The Devil’s Candy Review | TIFF 2015

Ethan Embry in The Devil's Candy

As someone who loves metal music and has really grown to appreciate horror, it would make sense that the former’s satanic history would mix really well with something dark and ominous. Sadly, most horror directors can’t seem to incorporate metal without some heavy-handed winks and nods, and extraneous amounts of gore. The films that nail the mix do it sparingly, and can’t seem to go longer than one scene before turning into schlock and over-the-top violence. The Devil’s Candy marries the two arts in something that not only works as a really great exercise in tension and horror, but also as a companion piece to the loud and rumbling hum of a low-tuned, distorted guitar.

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