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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Some films are the stuff of legend because they are beastly gory, others because of the impact they have on the scene. And one film is a legend because it has been under the radar for far too long.'Devil delivers almost-epic horror. But when it first hit video stores in '93 it was barely noticed. Although heavily butchered by the Weinsteins, there has always been something deeply special about 'Devil. Underground horror circles were the first to celebrate it, and it was only a matter of time before it started building its number of loyal aficionados. Various versions came and went, however, it wasn't until '07 that the quest for Richard Stanley's true version has come finally to an end. The difference between the messy '92-deconstruction (US-Cut) and the '07-reconstruction (Final Cut) is night and day – it almost feels like two different movies. Maybe not in terms of quantity, but in terms of quality.Horror is supposed to thrill, and 'Devil does it fantastically. But if Guts & Gore is what you want – then this isn't the type of movie you're looking for. Oozing psychedelic Sergio Leone vibes from every pore, 'Devil hijacks horror for 108 minutes and breaks out in a flamboyant direction bordering on mythical existentialism. A fuzzy menace hanging over the Namibian desert like an oppressive cloud gives Devil its own unique flavor.By the way, it's also a political testament to the dark past of South Africa's apartheid. A world crumbling down during the filming of 'Devil, and a world that thankfully no longer exists.Fair warning here: This one gets trippy. Guess a lot of people find it too vague, too fluffy, too spacy. And I can understand that. Personally, I love spiraling into this Nietzschean and symbolically overloaded world. I have always admired the catchy noirish touch. In marked contrast to pretty much every David Lynch labyrinth, Devil is both clearly and darkly, epic and ambiguous, unorthodox but familiar.In an age where everything seems like it's been done 100-times before, 'Devil arguably has no equal. The imagery, the music, the attitude – this film still is magic. Hell yeah, this is the Blade Runner of mystery. Watch accordingly!

Since the beginning of time strange creatures known as "shape-shifters" have taken human form and fed on the life-essence of human beings prior to passing on to another dimension. This movie begins with such a creature nicknamed "Texas" (Robert John Burke) who can harness the wind over the desert terrain to form what the natives of Namibia call a Dust Devil. Yet while he certainly has great power the fact that he is trapped in human form gives him certain weaknesses which native witch doctors are able to understand to a certain degree. This valuable information is passed on to a police detective named "Ben Mukurob" (Zakes Mokae) who is witnessing first-hand the bloody destruction which Texas leaves in his wake as he devours one human being after another. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that for a horror film it had great potential. Unfortunately, there were some parts which moved much too slowly and involved quite a bit of mumbo-jumbo but failed to adequately explaining anything. It was almost like they were making stuff up as they went along. So essentially viewers have no choice but to simply watch what happens next and try to figure everything out for themselves. That said, although I thought the special effects were good and I liked the presence of Chelsea Field (as "Wendy Robinson") I still felt that the movie overall needed some improvement and as a result I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

Very unknown and definitely very under appreciated early 90's horror film, revolving around a particularly unique idea, and a particularly unique villain at that. The film is definitely a slow-burner, Richard Stanley's final cut clocking in at around two hours long. Not saying that is an entirely bad thing, but there are moments when the film drags its feet.The film is slightly sparse on the dialogue, giving way to let the haunting musical score do most of the talking. The visuals speak on their own terms as well, the African sunset to an abandoned movie theater in the middle of the desert filled with sand, the film comes off as some kind of bizarre western. The acting isn't anything to brag about, but it is definitely of a very high caliber for horror movies, although 'Dust Devil' is so ripe with slow-moving action, I would almost not even consider it horror at all. Inspired probably by 'El Topo' and probably did inspire films like Larry Fessenden's 'Wendigo' just a little bit, 'Dust Devil' has a very unique story behind it, which is probably the film's strongest point.Zekes Mokae is probably most notable as the detective, and he definitely outshines Chelsea Field, and Robert John Burke as the 'Dust Devil' himself. All in all, recommended for the horror buff who can tolerate slow-moving melodrama and a good story to back up their thrills.DUST DEVIL -----7/10.

This is a review of the final cut.Richard's Stanley's follow up to Hardware (his feature debut) is a feast of sights and sounds which bridge the gap between horror and art film. A truly eccentric and imaginative film. Hardware itself was fairly impressive visually, but here, Stanley offers us a story, which feels less brain dead. This one is deeper and more subtle and also orchestrated to be almost hypnotic. Pretty good for an extreme B-movie, which is too degrading a classification for something like this. It'll offer a treat for anyone who is curious.The curtain rises on a dusty golden world of desert. A voice of god narration tells us we are in Africa. there is an ancient evil wandering the Namib desert, in human form. He preys on souls, most of whom he hitches a ride from on the desert highway. Wendy has recently left her husband in South Africa, she hits the road with nothing but the clothes on her back. (No points for guessing who she runs into on her trip.)I may offer a few points for guessing what happens to her, but there are times in fact when the plot is not all that predictable. Dust Devil, is a fairly original story even though there are a couple of road movie clichés. It would be wrong and too bias to look at Dust Devil as a road movie, it plays out like one for a while, but it's impossible to label it as one genre. It's part road movie, part horror, part fantasy, and part surrealism. An odd mix, yes but it all comes together effectively. the film is not without fault though. There is a voice of god narration from one of the film's less important characters. It is badly scripted and feels unnecessary. The ending though, not terrible is anti-climactic. Perhaps it's different in another cut of the film, but I doubt it. There is much more worth being said about Dirt Devil, but I don't want to over sell it. If you feel sick of the regurgitated mass of b-movie horror material, Here is a change of pace, a film that is worth checking out. (If you can find it that is). It's a rare one.