Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Arlis Fuson I bought this DVD at wal-mart for $5 and admit I wasn't expecting much. I tried watching it once and made it maybe ten minutes before giving up...I made it this time and it wasn't too bad.The legend of the Jersey Devil has been around a long time and is a well known legend in those parts. There are many myths about what it is exactly and one of those myths is that it's a shape shifting native American that was the 13th child of a tribe chief killed by British soldiers. This movie tells a fictitious version of that. A lady is sent to investigate after more bodies mysteriously are found mutilated in the woods in Jersey. All leads point to a mysterious hermit in the woods played By Cliff Robertson.The director here is a nobody, but he has several shots that I enjoyed. This movie has a real 80's horror movie feel to it. He often changes camera angles and focuses hard to get the shots just right and from the right perspective. Sad that he has done nothing else. I will admit though I hated the opening scenes with the sloppy fast camera work symbolizing the running of the actor, I am a firm believer in letting the actor work and do the action and not letting the camera do the action to cut corners for lack of a location to shoot your scenes in. The director needs to become a character with his beautiful shots, but never ever interfere with the actors.Acting wise it was full of used up nobodies from old 80's TV fame. Cliff Robertson co-wrote and stared, and he did okay. Robertson is a good actor, and he's still getting successful roles to this day. The lead actress was boring and playing that cliché cop role females always portray. We had the token black guy and Chris Atkins playing a part that was as dull as anything he's ever done, would we expect anything else though. Robert Guillaume will always be Benson to me as I grew up on that show, but here he did a great job as Riley.The movie had a decent start and I was interested, it had some cool kills and I wanted to know where it was going, until it got there. I was let down after a good build up. The Devil itself could've been cool but it really looked so plastic-like and fake that it was laughable. The plot gets confusing at times, and you see many plot holes, but hey it was worth a watch if you had nothing better going on I guess. I struggled between 2 and 3 stars, but ultimately decided it didn't earn that 3rd star.

Bozo Being one who was born and raised in South Jersey and near the Pine Barrens, I just had to see this movie. I read all the negative comments and ratings and braced myself for the worst. However, I was not all that disappointed.OK, so I gave this movie a HUGE benefit of the doubt, being a huge fan of South Jersey folklore and of the Jersey Devil, and also a fan of horror movies. But I still did enjoy it for the most part. It was good and bad.The Good: Cliff Robertson gave a great performance as Mr. Shroud, the mysterious Native American descendant. Christopher Atkins was also good as Ron, the park ranger and Gano Grills was good as Mitch, his partner. Robert Guillaume was excellent as Riley, the former cop.Aside from the acting, the basic story was great. And what made it better was that it was really filmed in New Jersey, particularly in Batsto village/park. But they did a good job of making it into Shroudsberg Manor. Also, I personally laughed at the Piney Hunter. I thought he was the funniest person.Although they changed the Jersey Devil legend, they did a good job in keeping with South Jersey history. They put the Lenni Lenape as the Natives there, which is true.The Bad: Michelle Maryk was downright awful as Kathryn, the D.A. assistant sent to investigate. Leslie-Anne Down was good but...why such high billing? She was only in the movie for a minute or 2. Seems like the good actors were given the small roles. Michelle Maryk got WAY too much screen time, I see why they gave her such a low billing, I wouldn't advertise her myself.The effects were not so great, and the camera-work was a bit shaky at times. The editing was awful, and the text on screen was badly put together. The time changes were confusing, but I actually sort of did get them. And they changed the legend, but I understand why.Over all: Not a movie for everyone. Mainly one for South Jersey locals.If you go to watch: Put it in your mind that this will be pretty bad and that the legend was changed, it will be easier to sit through then.6/10.

somenameaus I went to this picture's 'limited release' with few expectations that it would be close to the legend (despite how it was promoted), and I still walked away disappointed. If you've ever read about the Jersey Devil, the odds are good that you've heard the tale of how the thirteenth child of Mrs. Leeds was such a difficult birth that she cursed it, saying 'devil take that child!' This is not about that.Do not ever see this movie with others unless they don't mind you talking during it, because you'll need a distraction to escape the blindingly insipid script, catastrophic scene cuts, and embarrassingly horrible acting by most of the main characters. The addition of competent actors only makes the contrast between them and the rest of the cast all the more apparent, and the devil itself resembles a castoff from the Aliens movie with teeth made of plexiglass.All in all, the true horror of the movie comes at the end, when they promise that this is merely book one in a series.Don't pay to see this movie, unless you are a movie reviewer for a website that specifically thrives on reviewing the most horrible movies possible. From horrible editing to horrible acting to horrible scripting to horrible lighting, this movie fails in almost every way.

kayspam I'm from the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey and have an interest in the Jersey Devil legends. When I heard this movie was coming out I was rather excited.. local folklore making it to the "Big Screen". We were expecting a bunch of snow this weekend so the spousal unit and i ran to the video store to rent some movies.. we saw this one in and decided to rent it... If only i'd read the comments here first. It was TERRIBLE! OK.. I can understand the well-known legend being copyrighted and so they went to an alternative version.. but SO far-fetched? Guns that shoot without ANY indication of discharge or recoil? Awkward camera angles which were supposed to give a feeling of suspense rather causing motion sickness. Blood remaining vividly crimson after over 24 hours aging time? Deer heads stuck on hooks and then miraculously losing the hole? And here let's toss in a sex scene with NO ties to the plot just to make sure we have at least one token female breast to please the masses. We did actually take the time and view the commentary and when Ms. Maryk commented on the incredible effects that went into making the monster I did have to laugh out loud. The creature wasn't so bad when viewed as a silhouette but the closeup scenes?! Yick.. and i don't mean because it was gory. i meant because it was so poorly done.One small plus in the entire experience. The actor who played Ron's partner.. I believe his character's name was Mitch.. Did a very credible job.