620 April 2022Wannabe drug dealer Marcus (Jared Cohn), his girlfriend and her sister go looking for a crop of marijuana that they have been told about in the Alaskan wilderness but when they get there they encounter evil supernatural forces. The UK DVD promises so much, somebody rating it a 9/10 movie, blah, blah, blah but watching this was a miserable experience. For a start Marcus is such an unlikable character, every other word is the F word, this quickly become tiresome. The acting in the movie is terrible and I gave up trying to fathom out the mess of a plot. There are a few gory bits and the scenery is nice, otherwise I would advise avoiding this turd. Utterly terrible.
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stevedebest20 January 2021Utter rubbish. One minute they are together walking in the woods the next they are separated BUT just by magic they are back together again This happens a number Of times. Some wilderness that is. Leading actor could have done a better job
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valen226328 January 2022This was a mess of non-sensical disjointed stuff. There is no story to speak of and not even an attempt at acting. Someone wanted to make a movie about survival in the woods against I guess was a "somewhat supernatural" entity. Their hero however was the one that was supernatural. He is a total unlikable jerk that gets impaled multiple times, stabbed and beaten various times, and I think his tongue got cut out. So, he gets all these mortal wounds, but just shakes them off, spits up blood like Bruce Willis and keeps going. Nothing in this makes any sense, especially the ending.
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Foggy-Compo13 November 2022Sadly not the best of Horror flicks. Although it is very well shot and quite atmospheric in its cinematography the story doesn't keep the viewer engrossed. The beginning is pretty standard and offers the glimpse of an exciting and rip-roaring tale of universal justice for those who dare follow the wrong moral path; however, we follow three unlikable people on their horrific journey. This is not as entertaining as it could be In many ways. The pace is incredibly slow with absolutely nothing to draw the viewer into the story. As is often the case with many of these films, the lead is such an unpleasant person you really don't care if he escapes or not. The ending was also rather unsatisfactory.
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arcangel339 October 2022I wasted some precious moments of my life watching this movie so I thought I should write a review to warn you. There is nothing to like about the lead character. I really wished his mom bashed his brains out in the beginning. The lore of the creature was not even explained. Is this about the wendigo? What ancient native American creature are we dealing with? The writer doesnt even know. And the lead character uses the f word a lot. I got no problem with that but it gets annoying when used repeatedly. Near the end of the movie the creature catches him a couple of times yet does not get killed it just doesnt make any sense.