Review of The Devil's Tomb (2009) by Davide V — 03 Dec 2011

A really sub par horror film that has very very little going for it. An amazingly generic plot line that, while unimaginative and cliche, still somehow manages to lose itself.

A story that seemingly exists simply to rip off other much more successful horror films such as 'Alien', 'Predator', 'Hellraiser', 'Event Horizon', and several others. The flow of the movie is slow, and seems to pull in different directions. Any momentum the film manages to generate is repeatedly destroyed by the constant interruptions by uninteresting and largely repeated flashback scenes.

Despite having a recognizable cast, there is no performance worth seeing here, save Ron Perlman who only has a small role, but I always enjoy it when the devil gets philosophical. I also have to single out Henry Rollins who, while awful, was interestingly out of place as a priest. What on earth happened to Cuba Gooding Jr.?? I remember when he was an incredibly talented actor staring in good films and gaining a ton of critical praise. Somehow now he starring in direct to DVD piece of crap films turning in piece of crap performances.

Some nice gore effects and boobage shots combine with the recognizable rip-off aspects of other films to keep this from being a total bomb, but there is little to recommend.