Satan's Little Helper
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| Satan's Little Helper | |
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| Directed by | Jeff Lieberman |
| Produced by | Mickey McDonough, Jeff Lieberman |
| Written by | Jeff Lieberman |
| Starring | Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick, Amanda Plummer |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | October 4, 2005 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Satan's Little Helper is a low-budget black comedy/horror film directed by Jeff Lieberman, it was filmed with HD cameras around New York City, USA in 2003 and was premiered at film festivals in 2004, it saw a direct-to-DVD release on October 4 2005.
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[edit] Story
Douglas 'Dougie' Whooly is a nine year old kid obsessed with a video game from his dad, in which he plays Satan's helper. His sister Jenna, who is portrayed as a pretentious actor who often speaks in a faux British accent, comes home from college for Halloween and things turn sour when Dougie finds out she brought her boyfriend, Alex, with her. After a fall out with Jenna, Dougie wanders off and finds a man dressed in a cheap costume arranging a dead body on his lawn as if it were a decoration Dougie naively believes the man is Satan.
While Dougie is with Satan, Jenna tries on an old costume of her mother's and realizes how sexy she looks in it. Alex decides to bond with Dougie by dressing as Satan. Dougie and Satan knock out Alex so they can bond with each other.
Dougie brings Satan home, where everyone believes he is Alex. After meeting his seductive sister, Jenna, "Satan" falls for her sexy looks by pretending to be her boyfriend by continuously grabbing and looking at her breasts. She notices the change of behavior in him, instead of panicking, she enjoys the darker behavior of her boyfriend, and engages it, although eventually getting quite disturbed at both his forcefulness and failure to speak, both of which she interprets as his devotion to the character.
When Satan and Dougie leave to get Halloween candy, instead they steal tools needed to murder and attack and kill several people, including Alex's dad. On the way home, they engage in a killing spree involving a grocery cart. While walking through a cemetery, the police accost them, and Satan tells Dougie to run home while he murders the police. We soon find out that all the police on the island community are now dead. Dougie returns home to wait for his master. When Dougie tells Jenna about what they've done, she begins to think that Alex is pushing the game too far. She waits for Alex (Satan) to come home...
After he comes home, his new personality starts to frighten her, she realizes he is not Alex. Dougie's father comes home then, where Satan murders him. He kidnaps their mother, which makes Jenna and Alex go after him, only to think it's Alex's dad whose responsible, but are tricked by the killer repeatedly changing costumes and putting his old one on a victim. In the end, Jenna and Mrs. Whooly accidentally kill Alex and are left at home with Dougie and a police man who spray paints a 6 on their home beneath their address, 66. It's the Satan Man. The movie ends in a cliffhanger...
Famous Lines: "Mommy? Why isn't he talking?"
[edit] Cast
- Alexander Brickel .... Douglas "Dougie" Whooly
- Katheryn Winnick .... Jenna Whooly
- Stephen Graham .... Alex Martin
- Amanda Plummer .... Merrill Whooly
- Wass M. Stevens .... Dean Whooly (as Wass Stevens)
- Dan Ziskie .... Vernon Martin
- Melisa McGregor .... Nicole
- Joshua Annex .... Satan Man
- Joyce R. Korbin .... Mrs. Sylvia Tishbaum
- Anthony Ardolino .... Hunter
- Mary Kay Adams .... Fran
- Christian Robert Varley .... He Head
- JoAnna Beckson .... She Head (as Joanna Bechsen)
- Larry 'Ratso' Sloman .... Mayor Flarin
- Lisa Barnes .... Mrs. Flarin
- Declan Mulvey .... Packing Boy
- Jim Fitzpatrick .... Pinoccio
- Adel Morales .... Valet
- Dana Smith Croll .... Dragon Lady (as Dana Smith-Croll)
- Lisa G. .... News Commentator
- John McLoughlin .... Hunchback (as Johnny McLoughlin)
- Steve Friedman .... Other Kid
- Joey Greene .... Billy Flarin
- Marshall Mills .... Driver
- Erika Lieberman .... Party goer (uncredited)
[edit] Technical Details
Film negative format - Video (HDTV)
Cinematographic process - HDTV (1080p/24)
Printed film format - 35 mm Digital
Aspect ratio - 1.78 : 1
