The Devil's Child (2021) User Reviews

uneventful and slooow

[noadds · 4/10 · 10 May 2021]

Good acting.. good filming good dialogue

but dont waste your time.... nothing important happens till the end, and even that is weak. Entire movie could have been done in 15 minutes.

Too slow paced and uneventful...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 12 October 2021]

Just because a movie has an interesting title doesn't mean that the movie itself will be interesting. And that was the case with the 2021 horror movie "Diavlo" (aka "The Devil's Child").

I was fortunate enough to stumble upon this horror movie from writer and director David Bohorquez by random luck, and with it being a new horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to take the time to sit down and watch it, even without knowing what the movie was about.

And while I managed to endure the entire ordeal to the end, then "Diavlo" just offered very little entertainment to me, and it was very difficult to get submerged into the rather mundane and boring storyline as it was just so unfathomably slow paced. Actually, the storyline was lacking interesting elements to it, so it was a struggle to get through this 2021 horror movie.

Visually then there were definitely some interesting aspects to "Diavlo", but it wasn't never anything that managed to more than just poke at the embers. A shame really, because the movie would have benefitted tremendously if it had more contents visually and story-wise.

The acting in "Diavlo" were adequate, but the actors and actresses were rather hindered by an inferior script and a bland character gallery. So they were fighting a somewhat uphill battle.

For a horror movie then "Diavlo" was just not outstanding or memorable, and it was a movie that came and went without as much as a groan or a bite. And this movie will slowly fade into the mists of oblivion and never come back out for a second viewing.

My rating of "Diavlo" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

Lord have mercy

[pagaindominy · 2/10 · 5 March 2022]

Slow paced, odds and ends scattered without and could do with some sort of.... something else.

I've got 15 minutes left. So shoot me for reviewing quickly. But.... If it had been a low budget maybe, if you're lucky, 3 part series, you might have gotten away with the appalling thing as a whole.

The storyline is misshapen, odd and I suppose in a way generic.

The overall delivery of the storyline is poor and at best will make you laugh.

It could have been good as a theory, unfortunately the delivery was a super let down.

I'm not commenting on the acting per say but the way in which it was thought to be portrayed to the audience was...bland confusing and dull.

I've had more fun with a blank puzzle.

No sunlight

[nogodnomasters · 5/10 · 19 May 2021]

The film centers on Cherry (Maria Camila Perez) raised in an orphanage and branded as a "weirdo" by her peers. As an adult she is a nurse and is hired by The Hallowell family to care for Philip. Cherry has vivid dreams and daytime visions. She wears a pendant that belonged to her grandmother. Mr. Hallowell can not have sunlight and takes lots of blood. Cherry discovers a painting of Violet, Philip's outcast sister. She has on the same pendant.

There was enough in the film to hold your interest to see where it was going, but not much more. It gives you enough information to piece things together. It was missing atmosphere, a decent soundtrack, a hook.

Guide: Sex. No swearing or nudity.

Confused and Irritated

[kg-57040 · 1/10 · 18 August 2021]

I am so sick of movies with these obtuse, leave it to the imagination endings. The last 3 horrors from 2021 that I have watched have ended this way. So utterly frustrating.

A slow burn film which could have been interesting and ended up not.

I shouldn't have to end a film and Google it's explanation. I'm left with nothing but questions.

What was the point of the orphanage scenes? Unexplained. Who was Dwayne, how did he get there, what did he know about this family?

Who is Cherry, how did she get the necklace. Who is the little boy she keeps seeing? Why was Cherry effectively raped by her grandfather? So much pointlessness. The end just leaves us hanging.

Senseless movie, easy horror

[oedu-20008 · 1/10 · 21 June 2022]

The movie is never able to create a horror context so instead They use easy horror as jumpscares, this movie is definitely terrible I simply left the theater by the hour I don't recommend this trash.

HOT TRash

[tragman · 2/10 · 15 September 2021]

Who the hell green lit this crap. Lol Not good. The effects was the best part of the movie.

