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It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I am a huge Ali Larter fan, but this movie was not a horror flick-just a horrific horrible flick! No plot development (horror?, sci-fi?, time travel-you name it), no character development, poor and bad cgi, poor script writing, and poor filming/editing and mediocre acting performances. Other than that, it was terrific! Save 90 minutes of your life and avoid this one!

I wasn't familiar with this movie prior to finding it in the horror section. I was instantly drawn to the title and decided to give the movie a go after having seen the movie cover. I didn't read the synopsis, nor did I know who was in the movie. And as a life-long horror fan, of course a movie with a visual presentation such as "The Diabolical" had it would be hard not to pick it up.First of all, I must say that the movie was off to a great start, because it starts out quite intense and throws you right into the events. And I will say that the movie doesn't really slow down in pace, which was a good thing, as director Alistair Legrand managed to maintain that level of pacing and intensity throughout the entire movie.And I liked the intro sequence. Now that is something that I rarely do comment upon, because it is usually not a big deal. But the intro sequence used in "The Diabolical" was very interesting and intense. I liked the visual effects and the music was just outstanding.They had a pretty good ensemble of acting talents on the cast list, and I was genuinely pleased when I saw that Ali Larter had the lead role in the movie, because she usually do pretty nice work in her movies. But it was also a nice surprise to see Merrin Dungey in this movie, as was it nice to see Patrick Fischler here as well.The visual effects and special effects in the movie are quite good and very convincing and believable. And having such effects is very important for a horror movie, because it makes the movie have all that more impact effect. So thumbs up on the special effects crew whom worked on "The Diabolical". The creature designs were also very interesting and quite intense."The Diabolical" has a really nice music score to go along with it, and it serves as a great atmosphere builder. It is subtle enough to be background music, yet outstanding enough that you do take notice of it. The music was good at bringing out the suspense and atmosphere in the movie.The build up of events and happenings throughout the course of the movie was quite nicely done and nicely orchestrated. Although I must admit that towards the end then the movie was losing momentum and I didn't personally care much for the development of the story as it turned out. Sure, it was unpredictable as it changed, but it just became to be a bit too much. It wasn't within my range of liking. Sure I do enjoy a good plot twist, but this was just too far out there, and it sort of spoiled everything that was previously built up during the movie.As for the title of the movie, then it made very little sense, and it was a very poor choice of a title for the movie actually, because it had nothing to do with the storyline. There was nothing diabolical to be seen or experienced here as a matter of fact.I really enjoyed "The Diabolical" quite a lot right up until the reveal of the events at the end of the movie. Then the entire thing came tumbling down hard and fast. My rating of the movie ends on a mediocre 5 out of 10 stars because of this horrible gutting of an otherwise great movie.

If the movie didn't work out as it was expected to, it's only because it has nothing to do with the amount of """scary""" movies we're watching for years. But when it comes to this movie, it's a total different thing.At first, it starts like a more intelligent horror movie because the characters show smartness, are interesting and even if you feel like you can predict what's happening next, it won't change the fact that there is a feeling that it ain't any ordinary horror film.Then, searching for explanations, we finally manage to make our own idea of what's going on and it might be on of the most interesting strength here : it's open to suggestion. Whether you might not like the movie because it's too different in some way and not surprising enough during most of the film, i felt like i was thrilled to watch a movie way more original and creative than most of those i watch.If you haven't watch it yet, start it with the idea that it won't be casual horror. And then you might enjoy the surprise the movie is.

This film is exactly like it's title....diabolical. That may be unoriginal but it's a very apt way to start this review.This is another classic example of why you shouldn't take movie trailers at face value because as soon as I saw them I wanted to see this film. It looked like a really decent, creepy film and when I saw such low ratings everywhere I couldn't understand why. After seeing the film, I do now and unfortunately it's just the exact opposite of what the trailers make it out to be.Amazing how the studios can fool you with a 2 minute trailer isn't it? The Diabolical is VERY slow and sometimes I don't mind that in certain movies as long as the story gets your interest and KEEPS your interest. However, this is not only very slow but it is extremely dull to boot mainly because of the boring story. Actually, scrap that. The overall story isn't that boring...it's the execution of it that makes it boring and for a supposed Thriller there's not very much thrills here at all.I also feel that nothing is really explained properly at anytime throughout the film either. It just feels like it's been put together to allow the audience to come up with their own theories on what is happening. That works - sometimes - but definitely not in this case. It just poses too many questions and leaves them unanswered.Suspenseful? Nope. Mind-bending? More like confusing and mind-numbing. Chilling? MAYBE one or two scenes at the very most but nothing more.Honestly, if you're thinking about watching this film, I'd suggest you just give it a miss. You're not missing much if you choose not to see it and it will save you about an hour and twenty minutes of your life.