Review by David Rupp
A young, moist, buxom teen vixen finds herself hurled into an odyssey of forbidden sex and unspeakable violence after an innocent evening dabbling in the occult. What started as a simple child's game has now become a fight for her life! What is this evil that she has summoned from beyond? And why does it have a fro? What kind of horrific acts will she be subjected to? And what price will her super-hot, half-nude friends have to pay?
Written by: Shawn Lewis & Mitch Mayes
Directed by: Jonathan Lewis
Starring: Heather Murphy, Natasha Talonz, Christine Svendsen, Erika Branich, Precious Cox & Martin Boone.
Black Devil Doll is another one of those movies I underestimated, and was bitch slapped back to reality by the amount of work that went into this fun flick. Let me just start out by saying the production values are very good, it looks and feels as it should. One of the first things I noticed about BDD is the music, one thing that can kill the feel of a movie is a score that is forced or just doesn't fit. No such thing here, the original music by The Giallos Flame fits the bill, funky 70's riffs put you right into a classic blaxploitation feel mixed with tension building scales. Combine that with some great camera work, on spot editing and more boobs than you can shake your stick at and you have a really well put together independent project.
You will undoubtedly find yourself in more than one instance where you may feel nauseated or offended. Unless you have a real sense of humor! Looking past that there are some good effects, great one liners. The acting is on the upside of indy casting, they at least aren't obviously reading a prompt, Heather Murphy does bring it to the table. The only thing I can really fault is the plot/storyline, it meanders at times and leaves much to the imagination as to motives & where it heads after Heather.
Over all I enjoyed Black Devil Doll, I recommend you at least check it out. It's a sick,funny movie with something for everyone. Make sure to keep watching the credits for the delivery fiasco and visit rottencotton.com. 8/10