Stumbling upon the 2013 movie "The Demon's Rook" by random luck here in 2024, of course I opted to sit down and watch it. First of all, I had never heard about the movie. Secondly, it seemed to be a horror movie, and thus of course I had to check it out.
Writers James Sizemore and Akom Tidwell put together a sort of mediocre script and storyline. Yeah, this wasn't exactly Award-winning writing, but it made for an adequate enough viewing experience for a single viewing, I suppose. The movie was a bit all over the place, as if the writers were arguing between themselves whether to write a zombie movie or demon movie.
I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, and that is something I actually do enjoy when I sit down to watch a movie; with it being all unfamiliar faces and new talents to experience for the first time.
The special effects and make-up in the movie was surprisingly good. In fact, it was so good that it actually helped to keep the movie afloat, despite of its mediocre script and storyline. I was genuinely surprised by the special effects in the movie. And there was enough gore and mayhem to keep an old gorehoud like myself happy.
My rating of director James Sizemore's 2013 movie "The Demon's Rook" lands on a five out of ten stars. I wanted to give the movie a six star rating, but the monotonous narrative and semi-dull storyline kept the movie back. It was definitely the gore and special effects that kept the movie interesting.
Writers James Sizemore and Akom Tidwell put together a sort of mediocre script and storyline. Yeah, this wasn't exactly Award-winning writing, but it made for an adequate enough viewing experience for a single viewing, I suppose. The movie was a bit all over the place, as if the writers were arguing between themselves whether to write a zombie movie or demon movie.
I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, and that is something I actually do enjoy when I sit down to watch a movie; with it being all unfamiliar faces and new talents to experience for the first time.
The special effects and make-up in the movie was surprisingly good. In fact, it was so good that it actually helped to keep the movie afloat, despite of its mediocre script and storyline. I was genuinely surprised by the special effects in the movie. And there was enough gore and mayhem to keep an old gorehoud like myself happy.
My rating of director James Sizemore's 2013 movie "The Demon's Rook" lands on a five out of ten stars. I wanted to give the movie a six star rating, but the monotonous narrative and semi-dull storyline kept the movie back. It was definitely the gore and special effects that kept the movie interesting.