The Devil Comes at Night is a Canadian production directed by Scott Leaver.
The Devil Comes at Night is one of those B-movies that offers (or pretends to offer) a nightmare night, this time with local cannibals.
If you have already seen a few and are no longer easily scared, it will be a movie that will pass through your lives without much to say and without giving any especial meaning to your existence.
Storyline
A washed up boxer searching for his inheritance must fight for his life when he is trapped in his deceased father’s farmhouse by a local cannibal cult.
About the movie
Serialized B-movie of those that leave no trace and that don’t know how to take advantage of their morbid scenes either. It is well directed, and the performances go as far as the script allows, which is little, sticking to the genre and not wanting to escape the clichés.
The local sect plot (this time of cannibals, yum, yum) could have been better developed, but it falls short. Scott Leaver prefers to go for a more formal narrative, of suspense and almost psychological terror. This guy knows how to direct, but the product chosen for his debut won’t reach a large audience. It doesn’t matter, he has talent and a lot of time ahead of him.
It’s a good start and the story is well told but, at its core, it doesn’t break the norm or stand out.
Our Opinion
Within its kind, an acceptable film that doesn’t know how to be remarkable or take risks, that is content to comply in a genre that is, by now, too accustomed to simply conforming to the established.
