Satan's Playground (2006)

Must See Movie...

How sad is this?

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I don't know if I should have added a warning about spoilers, but that's because I couldn't find a point to this movie at all! Seriously,I don't know what I'd be spoiling? The characters must have had some point, but I couldn't find it, and I will not subject myself to watching this train wreck ever again! Maybe you need to be part of a satanic order of sorts? The most shocking thing is this movie found distribution! If 0 was a score, I would have given this pearl a minus 10! Im sure anyone not associated with the film, that have seen it will agree! But if you don't please let me know what the hell this film was about! This film is one for the Twilight Zone!

*Shakes head*... Why did I sit through it? I knew after the first five minutes that it was going to be utter tripe.I'm a fan of a lot of low budget horror but this really had no redeeming features. I sincerely hope that this is the last we see of this awful man and his total lack of talent. He should not be allowed to make movies.The acting wasn't the worst of it, not by a long shot. The script and direction is where it really falls apart. You will be continually shaking your head in disbelief at the shoddy and stupid turns that the plot takes.And it's not even funny. It's not even "so bad it's good". You may well want to kill yourself for sitting through it. It actually made me feel slightly physically ill. It's really that bad.Do not watch. If you feel you have to, see how you like the first five minutes. You didn't? Well, switch off and save yourself some time. Wish I had.

It's been a long time since I rented a horror movie that simply looked scary. Satan's Playground stars some of horrors best known stars. I am not one of the biggest fans of the Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw movies. However, I decided to give this film a watch. Upon the first few minutes of the film, I was immediately taken in. The way the film catches you from the beginning moments right up until the fade out to the credits is something that rarely happens with a film in this genre. Many people, I've read in reviews, have been turned away from this film because they think it is generalized with Evil Dead-type films. Please do not be fooled by this in any way. The truth is the psychological version of this film far beats the horror elements. If I had to make a fair comparison I would say it has the psychological elements of Halloween and the scare factors of Rosemary's Baby. Taking place in the New Jersey area, and following the characters whose subplots are just as interesting as what's happening in front of you, peels back every layer of horror in a reality based environment. Tomaselli is a genius and should go on record as becoming the next Craven in horror masters. He knows how to captivate his audience. Most importantly, he knows exactly what to leave out and lets the subtext speak for itself. As an avid moviegoer myself, I buy movies regularly, as opposed to most people who just rent. If there's one thing I can say for certain about this film is that this will go in my collection under "Things to Watch on October 31st/and Friday the 13th."

What a mess. And I had good feelings, too, after the first five minutes. After a competent, simple POV attack scene I waited with baited breath, anxiously pondering what horrific form the Jersey Devil would take, what terrible possibilities a film like this could play with . . . and the monster totally dropped out of the movie. The next twenty minutes consisted of three people in a car being "dramatic". Still, I thought, ol' Jersey D can't be far away, eh? No. I'm not even gonna lead you on anymore. After the "character" scenes the movie lurches into a load of bushwah about a psychotic backwoods family and a satanic cult, but you shouldn't bother taking notes, because none of it goes anywhere. At all. It's a completely empty movie, no motivation, no story, not even any scares. You could rearrange all of the scenes and it wouldn't make a damn bit of difference. And the Jersey Devil stays a POV shot the whole film. But hey, that's "nightmare logic" for you, right? Right?No, it's crap, and Dante Tomaselli should be called out on it. A bad movie's still bad, even if you can wax philosophic about it on your commentary track, and a movie with no plot can't get away with "nightmare logic" (director's words) if there's nothing else for it to fall back on.