The Devil All the Time (2020)

Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality.

Director:

Antonio Campos

Writers:

Antonio Campos (screenplay by), Paulo Campos (screenplay by)

Stars:

Donald Ray Pollock, Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Donald Ray Pollock	...	Narrator (voice)
Bill Skarsgård	...	Willard
Tom Holland	...	Arvin
Michael Banks Repeta	...	Arvin at 9
Emilio Subercaseaux Campos	...	Baby Arvin
Haley Bennett	...	Charlotte
Kristin Griffith	...	Emma
Sebastian Stan	...	Deputy Lee Bodecker
Riley Keough	...	Sandy
Jason Clarke	...	Carl
Harry Melling	...	Roy
Pokey LaFarge	...	Theodore
Eliza Scanlen	...	Lenora
Robert Pattinson	...	Rev. Preston Teagardin
David Atkinson	...	Earskell

Storyline

Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There's Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can't save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his "prayer log." There's Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America's highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There's the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte's orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.

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Plot Keywords:

male full frontal nudity | neo noir | male rear nudity | evil | post war | 

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Taglines:

Some people are just born to be buried.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, bloody/disturbing images, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Harry Melling dumped real orb-weaver spiders on his head. He said that he was okay with it as long as the spiders weren't changed to snakes.

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Goofs

Russell's 1948-1950 Ford truck has a late-model steering column, steering wheel, and column shift for an automatic transmission. It's seen early when Russell drives over to beat up the poachers. That truck would have had a manual transmission and a very different steering wheel.

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Quotes

Deputy Lee Bodecker: Some people were born just so they could be buried.

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Connections

Featured in Sean Chandler Talks About: The Devil All the Time Movie Review (2020)

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Soundtracks

Stealin Stealin
Written by William Shade
Performed by Pokey LaFarge
Published by Peer International Corporation

User Reviews

The bible belt's pulp fiction

Some of the best acting I've seen in 2020. It's not for everyone, but I highly recommend it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Devil All the Time

Filming Locations:

33 W 10th Street, Anniston, Alabama, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bronx Moving Co., Nine Stories Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1