You give the movie makers too much credit. I think this was just a mess of a Ghost Watch UK rip off that shot its wad in ways Ghost Watch much more effectively delivered by pulling punches at key moments and the finale.
GW's creators knew the point wasn't to show gore and violence because the real power is the suggestion of evil and the creepiness of the unfolding evil. They were taking their lessons from Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape, a movie you definitely need to see to get to the core of what inspired GW and then in a tertiary way, Devil.
Meanwhile, Devil's creators seem to have just lost their minds at the end and wrapped things up by showing the unlikable host character being tortured. I never cared about his arc because it was basically just a wordy exposition at the start and then a forgettable dream sequence at the end. Dreamer, here! Change the channel!
Great writeup.
You give the movie makers too much credit. I think this was just a mess of a Ghost Watch UK rip off that shot its wad in ways Ghost Watch much more effectively delivered by pulling punches at key moments and the finale.
GW's creators knew the point wasn't to show gore and violence because the real power is the suggestion of evil and the creepiness of the unfolding evil. They were taking their lessons from Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape, a movie you definitely need to see to get to the core of what inspired GW and then in a tertiary way, Devil.
Meanwhile, Devil's creators seem to have just lost their minds at the end and wrapped things up by showing the unlikable host character being tortured. I never cared about his arc because it was basically just a wordy exposition at the start and then a forgettable dream sequence at the end. Dreamer, here! Change the channel!