Devil's Weekend (2012)

Devil's Weekend (2012). 1h 18m | Not Rated

“Gathering his friends together, a delusional wannabe filmmaker prepares to shoot an ambitious horror film with his friends at a remote cottage in the woods, but as the shoot continues and their unprofessionalism upsets him he turns to murder to make a better entry than what his original plans were based on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis here was a decent enough if somewhat flawed genre effort. Where this one works well is the generally psychotic and unrestrained atmosphere present here as the film goes along. The whole point of this one isnu0026#39;t that heu0026#39;s going to snap due to their actions while filming but seeing what heu0026#39;s going to do once he does lose control that leads to a rather grizzly and gruesome series of events that take place throughout here. These are all generally given a boost by the highly effective and enjoyable kill scenes that take place here involving his deranged activity towards the group as theyu0026#39;re pulling off undesired antics on-set, either through the continuous disagreements that emerge or their own personal motivations that bring about his rampage which are quite brutal and shocking. Having some of the shocking acts and graphic gore in the kills on display here is quite effective and somewhat nauseating, this one does generate some overall effective moments at points. There are some big issues to be had with the film. The biggest issue here is that itu0026#39;s virtually impossible to care whatu0026#39;s going on here since we donu0026#39;t really have any interest in seeing him get through the filmmaking process. With so much of the film focused on him trying to get the project going by skirting around the issue with his wife, forcing his friends into compromising positions for their performances, and taking character motivation from his perceived thoughts on their actions doesnu0026#39;t allow this one much to get invested in his tale. Heu0026#39;s a self-centered, unhinged lunatic with a delusional streak regarding what he wants out of the film and doesnu0026#39;t have much in the way of redeeming qualities to make us care about the film or his stranded relationships that start troubled and just get worse as time goes on allowing him to get more deranged and unhinged without much provocation. That really makes this one a struggle to get through and lowers this one the most.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Full Male and Female Nudity, Graphic Language, strong sex scenes, and graphic animal abuse.”