Satan's Little Helper (2005)

I absolutely loved this movie! It's fun, creepy, cheesy, and a Halloween classic in my opinion! I will say, for such an independent film, there is a lot of people who have seen and enjoyed this movie! What can you not like?

Being a dark comedy doesn't count if the humor is like a sledge hammer to the skull. I first that it was going to be some bad Christian commentary on violence in video games, but that was giving it too much credit. Really, someone please make a horrible Christian commentary on violence in video games. Get someone unsubtle to direct it to. Some budget, no budget, I don't even care. It could be a vehicle for the crazy lying lawyer guy. Can you tell I'm padding my review yet? I've really said all I can say. The movie was bad. Really bad. I don't recommend this movie. Hey, have you played the new Arkham game? I have. It wasn't that bad.

If you love corny slash films, you're going to love this! I spotted this beauty at Blockbusters long ago and decided to give the poor thing a benefit of the doubt. How terrible could it be, right? Yes, indeed, it is terrible. It's a low-budget, corny horror movie, far worse than Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but not as bad as Silent Night Deadly Night 2. Despite all of this, it's a great movie, full of originality, creativity, and lots of laughs. The characters are oddly likable and the classic suburban setting brings back wonderful memories to those who traipsed through the neighborhoods on Halloween night, pillow case full of candy in hand.This is definitely a must-see film for those who love to curl up on the couch on All Hallows Eve, laughing at all of the low-budget blood splatters and screams that make movies like these wonderful.

Interestingly enough, this movie was not awful. When i first rented it, i thought i was in for a real crap fest, but actually, we had a pretty good time watching this movie. There were some things that made it lose some points, but in the overall scheme of the movie, we forgave some.long and short of the story, A kid really likes a video game (which is the worst flash game i've ever seen by the way) and confuses reality with fantasy. He has a weird crush on his sister so when she brings a boyfriend home from being a theater major (which i resent these two calling themselves theater majors) and the boy is annoyed. he wishes Satan could come around and kill this boy so his sister and he could be together. aww incest and murder. so cute. anywho, he happens to meet a random psychotic killer dressed in a mask. he's strewing dead bodies on the lawn and the kid thinks it's decoration. sure. why not. he asks the killer if he can be his assistant and the killer says sure. well, he's silent so he doesn't really SAY anything, but he nods. so he brings the killer home and hides him in the basement. the theater major boyfriend wants to go out and get a costume with the kid so they head out. after making the lamest costume purchase in history (all he does is buy a mask. and he calls himself a theater major) they leave. but the killer pulls the boyfriend into an alley and beats the ever loving crap outta him. i have to admit, i laughed. and they run back to the house where the sister is dressed up as a wench and the mom's going to be chiquita banana. boy brings the killer back to the house, but he's wearing a mask so the girl thinks its her boyfriend despite the fact that he has a different build and acts nothing like him (he's not that good of an actor honey) and then the killer proceeds to leave the house causing all sorts of mayhem and murder causing you to laugh all the way. probably the funniest scene was the scene when the kid's riding the shopping cart and telling him to run people over for points. that actually made me laugh out loud. about an hour into the movie, the kid's dad comes home (which i didn't even know existed considering he was never mentioned) is in the movie for, i kid you not (i checked) a minute and a half, and gets killed by the killer. and it's at THIS point the kid realizes the killer is real. wow. good job genius. after not helping their father at all while he's being killed, they cry in a corner and then run away. the killer ties up the mom and takes her to a party. this is by far the WEIRDEST part of the movie. she is totally covered in saran wrap unable to move or talk and everybody at the costume party laughs like it's part of the costume. um yeah.... i've never seen a costume like that before. anyway, the killer spikes the punch with antifreeze and everybody at the party dies. the kids manage to rescue the mom, but the killer gets away. He dresses up as Jesus (shrugs) and runs away.oh. i forgot to mention the most disappointing part. at one point he's arrested by the police, and about 10 minutes later, you hear that the entire police station is a slaughterhouse but they never show you how he gets passed like 7 armed guards and kills them all. i was like "DUDE! i would have LOVED to seen that scene! why didn't they have THAT? that would have been awesome!" anyway, after he's Jesus, he switches his outfit with the unconscious boyfriend and the mother and daughter unknowingly kill him. after that we see a policeman enter the house and the family's relieved, but at the end we see the killer is the policeman. roll credits.There are two things about this movie that i didn't particularly care for. the first thing was he crushes a cat's head at one point to write a message. i didn't like that. even though it's obviously fake i hate animal violence. so if you don't like this stuff, look away when he's on the porch.The second was i didn't like it when he shot his hand and dressed up like Jesus. That was pretty messed up.overall though, this movie was actually entertaining. as entertaining as Shredder to say the least. it won't win any awards, it is drawn out in some places, but you know what? it's not terrible. if you're in a bind thinking of what to rent and you like weird horror movies, give this a shot. you may or may not be disappointed. This movie really is just a matter of taste.Satan's little helper gets 5 grocery baggers stabbed with a screwdriver out of 10.