Hey folks, Valkor here. I’m the kinda guy who will watch almost anything. I stress the term “almost” because there are some things I will never sit through. For example: Surgeries, scat, or real beheadings. That shit freaks me out. But horror, as in the fantasy kind, the kind you find in books, movies, and video games? Well I’m all in and I’ll try out a new horror flick just to see if it will scare the bajeebies out of me. While at work a friend passed along a film, I was told I would enjoy called “Devon’s Ghost”, while I didn’t find it at all scary, actually I didn’t find it all that good either, there was just enough cheesy goodness embedded in this film that I sat through the whole thing and only with a group of friends will I ever sit through it again. Read on.

If they only knew....

Devon’s Ghost comes from the minds of two Ex-Power Rangers. It was written by Karan Ashley (Former Yellow Ranger), Ron day and Tim Grace. And was directed by Johnny Young Bosch (former black Ranger) and Koichi Sakamoto. Devon’s Ghost tells of a community shrouded in mystery of the deaths of two parents and the disappearance of their son Devon. What happened and how does it involve a high class lawyer? Well the pieces come together between three students Symphony (Ashley), Josh (Bosch) and Genesis (Kristy Vaughan) and the reappearance of Devon (played, I think pretty damn good by Reza Bahador) who when he sees a couple about to…. Uhhh couple, well he gets pissed and hacks em up. But as the story progresses and through Symphony’s freakish flashbacks, you find out just how and why Devon is the way he is. Devon’s ghost is an interesting tale, not really scary, but there are scenes when Devon goes to slice someone up, I did cringe. But let’s get to the meat of this review.

The Good:

Johnny Young Bosch and Reza Bahador are the saving grace of this film. Johnny doesn’t do to much, but when he’s on the screen, he’s on. Plus his moves aren’t rusty since his PR days, he still kicks ass and I wonder why he hasn’t gotten any good action roles, because he has the moves. Reza's Devon doesn’t have to do much but stalk and kill. That’s pretty much it. Had this film had a real sense of horror, Devon would scare the hell out of me, because he’s that damn good. If, by some chance, there’s a part 2 and you’re in it Reza, make sure your character doesn’t say anything. Just look pissed, stalk and kill. That whole “I want to play”, doesn’t really work. If all Devon wanted to do was play, he could just slash the boyfriend, fuck the girlfriend, kill her and move on to the next, now THAT would be a great movie. Also this film leaves things open for a sequel. Honestly I’d like to see a Josh vs. Devon type flick with lots of ass kicking, slashing and explosions….. yea explosions….

The Bad:

Ahhhhh everything that’s not good about this film, is just bad. I love me some karan Ashley, I honestly do. I’ll admit I watched Power Rangers religiously because she was on it. But girl your acting skills needs some work. As a matter of fact almost everyone in this film needs some lessons, because sweet jeebus it’s bad. We’re talking limburger left out in the hot, hot sun for three days, covered in goat piss bad. You’d think acting would be in the ugly section but I’m saving the best for last.

The Ugly

Everything not good or bad about this film is just plain ugly. That leaves the overall silliness in some scenes. It’s really hard to get absorbed in a horror flick when you have a guy, who is a country bumpkin, say to his lady whom he’s about to flog say “I’m about to tap that ass!!”. No I’m not kidding he says this. And I dare anyone, ANYONE to watch this film and when Johnny and Karan start fighting, I dare you NOT to yell “It’s Morphin’ Time”. I dare you! It’s impossible. I watched it by myself and I yelled it. I couldn’t resist!

With Halloween just around the corner, if you’re gonna grab some friends and watch some horror flicks, find and add Devon’s Ghost to the block because this is the sorta film that you wanna watch with your friends. I guarantee a good time will be had by all. It’s not the greatest of greats, but there are some saving points that make this film “watchable”. I was gonna give it a 2 but because of the sheer fact that this film would make excellent MST3K fodder, I’m gonna give it a 3.

Valkor out

Email: valkor@the-other-view.com