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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Seen on: 03/31/2009

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The Devil's Chair (2007)

Directed by Adam Mason

Horror

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West takes out his girlfriend Sammy, for a shag and a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device - a cross between an electric chair and sadistic fetish machine - transforms drugged-out bliss into agony and despair

Length 91 minutes

Actors

David Gant | Nadja Brand | Olivia Hill | Andrew Howard | Gary Mackay | Pollyanna Rose | Louise Griffiths | Elize du Toit | Graham Riddell | Matt Berry

Viewing Notes

Adam Mason’s The Devil’s Chair is far from perfect as a bloody and brutal hardcore horror flick but its got some style. Maybe too much style in some places. I got the impression Andrew Howard was attempting his best Jason Statham impression (parts of the film was shot in the same manner like you might find in Crank or Snatch, to name a couple). There’s a lag in the 2nd arc but the 3rd arc is when it gets crazy and that I liked a lot.

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