Directed by:
Alistair LegrandCinematography:
John FrostComposer:
Ian HultquistCast:
Merrin Dungey, Joe Egender, Patrick Fischler, Arjun Gupta, Ali Larter, Max Rose, Tom Wright, Wilmer Calderon, Chloe Perrin, Scott MacArthur, Mark Steger (more)VOD (1)
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When a single mother and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and malevolent presence, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to hunt and destroy the violent forces that paranormal experts are too frightened to face. They've given up on outside help. No one is coming. The only thing left to do is find a way to survive the invasions that come over and over and over again. (Defiant Screen Entertainment)
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I don’t want to be too harsh on The Diabolical. Sure, it starts like the typical ghost story in a haunted house of the kind we’ve seen a lot in recent years, some of the special effects sequences are almost funny and the performances are nothing to write home about. But at the same time, the director, Alistair Legrand, proves that he’s able to create a fairly scary atmosphere in the night scenes, and when one of the unwelcome aliens show up, the film manages to have a personality of its own among the numerous competition. In addition, the climax is quite originally bizarre, but I’m sorry that that one idea wasn’t exploited much better, because it’s got more potential. I had a surprisingly positive impression from the film, though the ending brings it down a little. Overall, The Diabolical deserves a chance, I don’t think it should be written off.
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