The Devil's Ground (2009)
"The Cycle" (original title)

While traveling from California to Bangor through a lonely road, Carrie Mitchel is advised by the gas station attendant Jimmy to rest in a hotel; however, she decides to continue driving ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Bafaro

Writer:

Michael Bafaro

Stars:

Daryl Hannah, Leah Gibson, Luke Camilleri

Cast

Cast overview:
Daryl Hannah	...	Carrie Mitchel
Leah Gibson	...	Amy Singer
Luke Camilleri	...	Mike (as Luke Camillieri)
Lee Tomaschefski	...	Lisa
Maria Gruending	...	Tammy
Jeb Beach	...	Greg
Daniel Probert	...	Billy
Twan Holliday	...	Hog / Tobey / Jimmy
Oliver Blaha	...	Young Station Attendant (as Oliver B. McGillick)
Jason Chin	...	Young Station Attendant (voice)
John Comer	...	Van Driver
Patrick Scoffin	...	Van Passenger

Storyline

While traveling from California to Bangor through a lonely road, Carrie Mitchel is advised by the gas station attendant Jimmy to rest in a hotel; however, she decides to continue driving through the night. Later she almost hits the teenager Amy Singer that is wandering on the road wounded with blood on her face. She gives a lift to Amy that tells that her friends from the Boston University Mike, Greg, Tammy and Lisa and she had traveled in a RV to Arrowhead to research the area as part of a discipline in their course. When they stopped in a gas station, the attendant Billy advised them to avoid the place in Bradford City called "Devil's Playground" by the locals. While digging in an area where a mine collapsed on 19 December 1967 killing 239 coal miners, they find preserved bones that they believe belonged to the Indians. However, when they find teeth with golf fillings and a watch on the wrist of an arm, they realize that the deaths have recently occurred and they are in a dangerous ...

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Plot Keywords:

urination | crow | panties | interrupted sex | sex | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for for violence, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Devil's Ground

Company Credits

Production Co:

IndustryWorks Pictures, Evolution Pictures, H30 Filmed Entertainment Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Tobey is named after Tobe Hooper.

User Reviews

Another GREAT horror Indie's rating is ruined by ibmd armchair idiots

First of all, this is an absolutely excellent horror flick that I have seen multiple times on cable and I still don't get sick of it. This is the type of story that you have to watch at least twice to grasp. If you like horror your in for a ride with this one. Let me just pick apart some of the more idiotic reviews here by these armchair critics who try to compare the horror genre to regular movies. Let me break it down for you idiots:

First of all this is Horror. We as horror lovers don't always expect clever plots and we don't expect everything to be breakthrough movie or something with a "statement". And cliché can be good in the horror business and sometimes can make the movie really fun and sometimes nostalgic of simpler times. My point is that the Horror genre plays by strict rule sets so please STOP with your crap reviews. You people take yourselves too seriously actually thinking that someone gives two craps what you think and your "opinion". Us horror lovers only want a few things:

1)Good realistic gore

2)A clever story(Not always needed) that MAY OR MAY NOT be similar to other horror styles and genres

3)Decent acting is not always neded especially when its not tongue and cheek, but true horror needs good actors

4)A decent production, direction, sets, etc

5)Characters we recognize from other legendary horror movies

The Devils Playground delivers in spades on all of the above except the scream queen, but we get Daryl Hannah which is a very worthy stand in. Now, let me clarify something that really needs clarification again for those real smart people here at IBMD, "There is no such thing as a rip off or "cliché" in a Horror movie", Or let me rephrase that. You should never, EVER bash a movie because it bears similarities to other horror flicks. I can tell the reviewers writing these reviews weren't around in the 80's to watch the tens of thousands of Zombie/Slasher/Low quality movies released. If these bashers were around they wouldn't set out to see a movie like this. Let face it the internet allows us to check up on and watch movies we would never even looked at before. So Only real horror movie lovers wouldve watched most of the independent horror flicks. I think had these "bashers" been loved horror since the 80's they maybe actually able to understand the Horror genre and give these guys a break.

So, when it comes to horror you don't rate like you would a drama or a romance andif you do you have no business voting or even watching horror movies. Don't you know because you all sound like broken records on every single horror movie thread? Go be a movie reviewer somewhere else please and let us, The real horror movie lovers rate horror movies..Or lighten up. I mean you will never catch me rating romance movies which are just as, if not more repetitious then horror movies. Hell all movies have influenced by other and have similarities to others

And to the repetitive reviewers with the same old post: the plot is filled with holes. Um no. The plots are usually as simple as they can get its your attention span thats filled with holes.

I am just SO sick of these idiots trying so hard to bash these movies and ruining all their ratings. I never know what to watch because of it. Isn't it obvious to these people that they're not really horror fans?? Just because you liked The Descent and Paranormal activity doesn't make you a horror buff.

To the die-hards:

This a winner. Great flick, great story, great gore, and even a great twist. This movie is very original in its own right no matter what people say. Comparisons to Texas Chainsaw are non-existent just more crap from idiots reaching far and wide. This is a winner. I promise.

7 stars and it deserves every star!