Ethan Embry

Shiri Appleby

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Kiara Glasco

Tony Amendola

Leland Orser

Oryan Landa

Craig Nigh

Marco Perella

Mylinda Royer

Arthur Dale

Jack Dullnig

Richard Rollin

Ash Thapliyal

Jamie Tisdale

Jose Villarreal

Marisela Menchaca

Greg Anderson

Simon Chapman

Sean Byrne

Andy Canny

Joie Todd Kerns

Don Hertzfeldt

Roman Turullols

Chelsey Fiske

Ken Gaston-Kilgore

Shane Patrick

Chad Rosen

Christopher Dufau

Andy Hay

Jeff Schwan

Taylor Cremeens

Haroun Safi

Colette D. Dahanne

Sarah Dowling

Ben Loggins

Joan Rowe

P.K. Munson

George R. Niedson

Nathanael Vorce

Jason Manzano

Michael Ortiz

Luke Mullen

Ryan Maguire

Luciano Vittori Jr.

Clayton J. Barber

Jessica Wu

Keith Calder

Matilde Matvere

Sven-Erik Mändmaa

Roxanne Benjamin

Chris Harding

Bart Brown

John H. Han

Tom Hammock

Galaxy San Juan

Michael Yezerski

Jonathan McHugh

Bruce Wayne Gillies

Stacy Ellen Rich

David Hack

Max Juren

Horror

Thriller

The Devil's Candy

Snoot Entertainment

HanWay Films

United Kingdom

United States of America

MODEST SPOILERS

Anyone as old as me will remember TV's "Laugh In" and comedian Flip Wilson's oft repeated line "The devil made me do it!" It became, like "Sock it to me" from the same show, a Buzz Phrase for the time.

"The Devil's Candy" certainly fits into "the devil made me do it" category as far as character motivation. Here the devil makes one character kill and another paint dark disturbing pictures of which they have no memory of painting. But rather than cliché us or bore us with the same old "call a priest" which we have seen a million times, the story plays out as a very human drama of one man dealing with what doctors would call a mental illness, and another dealing with an obsession that is costing him his family.

Yet do not think the film is without chills. Indeed it has some extremely disturbing and violent scenes! However these are done with a modicum of gore and blood so they are not gross out horrors; rather than true horrors as they let you in on what is happening just enough to worry your mind.

The film also makes a subtle statement about how we as a society fail to treat mental patients with violent pasts.

Acting all around is top notch. Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby (nice to see after not having seen her in a while), Kiara Glasco, and Pruitt Taylor Vince never once drop the ball; bringing us fully into their worlds.

Gimly

Goes largely unresolved, but still has a good grasp of the technical aspects and some small amount of originality.

_Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._