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| "Devil's Due" |
The new horror film "Devil's Due" is essentially "Rosemary's Baby" done as "Paranormal Activity" lost-footage style. On that note, you've seen this done better and much scarier. After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple (Zach Gilford, Allison Miller) finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but, as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin. Co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett with a screenplay by Lindsay Devlin, "Devil's Due" has a handful of chilling moments, but the thin premise and the overdone lost-footage style make this a bit of a bore. It's unfocused direction and script have too much of the mundane and less of the genuine scares, which really don't come until the ending. Classics such as "The Omen," "The Exorcist" and "Rosemary's Baby" were far more chilling than "Devil's Due" so you'll be better off just renting one of those than wasting your time with this plodding horror film.
Wes's Grade: C-
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