Shot on video around a German apartment building in the '90s, F*CK THE DEVIL isn't even a proper movie, but more an underground gore short made by horror fans. If you can get into the vibe, it's pretty fun.
There's no real plot to speak of: a woman watches EVIL DEAD 2 on VHS (cue scads of unlicensed footage), and something stirs in the building's basement. A spirit - flying around like the famous EVIL DEAD cam - makes its way upstairs and possesses the woman's baby, then her husband (or boyfriend?) who kills her and the child and starts murdering everyone in the building. That's it.
The film is merely a showcase for gore FX, but not really even ambitious ones like those of Olaf Ittenbach. No, the goal here seems more intended to see what director Michael Pollklesener can throw together without spending anything more than pocket change. The film isn't really out to impress, it's just there to provide a good time - something for the filmmaker and friends to throw on at parties or the local bar and laugh at over a few beers. If you can take it in that spirit - less as an actual film than a 35-minute home movie goof - it's a lot of fun.
There's no real plot to speak of: a woman watches EVIL DEAD 2 on VHS (cue scads of unlicensed footage), and something stirs in the building's basement. A spirit - flying around like the famous EVIL DEAD cam - makes its way upstairs and possesses the woman's baby, then her husband (or boyfriend?) who kills her and the child and starts murdering everyone in the building. That's it.
The film is merely a showcase for gore FX, but not really even ambitious ones like those of Olaf Ittenbach. No, the goal here seems more intended to see what director Michael Pollklesener can throw together without spending anything more than pocket change. The film isn't really out to impress, it's just there to provide a good time - something for the filmmaker and friends to throw on at parties or the local bar and laugh at over a few beers. If you can take it in that spirit - less as an actual film than a 35-minute home movie goof - it's a lot of fun.
