It’s been a long time coming, but Sean Byrne’s follow-up to
The Loved Ones is almost here. That movie hit in 2009, but
it’s also been two years since his latest, The Devil’s Candy,
debuted. For those of us who didn’t catch it on the festival circuit in 2015,
we finally get our chance next month, and to celebrate, IFC dropped a new
trailer full of Satan and creepiness.
Not only am I a sucker for taut, artistic, demonic horror, I’m
always pleased anytime Ethan Embry gets work. So I’m double in for this
The Devil’s Candy trailer. Also, holy hell, this looks so
good.
The story revolves around a struggling artist (Embry) who
moves his family (Shiri Appleby and Kiara Glasco) into a house in the middle of
rural Texas. Since no house in a horror movie is just a house, this one comes
with all kinds of history. Turns out the previous occupants were murdered by their
son (the always spooky Pruitt Taylor Vince), a heavy metal enthusiast—love the
heavy metal Satanic Panic throwback—who, by the look of this trailer, is a few
chords short of a rock opera. And he may be possessed by the Devil, and the
artist may be possessed by the Devil, and maybe some other folks are possessed
by the Devil, too. This is, after all, a getting-possessed-by-the-Devil movie.
The Devil’s Candy is part haunted house
story, part possession narrative, with a healthy dose of religious horror and
heavy metal thrown in for good measure. In short, it just keeps checking off
one box after another.
Folks have been chatting up The Devil’s
Candy for a while now, so I’m stoked to finally get to see it. To be
fair, based solely on The Loved Ones, I was going to be all
over this, but the positive word of mouth from people and places I trust on
this sort of horror fare only sweetens the deal.
IFC Midnight drops The Devil’s Candy in
theaters, on VOD, and digitally on March 17, so now you have way better plans
on St. Patrick’s Day than getting shitfaced on green beer with every dickhead
in the world. Save the drunken shenanigans for the 18th, you’ve got business to
attend to the day before.
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