The Devil's Mercy (2008) User Reviews

Weak plot , bad acting

[viziunarium · 3/10 · 24 May 2020]

Weak plot and horrible acting from Stephen Rea ...

Awful

[flagg_01 · 1/10 · 23 June 2008]

Very Boring, ending very anti-climatic, don't bother. The movie was 1 1/2 hours long, the first three quarters of the move were extremely slow and painful. The ending was pathetic at best. Don't know exactly what happened to this one, but it was bad. Wait until it comes out on late night movie, don't bother paying for it. The first 1/3 of the move was a complete boring beating while they built the characters and introduced. The second third, was a waste of time, really didn't do anything for the movie. The Last third of the movie started showing signs of something scary and then the pathetic hump of a scary part (not even worth calling it a climax) was a complete boring let down.

This movie is really boring and ridiculous

[luisfelipe8395 · 1/10 · 28 January 2009]

This movie really sucks. I do not know how a person could call it a thriller. The history is ridiculous. You can only find a little piece of thriller on the final parts. This movie has 1 hour and 30 minutes. At 1:10, I thought I was really watching the wrong movie. There was no fear. There was no thriller history. When I saw the last scene, I laughed a lot. It was really ridiculous how this movie ends -- starts... and you know, everything. I won't recommend this trash to anyone. It's a really trash-triller from Hollywood suburbs. I cannot believe a person who liked this movie. It's kinda boring. I've never seen those actors and actresses before. This movie is a big joke.

the worst film i saw in my life

[celtavigo19 · 1/10 · 25 March 2009]

This film is ridiculous, boring and i think that i've been losing my time during just about ninety minutes.The synopsis doesn't exist because there are many things about the theme that aren't explained.The acting is bad, and the end is simply...quick and silly, because all is ridiculous and i don't feel fear in any moment.I read other comments and i think like luisfelipe: this film is the worst joke that someone can do.The only actor that i recognise is Stephen Rea, but everything in this film is disastrous, including his acting. My desire: i want that a second part never exist...because i think in all the people viewing again a history like this...and i will be very sad. Devil's Mercy:the worst film i saw in my life.

Thoroughly dull

[Leofwine_draca · 1/10 · 2 February 2016]

Stephen Rea seems to be making quite the career of propping up low budget horrors like this and OUT OF THE DARK, although it's hardly the illustrious kind of filmography he'd probably hoped for at the outset of his career. THE DEVIL'S MERCY is one of the most awful of all low budget horrors that I've seen lately.

It's your usual run-of-the-mill haunted house nonsense, shot in the dark for most of the time so you won't be bored by the on-screen antics because you won't even see them. Rea plays the supporting role of a sinister father who lives next door to a family new to the area (this central family is the most boring ever, with bad acting all round). THE DEVIL'S MERCY is one of those films that's so cheap it needs to do everything by the power of suggestion, which means that there's little action or incident up on screen. Sadly, due to the inefficiency of the filming techniques, it turns out to be one of the worst ever.

Terrible

[gianmarcoronconi · 1/10 · 7 September 2022]

Few times I have seen such mediocrity, horror not at all scary, uninspired and in general very ugly, then the acting performances do not help as they are also very mediocre. Moreover, the film is unlikely to be banal following the very classic dictates of cheap horror, thus creating a very boring film that does nothing but follow the manual on how to make a strongly banal and mediocre horror. Moreover, the film is very boring and drags the viewer into its slow atmosphere and a sickly improbability as even the reactions of many characters are useless and stupid many times. Another not insignificant thing is the very horrendous final from the evil does not end here.

Subtle yet effective horror film that doesn't rely on special effects or cheap clichés.

[sempremilanista · 8/10 · 29 September 2012]

To start, can we agree that the three user reviewers that gave this film one star must have written by the same person? I think I am a pretty discerning horror fan and know this is far from a one star film. Devil's Mercy is surely not that bad.

While not some brilliant masterpiece of horror, it is still really effective and a fun watch. Stephen Rea shines in his role as the sinister landlord who is not all that he seems, and the dynamic he shares with his young partner is well done and adds an interetsing twist. There are notes of Rosemary's Baby and other films where the creepiest moments do not rely on cheap special effects, dark lighting or shaky camera shots. In fact, it's that sense of things feeling normal and safe which lends to a nice increase in suspense when we realize things are hardly what they seem on the outside.

If you like movies with themes of dark witchcraft, sinister intentions, spooky old houses, and possession than you might find this worth the watch.