robertomd-66885 Alright we finally got to see the face of the devil and it is so f0ken pretty 10 10

begob A commando infiltrates an isolated SS bunker on the eve of D-Day, only to find the threat from within is even more demonic than expected.Well, I had high hopes for this. It opens very well - really atmospheric seascape, then a tense mine-field scene, a fateful choice by the hero to divert from the mission, a creepy labyrinth to smother all hope, and a promising two-handed drama that switches hunter and prey.But it swoons into Hammer-style cheesiness. There were some really sharp points to be made here about war as the ultimate horror, and this story failed to make a connection, instead collapsing into goodies v baddies. Also it always amazes me how Anglo-Saxon horror is so coy about sexual images. So the story ends up really stunted, visually and dramatically. What a pity. I wonder if the funding system is effectively censoring films like this.It is well shot, the actors are good - although delivery of lines was often a bit hard to make out - and the music and dialogue start with good restraint but fail to break out.Overall, bright start but becomes dull.

Neil Welch If I had to pick the best of all the New Zealand movies set in the Channel Islands featuring Nazi plans to win WWII by supernatural means, The Devil's Rock would be at the top of the list. To give it due credit, as a low-budget claustrophobic three-hander, it manages its resources very well. There is loads of blood and gore, a demon with decent makeup, a cute lady, a dastardly (but perhaps misunderstood) villain, a doughty hero faced with the sort of problems no-one should have to face, boobies, and a script which tries hard to keep you interested and very nearly succeeds.It needed a bit more to happen in order to be completely successful, but I suspect that was difficult to achieve within budget.

JoeB131 Not a bad film, obviously knows who its audience is, which is sci-fi and horror nerds who watch movies like this. There's even a nod to the Indiana Jones films and Lovecraft myths.So the plot is that on the eve of D-Day, a couple of New Zealand Commandos are sent to take out a gun position on one the channel Islands, to distract the Nazis from where they were really going to land. The two commandos find most of the Nazis are already dead, mauled by something in the fortress that is screaming horribly.After one of them is killed by the last Nazi, who is also a specialist in the occult, the other finds the Nazis have summoned a demon who can shape shift into the image of the viewers loved one.Now, I give this movie its due. It was probably made on a budget of bottle deposits, but the acting isn't that bad and the plot moves along at a good pace. Better than the typical, "Let's make a Zombie Movie" garbage we see from low budget film makers.