Nato – Devil’s Due
I’m almost certainly shooting myself in the foot here by picking a January horror release, a doomed release month for the genre, but I have faith in directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Coming from Radio Silence, the foursome responsible for V/H/S segment “10/31/98,” these guys created my favorite short in the “found footage” horror anthology. Having already successfully adapted first-person camera shooting, and after seeing the trailer for Devil’s Due, color me excited for this hellish birthing experience.
The story does sound a bit cheesy, as it follows a family giving birth to some type of demon (maybe Satan himself?), almost like a serious take on Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant’s slapstick comedy Hell Baby. The trailer does have a certain kick to it though, and displays some pretty cool visual effects along the lines of what Radio Silence was already able to pull off in”10/31/98.” Call me a dreamer, but part of me thinks we’ve got a decent winter horror movie on our hands. Don’t worry, we’ll find out soon enough whether I’ll be considered a genius or moron, as the film opens January 17th – only about a month away. Damn, it’s December already?