The Diabolical (2015)

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This film is exactly like it's title....diabolical. That may be unoriginal but it's a very apt way to start this review.This is another classic example of why you shouldn't take movie trailers at face value because as soon as I saw them I wanted to see this film. It looked like a really decent, creepy film and when I saw such low ratings everywhere I couldn't understand why. After seeing the film, I do now and unfortunately it's just the exact opposite of what the trailers make it out to be.Amazing how the studios can fool you with a 2 minute trailer isn't it? The Diabolical is VERY slow and sometimes I don't mind that in certain movies as long as the story gets your interest and KEEPS your interest. However, this is not only very slow but it is extremely dull to boot mainly because of the boring story. Actually, scrap that. The overall story isn't that boring...it's the execution of it that makes it boring and for a supposed Thriller there's not very much thrills here at all.I also feel that nothing is really explained properly at anytime throughout the film either. It just feels like it's been put together to allow the audience to come up with their own theories on what is happening. That works - sometimes - but definitely not in this case. It just poses too many questions and leaves them unanswered.Suspenseful? Nope. Mind-bending? More like confusing and mind-numbing. Chilling? MAYBE one or two scenes at the very most but nothing more.Honestly, if you're thinking about watching this film, I'd suggest you just give it a miss. You're not missing much if you choose not to see it and it will save you about an hour and twenty minutes of your life.

I'm a big fan of Ali Larter and I had such high hopes for this movie, sadly the only thing they got right about this movie is its name, its Diabolical alright, I really don't know what to say about this movie other than the fact the script is absolutely awful, the plot starts off good and then just goes totally bonkers.The director Alistair Legrand at FrightFest said the movie was well made and the special effects were a challenge but they had pulled it off, Sadly… this is so far from the truth, there's nothing scary about this movie and the special effects were just OK... not good, not bad...The really good thing about this movie was Ali Larter, she really does her best to carry the movie but there's just too much weight on her shoulders. Watching this movie was a great disappointment and I hope to see Ali Larter take on better scripts.

This movie tries to hard and fails miserably at being a horror, (?) or even to make sense. It is beyond dull and will lose your interest within 15-20 minutes. The 'entity' is neither scary or convincing. The effects/makeup are overdone and look very plastic and cheap. The direction is terrible and it seems as if they couldn't decide on what genre they wanted to make this movie to be...Horror? Sci-fi? Suspense? There are plenty of movies that can pull off the multi-genre pretty well. This is not one of them. This movie pulls off nothing in fact. I really could not recommend this movie to anyone other than someone who is having a hard time falling asleep. This would be sure to cure anyone with insomina. Yes, it is that bad....

Diabolical is insanely dull. It portrays so many haunting stereotypes in alarmingly uninteresting ways. The focus on drama is appreciated, although it dawdles needlessly for half the runtime, and even then it falters with lackluster attempt in horror and poor design for the creature. At the end it tries to pull off a nifty twist, but unfortunately audience would already be disenchanted by the clumsy execution.An entity binds a single mother and her two children to a particular house. What follows is average haunting gimmick which other movies have done better. It often stays too long on certain scene or abruptly changes tone with several supporting characters, either ways it doesn't pay off in the slightest.Ali Larter as the mother does a decent job on creating some family drama, however the tired theme of single mother struggling grows old too fast. She faces mortgage issue, visits from social services and even bullied by strange entities. It becomes mundane later on, not to mention the other characters seem like extras without much personality and the things they do sometimes defy logic as they wander aimlessly.All of those flaws can be forgiven, as most horror tend to skimp on narrative, but The Diabolical is simply not frightening. Practical effect is poorly done and the special effect looks awfully fake. The design for creature might be decent for the first or second time it appears, but this is the case of not showing too much can be more effective, which doesn't help much since the movie can't set up any suspense regardless.The effort to create drama is decent, but it soon becomes repetitive and tedious, especially when the movie can't deliver any horror, thrill or even the slightest tension.