The Jackalope, 28 Feb 2012 at 20:00
Filmbar70 presents Devil Story (1985)
On Tuesday the 28th of Feb, Filmbar70 welcomes you to Anti-Masterpiece Theatre, an excursion into filmic delirium fuelled by inventive incompetence and juvenile excess. Join us as we mine the ruptures in the celluloid continuum to bring forth offerings both ridiculous and sublime that transcend the conventions of cinematic quality.
Watch the Filmbar trailer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRkcK09ZDeM
For our inaugural event we present Bernard Launois’ Devil Story ( Il etait une fois le diable, 1985 ) a horror film so staggeringly off the scale in terms of ineptitude it’s hard to believe these ‘film-makers’ had ever seen a film before. And yet, via some magic, alchemical reaction, something extraordinary emerges. What we have here is a gothic, magical, modern/historical, monster mash gore movie. And how many of those have you seen?
A deformed Nazi attired maniac roams the French countryside, bloodily dispatching weekend campers. An owl hoots. A horse whinnies. A couple find themselves stranded in a gothic pile, owned by a Southern fried redneck. An owl hoots. A ship emerges from a cliff. A horse whinnies. An Egyptian goddess, complete with bandage bound sidekick, arises to stalk the Earth. An owl hoots. A horse whinnies. That bleedin’ owl keeps on a-hooting…
This mesmeric concoction isn’t just a silly horror film, it throws up a lot of searching questions such as ‘WTF?’ and ‘What just happened to the last 72 minutes of my life?’ So come along, order yourself a pint of crème de menthe and be beholden to the simply wondrous and unique Devil Story.
