Review of Devil Times Five (1974) by Josh K — 20 Aug 2008
The central conceit of this horror film is that five young psychopathic kids can kill off a group of seven adults. Given its absurdity it takes the edge off quite a bit. The fact that the film is SLOWLY paced and that the adults are defined entirely by their "types" (alcoholic wife and her henpecked husband; sexually frustrated wife and her workaholic materialistic husband; good-earthed good-looking blond boyfriend and girlfriend; Lennie Small-type guy) makes the film even less compelling and more of a chore to get through.
It just felt awfully tired and worn and gimmicky.
This review of Devil Times Five (1974) was written by Josh K on 20 Aug 2008.
Devil Times Five has generally received mixed reviews.
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