Interesteg What makes it different from others?

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

John Leonard This is simply terrible.If it's a parody, it fails to be funny. If it was intended as(semi-)serious horror, the terrible script and horrible acting ruined any remnant of credibility. So,what is it?I have tried to see any humor in the movie, but the over-obvious 'look- at-me-Ma-being-funny' kind of attitude destroys it. I tried to find any redeeming value in this movie by thinking of it as an over the top horror movie, but even then it simply is boring and spoiled by all the aforementioned reason. It's just a sick story based on what seems like a dysfunctional family with a devil worshiping idiot boy.I'm sorry I wasted my time watching this garbage which is neither one nor the other. I usually try to see some merit in a given movie, but I simply fail to detect anything of value.

hellornola If you love corny slash films, you're going to love this! I spotted this beauty at Blockbusters long ago and decided to give the poor thing a benefit of the doubt. How terrible could it be, right? Yes, indeed, it is terrible. It's a low-budget, corny horror movie, far worse than Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but not as bad as Silent Night Deadly Night 2. Despite all of this, it's a great movie, full of originality, creativity, and lots of laughs. The characters are oddly likable and the classic suburban setting brings back wonderful memories to those who traipsed through the neighborhoods on Halloween night, pillow case full of candy in hand.This is definitely a must-see film for those who love to curl up on the couch on All Hallows Eve, laughing at all of the low-budget blood splatters and screams that make movies like these wonderful.

lost-in-limbo Jeff Lieberman's is a profound low-budget cult director who has made some unusual, but highly enthralling horror / sci-fi enterprises like; 'Blue Sunshine (1976)', 'Squirm (1976)', 'Just Before Dawn (1981)' and 'Control (1989)'. It's been a long time between drinks, but has he ever put a foot wrong. Lieberman returns with the wickedly macabre, but fun Halloween based psycho horror with a considerably dark funny bone; the straight-to-DVD 'Satan's Little Helper'. He does a great job blending together the sinister aspects (oh there are plenty moments that try to offend like trolley ramming in a car park) with the self-aware offbeat humour. No surprises for Lieberman fans. The plot (with a serial killer dressed up a costume going around a small island community randomly killing off people and then presenting the aftermath as some sort Halloween house decoration. Also nine-year-old Douglas gets tricked in to helping out this psychotic, when searching for his master Satan to cause mayhem; as he's dressed up as his favourite video game character - Satan's little helper) might be ludicrously shapeless and then somewhat calculatedly plotted in the dying stages, but throughout it's snappily paced (though it does get a bit bogged in the final third with things you see coming) and excessively violent with its ghoulish streak. Its an oddly cool concept, with a metaphorical touch of naïve and childhood innocence getting a twisted taste of manipulative evil where reality is being confused with fiction (video games causing a numbness to violence) and religion isn't discarded either. The performances are all played in a wry manner with a terrific chemistry among the cast; a wholesome Katheryn Winnick is delectable in her role, Amanda Plummer is spiritedly good and a truly bratty performance by Alexander Brickel. Joshua Annex dressed up in the devil suit (quite a vivid costume) gives an excellent performance, which was constructed around body language due to his character not speaking. Lieberman shows flair, but a surefooted tidiness with his minor budget, despite some very fluid moving photography. Refreshingly senseless and humorously gusty b-grade horror fodder right for the picking.

Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) Dougie (Alexander Brickel) is obsessed with his new video game 'Satan's Little Helper.' He has it with him everywhere: on his hand-held, on his computer, everywhere. On Halloween, Dougie decided to become Satan's Little Helper himself by tagging along with a masked murderer who is taking a vicious toll on the neighbourhood. Dougie tries to get 'Satan' to kill the boyfriend, Alex (Stephen Graham) of his ridiculously hot sister, Jenna (Katheryn Winnick). The insane killer is brought home to Dougie's and he's treated like a member of the family.Satan's Little Helper, since I first saw it a few years back, has been one of my favourite horror-comedies of all time. Probably due to the fact that Dougie reminds me of myself as a young'un, I've always felt a strange draw to it. I love the story, the characters, and the low-budget feel that it constantly maintains. Sure, it feels a bit amateurish even though it's coming from a guy who's been in the business for over thirty years, but oh well. Dougie was surprisingly good and his sister Jenna is unbelievably hot (I'll get to that later). The writing works, as does the music. Though there's not a whole lot of gore & violence, it's done believably when it's shown. There is a great mix of humour & horror, leaning more toward the comedy side of the 'horror-comedy' subgenre. I do have a few problems with it. . . the mom, though it was supposed to be like this, annoyed the bajeesus out of me. I don't know if it's her character or Amanda Plummer in general, but she gave me a headache. I would've liked to see a bit more experimenting with Dougie as the murderer's apprentice, but I'm assuming Liberman didn't want to go too far with him. Also, it does run a bit longer than it should've and, to quicken the pace and be more efficient, a few scenes could've done well to be chopped. And my biggest problem. . . how much of a tease were they with Katheryn Winnick? It was like torture to have her in the 'slutty Renaissance girl' costume for the majority of the film, be occasionally involved in near-sex situations. . . and never reward us for our efforts! AH! But, I'll look past the blue balls she nearly caused and, instead, remember the rest of the film. Overall, it's a great, lighthearted horror-comedy that would make for a fantastic showing on a Halloween evening.Final verdict: 7.5/10.