Sunday, September 8, 2019

The Devil's Rock



The Devil’s Rock
2011
Director- Paul Campion
Cast- Craig Hall, Mathew Sunderland,  Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater
From New Zealand
            This is one of my favorite movies in the genre because it combines so many things I like; WW2 commandos, evil Nazis, and a hot demon!
            On the eve of D-Day, a pair of Allied commandos sneak on to a Nazi controlled island with the intention of creating some havoc in preparation for the invasion. What they find is an underground bunker filled with some rather gruesomely killed German soldiers and screams echoing through its darkened tunnels.
            The Nazis, in an attempt to find a magical wonder weapon, have summoned a succubus from hell. The demon gorges herself on the flesh of the German soldiers. A détente is called as the surviving Allied commando and the surviving Nazi occultist agree to team up to defeat the demoness,  Neither one trusts the other and to complicate things, the succubus has assumed the appearance of the commando’s dead wife.
            There are many things besides just the occult plot that make this movie scary. The setting, an underground bunker with lots of confined spaces and dark corners, creates a tense environment.  The lack of trust between the two protagonists increases that tension. Of course, the real attraction here is Gina Varela as the seductive demon. The make up for the succubus is both simple and excellent. 
            A fun, scary and unique movie, I highly recommend it.

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