THE PLOT THUS FAR
A young couple’s blessed event turns into their worst nightmare in one of the most terrifying horror films ever conceived! After a mysterious night on their honeymoon, Zach and Samantha McCall find themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything on video for posterity, Zach notices odd behavior in his wife, which they initially attribute to nerves, although it soon becomes evident that the disturbing changes to Samantha’s body and mind have a much more sinister origin. All will suffer…but who will survive?
WHAT WE THOUGHT
“Devil’s Due” was something that caught my wife’s attention. She was pregnant and ranting about how she didn’t want to watch this movie. I wasn’t pregnant, but I was glad that being knocked up had suddenly infused her with critical taste. Cut to a few months later and I’ve now seen the film twice. The film plays as a found footage look into the unraveling of a marriage due to Satan getting up in m’lady’s guts. Samantha McCall is a flat character that plays like Mia Farrow, if Satan’s barbed love appendage had stabbed her through the brain.
Demonic possession is pretty played out, but it can still be done well with some creative forethought. Luckily for the kids texting in the theater, nobody put anything into this movies that requires you to look up at the screen. The ending is typical, the action is forgettable and the poor husband gets to stand around like schlub and wine. Hell, at least Cassavettes was in on the action in “Rosemary’s Baby”. Poor Zach doesn’t really get anything out of this Satanic Coital Panic.
The Blu-Ray comes with deleted scenes, featurettes, commentary, Digital HD copy and DVD copy as the special features. The DTS-HD 5.1 master audio track is strong enough for ambient noise and jump scares. The 1080p transfer showcases the limitations of the found footage aesthetic. Still, it looks better than most of the early Paranormal Activity movies. In the end, I’d recommend a purchase to the curious.
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