ksgillihan Having seen the trailer a few months ago, this movie instantly went on my check-list as a must-see movie. The film starts with an interesting story as a mother works to save money for her ill child who lives far away. Soon she starts to see some strange things and she begins to question her sanity. I liked this direction as the occasional specter would show up unannounced and leave just as quickly. We are left wondering if they are "real" or if they are just "real" to her. From the trailer I expected this film to creep my out a lot more than it did. Granted I have a high tolerance to being scared but I had hopes in what the trailer seemed to promise. Towards the 3/4 mark the film seemed to lose steam as we begin to see what is really going on (if you guessed it like I did) with the main character. What doesn't really make sense to me is why she would just start killing people like mad. Sure she had just lost her son but why the heck does that make her character just start killing people? Didn't seem to fit with the character in my opinion. Ultimately not scary and not shocking.

billcr12 Do not waste your time on this tedious, slow moving, "horror" movie. It is never scary or in any way interesting. Lourdes is a Latina woman working at a French restaurant and hoping to earn enough money to pay for her son's unexplained operation. She is shown mopping the floors and setting tables at the fancy eatery. Along the way, we get flashbacks of her boy and the occasional appearance of ghostly figures. Marta Milans is Lourdes, and she is a competent actress working with a sub-par script. The production values are good and New York is used well as the setting for the story. Unfortunately, the film just drags on and on, and a somewhat decent ending is the only reason for a 3/ 10.

markastzm As a "true" horror fan, this one is so damn, very, very, bloody, bloody awful. I found it difficult(impossible) not to fall asleep(3 times, literally) watching this one. The other reviewers are being extremely generous. The camera man and post production people did a good job, I'll say that much. Perhaps, I might rate higher if this had been a fifteen or twenty minute short movie instead of a ninety minute self-absorbed directorial masturbation. I guess it was good for you Mr. Oliver, now will someone finally give me my reach around. I did enjoy your earlier work Lemmy very much, but not enough to forgive you fully for wasting my time here. Think about sticking to documentaries, or maybe getting Wes's help with all your films. This is the type of movie that gives "New York film school style" flicks a bad name. I'm one who loves "New York film school style", but only when done intelligently by those with New York sensibilities, whether born there or not. If I were the professor of a film making class at a university in Texas, and the assignment was to make one of dem stuck up artsy-fartsy hi falootin' movies, I might give this one a better grade than I did here. After reading another reviewer's comments, I would also like to add that I am an enormous fan of Argento's work and this movie has absolutely nothing of the class of any of his works. To make such a comparison is to compare the work of a competent food porn photographer to the work of Manray.

Snaggletooth . I'm sure I've written before on IMDb about how dire most Hollywood flicks are. I constantly search for the alternatives, ie. those flying low, and off the radar, but I must admit of course, that a lot of low budget flicks can be pretty awful. I came across Devoured online, and while it's not super low budget, these days it's meagre $1.5million ranks as quite low compared to most (effects laden) cinematic garbage stinking our movie houses. Devoured however, walks all over most of them.From the opening scene of the dead girl surrounded by police, we go back with her to a time when she was alive, I can't say happily alive, because her existence (we come to learn) has been driven only by the need to earn money for her ailing sons medical care back in Mexico. But this isn't some sugary sweet tale of parenthood. Devoured is darkly atmospheric, and while some may consider it slowly paced I thought it was marvelously done. It slowly builds pity for, and connection with, the leading girl suffering her daily trek, to and from work, to achieve her only goal. And by the time it gets to a scene where she is assaulted by her female bosses boyfriend, her tears are enough to move you to tears (almost) too. I thought that scene was brilliantly done, no words or struggle from her, no change of expression, just tears. Fantastic. I haven't mentioned yet that some sinister presence means she's not alone in the building at night. The CCTV cameras follow her moves which really makes it feel as if we are there watching her too. She continues to work for minimum wage and send money home to Mexico with a few calls along the way to her mother (and son) telling them she''ll be home soon. All the time though, we know something isn't right with a strange figure appearing in the restaurant at random intervals, along with strange visions and experiences. Each new day is heralded by a scene of some food preparation (this works pretty well), and the atmosphere of what it must be like to be alone in NYC is delivered with stark style. And then, the ending....The last ten minutes really bring an excellent pay off. Im not going to spoil it for you, but as a horror fan it certainly hit the mark. This is the kind of gem low budget genre fans spend their time searching for and it's great when you find one that isn't some boring "found footage" thing like Blair Witch or ridiculous teens in a forest slasher rubbish. EDIT: I would like to state that in no way am I involved in this movie which has been harshly stated here by jga30328 in a uncalled for personal attack. I have asked him to remove this post or at least edit it. I liked the movie, he didn't. That's fair enough. Attacking someone directly because you disagree with a personal opinion doesn't seem right to me, especially when you've only reviewed one movie in 5yrs of membership lol.