lathe-of-heaven Okay, it's a FAIR idea that maybe had a little promise IF, and I do mean IF, it was done well. I don't know what the hell happened to Jeff Lieberman, but he certainly should know WAY better than this.Very simple... If you just edit out all the stupid 'Dead Air', of which there is a bloody TON of it; say, bring the film down from a ridiculous 100 minutes (for THIS story, are you frigg'n kidding me?!) and chop out about at LEAST 20 minutes of nonsense, most of which where for absolutely NO reason what so ever, people are just standing around and staring and saying nothing for long, LONG periods of time. IF you were to do that, then MAYBE you would have a fun little entertaining film with some nice chilling touches a la a very, VERY low rent 'HALLOWEEN' I truly just cannot get my mind around the fact that Lieberman after all the experience that he has had, would be so incredibly dense as to completely RUIN the film by allowing all this useless footage that absolutely KILLS any momentum or sense of Horror at all.A very, Very, VERY stupid and pointless waste of what at least MIGHT have come close to the 5 1/2 stars that it is rated here.NO excuse...

movieman_kev Dougie, a less then mentally stable 9 year old, is heavily into a video game entitled 'Satan's Little Helper', so much so that when he spies a murderer in a devil costume he hardly bats an eye before asking to be his minion and asking if his new 'friend' can kill his sister's new boyfriend (Dougie wants to marry his sister himself, but that's neither here nor there). Things soon spiral horribly out of control, as they are apt to do in these scenarios.I haven't been too kind to ol' Jeff Lieberman in the past, I haven't enjoyed his films since "Blue Sunshine" & have on one occasion even drew the ire of the man himself who wrote to me on here. But with that said, I have to give kudos to a film when I feel that it warrants them and I did find this film does just that. Yes it's silly, but it's still likable in it's own demented way (until it starts to lose steam a tad in the final act) Joshua Annex steals the movie as the main baddie not even having to say a word, the rest of the cast, including a bizarre acting turn by Amanda Plummer, fare not so well (but again that's not a real slight against the film, as that's a small part of the charm) All in all it's a perfectly capable small black comedic horror film.Eye Candy: Melisa McGregor shows T&A My Grade: C+ Where I saw it: Netflix online via xbox 360

lastliberal Now, this was interesting! I only tuned in to see Amanda Plummer (who plays a really goofy mom) after watching her the other night in Seven Days to Live. I was surprised that this is a really funny film.Written and directed by Jeff Lieberman (Blue Sunshine), it is a contender for your holiday collection right alongside Bad Santa.A kid (Alexander Brickel) that is five beers short of a six-pack is upset that his big sister (Katheryn Winnick) comes home for a visit with a boyfriend (Stephen Graham). He makes a deal with the devil (Joshua Annex) to remove him. But, what he doesn't know...Melisa McGregor gives us a real Halloween treat.Neat switch from Satan to Jesus at the end. And then...Wow!

vegeta3986 Interestingly enough, this movie was not awful. When i first rented it, i thought i was in for a real crap fest, but actually, we had a pretty good time watching this movie. There were some things that made it lose some points, but in the overall scheme of the movie, we forgave some.long and short of the story, A kid really likes a video game (which is the worst flash game i've ever seen by the way) and confuses reality with fantasy. He has a weird crush on his sister so when she brings a boyfriend home from being a theater major (which i resent these two calling themselves theater majors) and the boy is annoyed. he wishes Satan could come around and kill this boy so his sister and he could be together. aww incest and murder. so cute. anywho, he happens to meet a random psychotic killer dressed in a mask. he's strewing dead bodies on the lawn and the kid thinks it's decoration. sure. why not. he asks the killer if he can be his assistant and the killer says sure. well, he's silent so he doesn't really SAY anything, but he nods. so he brings the killer home and hides him in the basement. the theater major boyfriend wants to go out and get a costume with the kid so they head out. after making the lamest costume purchase in history (all he does is buy a mask. and he calls himself a theater major) they leave. but the killer pulls the boyfriend into an alley and beats the ever loving crap outta him. i have to admit, i laughed. and they run back to the house where the sister is dressed up as a wench and the mom's going to be chiquita banana. boy brings the killer back to the house, but he's wearing a mask so the girl thinks its her boyfriend despite the fact that he has a different build and acts nothing like him (he's not that good of an actor honey) and then the killer proceeds to leave the house causing all sorts of mayhem and murder causing you to laugh all the way. probably the funniest scene was the scene when the kid's riding the shopping cart and telling him to run people over for points. that actually made me laugh out loud. about an hour into the movie, the kid's dad comes home (which i didn't even know existed considering he was never mentioned) is in the movie for, i kid you not (i checked) a minute and a half, and gets killed by the killer. and it's at THIS point the kid realizes the killer is real. wow. good job genius. after not helping their father at all while he's being killed, they cry in a corner and then run away. the killer ties up the mom and takes her to a party. this is by far the WEIRDEST part of the movie. she is totally covered in saran wrap unable to move or talk and everybody at the costume party laughs like it's part of the costume. um yeah.... i've never seen a costume like that before. anyway, the killer spikes the punch with antifreeze and everybody at the party dies. the kids manage to rescue the mom, but the killer gets away. He dresses up as Jesus (shrugs) and runs away.oh. i forgot to mention the most disappointing part. at one point he's arrested by the police, and about 10 minutes later, you hear that the entire police station is a slaughterhouse but they never show you how he gets passed like 7 armed guards and kills them all. i was like "DUDE! i would have LOVED to seen that scene! why didn't they have THAT? that would have been awesome!" anyway, after he's Jesus, he switches his outfit with the unconscious boyfriend and the mother and daughter unknowingly kill him. after that we see a policeman enter the house and the family's relieved, but at the end we see the killer is the policeman. roll credits.There are two things about this movie that i didn't particularly care for. the first thing was he crushes a cat's head at one point to write a message. i didn't like that. even though it's obviously fake i hate animal violence. so if you don't like this stuff, look away when he's on the porch.The second was i didn't like it when he shot his hand and dressed up like Jesus. That was pretty messed up.overall though, this movie was actually entertaining. as entertaining as Shredder to say the least. it won't win any awards, it is drawn out in some places, but you know what? it's not terrible. if you're in a bind thinking of what to rent and you like weird horror movies, give this a shot. you may or may not be disappointed. This movie really is just a matter of taste.Satan's little helper gets 5 grocery baggers stabbed with a screwdriver out of 10.