WHAT GARBAGE!! :(

[midnitepantera · 1/10 · 21 June 2021]

OMG!!! Can you say BORING, SLOW, STUPID, TEDIOUS and NO STORY LINE what so ever??? If you watch this dreck, you will. Only good thing was the creepy old house. This could have been ok as a 15 min short, how did they get the money to make it 1 1/2 hours long? Your guess is as good is mine. Skip IT.

absolute trash

[hyperzslis · 1/10 · 23 September 2021]

Hate this film I think the director was high when making this trash.

This is a very average to below average movie in just about every way

[kevin_robbins · 2/10 · 7 September 2022]

The Devil's Child (2021) is a Colombian horror movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a nurse that is hired to take care of an old man in a remote, desolate house. Something inside the house causes her to have flashbacks of her traumatic childhood that is somehow tied to the spirits within the house...

This movie is written and directed by David Bohorquez (The Banished) and stars Francisca Estevez (Promising Young Woman), Fiona Horsey (Narcos) and Marvens Passiano.

This is a very average to below average movie in just about every way. The horror elements are lacking, the settings aren't as creepy as hoped, the acting is mediocre as is the writing and dialogue. There are some cool camera angles and worthwhile cinematography.

Overall, this is a below average addition to the horror genre with little to no memorable sequences. I would score this a 2/10 and recommend skipping it.

Slow But Atmospheric

[ladymidath · 8/10 · 1 January 2023]

I don't mind a movie that takes its time to tell a story. Some films rush through while others take forever to get to the point. This movie is slow paced but it does build a very creepy atmosphere and that's important in a movie like this. It starts off with a young woman being hired to care for an elderly bedridden man. The start of The Devil's Child has very The Others vibes but then begins to veer in a slightly different direction.

The movie does manage to create a very ominous old dark house vibe and the actors all manage to convey the tension that builds as the supernatural elements start to kick in. The biggest problem is that it begins to become mired down, especially when the young woman's friends turn up. Also, there are some things that weren't made clear, but that could have just been me as well. All up, it's a good film, just a little slow in places.

if this is made...

[ops-52535 · 7/10 · 7 May 2021]

By a novise in the craftmanship called filmaking , then this is a wonderful clash of many different generics, but most of all its a holocene horror flick and a psychological thriller, that goes wild in the house in the woods and squanders into some syntax errors here and there, but sentimentalism is all blown away, the triggerpoints of adrenaline rush are like a hipster on times square, the musical score is a great part of the script and vice versa, the filmography dilligent and vaudevillish like, and the use of light and dark are on the artistical high plains.

Though the story aint large on word, its complexity of the spiritual level is monstrous, we are talking about the devil and the devils daughter here after all, and the casting crew has found some fresh brunette for the lead role, a brunette that the grumpy old man wants to see more from, her voluptousness is just staggering and 10 wild horses couldnt have held him back if 50 years younger. The worst part of all , she knows how to act...

it seems to me that the production crew is basicly colombian, though all spoken words are in the english language, and no typical south american aka latinos were present in the castline, weird if you ask me. But all in all its a dreamy horror fairytail that you will enjoy while watching, what comes afterwards, do tingle your analytical fantasy. Cause its a film without a clear answer, but all the questions are brilliantly made and presented. So go for it, its a visually well made film, and therefore a recommend.

Horrible

[ocisutiizdaice · 1/10 · 18 April 2023]

This was slow and horrible. What was the point of the ending?

I don't understand anything? Can someone explain why the grandma was wearing the necklace? Was the old man her grandfather who later raped her? This is all a big mess.

What was the point of Dwayne? There were so many scenes that raise a lot of questions but we get minimal answers..

Why did they keep flicking back to the orphanage? What significance did it have in the film.

I'm quite upset cause I'll never get those hours back now.

What was the point of her staying? Was she going to have a rape baby for Naomi? Is Naomi now her stepchild or what?