Post-Carrie, we've seen so many films where people turn to the Devil to help them fit in or fight back against bullies. But let's face it — when you dress up Carrie White or Sissy Spacek or Chloë Grace Moretz, they end up being attractive. But Clint Howard? There's really no dressing up Clint.
Don't get me wrong. I love the man and his many, many contributions to film (Balok from the Star Trek TV series, Carnosaur, Apollo 13, Rock 'n Roll High School and so much more). But you can totally see how he fits his role as Stanley Coopersmith in this movie.
Evilspeak starts in the past, where Satanist Father Esteban (Richard Moll, who ends up in these reviews a lot, thanks to films like The Nightmare Never Ends and The Dungeonmaster) and his followers are exiled from Spain and denied the grace of God, unless they renounce Satan and his evil ways. We wouldn't have a movie if they gave in, right?
Fast forward to the 80's. Stanley Coopersmith is an orphan, a poor kid who has been allowed into a military school alongside the children of some of the nation's richest and most powerful people. Everybody — including the teachers — pretty much use Stanley like a punching bag. While cleaning the church cellar, he finds Father Esteban's room, which is filled with black magic books and a diary. Stanley uses his 1981 computer skills to translate the book and learn more about Esteban. My words will not translate how great Stanley's Apple II's computing power is.
The next morning, Stanley's classmates tie up his clothes and unplug his alarm clock, which leads him to be punished. As he cleans the stables, the school secretary finds Esteban's diary. As she plays with the jewel's on the cover, pigs attack Stanley. He returns to his room to find all of his belongings destroyed and his book gone.
Sick of running out of computer time, Stanley steals a computer and sets it up in the basement. He's only missing a few ingredients — human blood and a consecrated host.
That evening, the cook takes pity on Stanley and gives him Fred, a
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Don't get me wrong. I love the man and his many, many contributions to film (Balok from the Star Trek TV series, Carnosaur, Apollo 13, Rock 'n Roll High School and so much more). But you can totally see how he fits his role as Stanley Coopersmith in this movie.
Evilspeak starts in the past, where Satanist Father Esteban (Richard Moll, who ends up in these reviews a lot, thanks to films like The Nightmare Never Ends and The Dungeonmaster) and his followers are exiled from Spain and denied the grace of God, unless they renounce Satan and his evil ways. We wouldn't have a movie if they gave in, right?
Fast forward to the 80's. Stanley Coopersmith is an orphan, a poor kid who has been allowed into a military school alongside the children of some of the nation's richest and most powerful people. Everybody — including the teachers — pretty much use Stanley like a punching bag. While cleaning the church cellar, he finds Father Esteban's room, which is filled with black magic books and a diary. Stanley uses his 1981 computer skills to translate the book and learn more about Esteban. My words will not translate how great Stanley's Apple II's computing power is.
The next morning, Stanley's classmates tie up his clothes and unplug his alarm clock, which leads him to be punished. As he cleans the stables, the school secretary finds Esteban's diary. As she plays with the jewel's on the cover, pigs attack Stanley. He returns to his room to find all of his belongings destroyed and his book gone.
Sick of running out of computer time, Stanley steals a computer and sets it up in the basement. He's only missing a few ingredients — human blood and a consecrated host.
That evening, the cook takes pity on Stanley and gives him Fred, a
Read more at bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/10/19/evilspeak-1981/