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What begins as a fun family vacation in the wilderness of the Pine Barrens soon becomes a nightmare of torment delivered by a depraved clan of backwoods psychopaths and the blood-crazed beast known as The Jersey Devil.
Sep 25, 2006 Wide
Aug 22, 2006
Anchor Bay Entertainment
All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3) | DVD (8)
[A] richly atmospheric exercise in surreal horror.
A cast of cult horror film icons adds flavor to this entertaining feature from Anchor Bay Entertainment that stirs up a few shivers.
... a dream world in which we are constantly pulled back just as we think we are at the brink of reaching reality.
An ambitious and surprisingly disturbing tale that's heavier on the thematic ideas than on the gore (which is admirably restrained).
It's aim is off, and its intentions are skewed. It's the result of a horror fan taking himself - and his film - way too seriously.
Satan's Playground let me down, a fact that I attribute primarily to the bad acting, nonsensical storyline, and lack of an appearance by the monster.
Satan's Playground announces filmmaker Dante Tomaselli as a horror talent to watch out for.
A storybook fairy tale on acid.
At the end of the day, Satan's Playground let me down, a fact that I attribute primarily to the bad acting, nonsensical storyline, and lack of an appearance by the monster.
Come frolic in this freaky forest.
Satan's Playground (Dante Tomaselli, 2006)I have long been a defender of Dante Tomaselli's work, having seen, and liked, both 1999's Desecration and 2002's Horror. I grant you, Tomaselli's movies are an acquired taste, even if you're used to no-budget horror with amateurish special effects and bad acting, but let's
December 23, 2011I was very disappointed. This looked to be a downright bloody, hack and slash horror fest full of gore and violence. It turned out to be a cheese fest with lousy acting, a lame story, and a lot of fake looking death. A big letdown.
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