Absolutely Brilliant!

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The US title, "Devil Incarnate" and DVD cover are misleading. The UK title is "Cursed" which is keeping to the film. The movie opens with narration during the credits. A curse is placed on a family line. They would be infertile unless they sacrificed or "cut out a child." We then see a bunch of hand held camera shots along with normal filming. Trevor (Rod Luzzi) and Holly (Graci Carli) are newlyweds traveling in Florida filming their honeymoon. Through a series of circumstances Holly meets a woman fortune teller (Barbara Van Fleet) that sends her screaming and then discovers she is pregnant. They move into his parent's house, which they gave them as a gift.Soon weird things happen and Holly's behavior becomes erratic. Marissa, (Emily Rogers) is Trevor's highs school lesbian semi-goth sister who has a thing for Holly as well as a snoop who investigates her past.The film offers nothing new and exciting to the evil baby films. The acting was on par for a "B" horror film. It had potential, but didn't capitalize on it. No special effect scenes. Nothing that seems supernatural. Let's keep it in budget.A so-so rental for the Cassadaga crowd.Parental Guide: F-bomb. One sex scene. Near shower nudity.

CURSED is yet another derivative found footage movie, made cheaply enough and poorly enough written for the supposed scares to be barely distinguishable. This one's a familiar tale about a pregnant woman who may or may not be carrying the devil's child, but no viewer is going to care about what happens because this is a story that plays out in the most ordinary way imaginable.Half of the film involves a bickering couple driving around together, while the other half involves sub-plots that go nowhere, like the communication with the girl via the Internet. The acting is barely acceptable as well, with supporting players like the actress playing the fortune teller giving slightly cheesy performances. But it's the overdone theatrics and the almost entire lack of genuine creepiness or indeed horror that helps to sink this one entirely.

I should've known as soon as the POV footage appeared on my TV what I was in store for after putting "The Devil Incarnate" into my DVD player. As if the cover of a baby with horns adorned with a logo featuring an upside-down cross in place of the "t" wasn't enough of a warning. I love a good possession or religious thriller so I wanted to give it a chance. I'll need to remember to listen to my instincts next time.Holly (Graci Carli) and Trevor Davidson (Rod Luzzi) are newlyweds on a road trip for their honeymoon. After stopping to have their palms read, Holly begins acting strangely. The announcement that she's pregnant further sets off a chain reaction of bizarre behavior and strange occurrences. Is she suffering from mood swings because of the pregnancy or is there something more sinister at work?The only thing good I have to say about "The Devil Incarnate" is that its actors all come across as genuine in their roles. They give the audience no indication that they didn't take the movie seriously during production. It's a testament to each of them and their individual skills. I felt this needed to be recognized. No sort of Biblical theology is explored in "The Devil Incarnate." There are two possible "messages" the movie might be trying to convey to viewers. One is that we shouldn't get involved in the occult. The other is that the sins of our ancestors will affect us. Unfortunately, it doesn't award us any hope that we can break such a generational curse."The Devil Incarnate" is not rated, but would hold an "R" if it were. While there's no nudity, it contains enough adult situations and content to push it beyond "PG-13." It also includes frightening images and profanity.Many times an anemic independent project like "The Devil Incarnate" can gain some sympathy with me if I can see the sort of hard work and passion filmmakers poured into its creation. A "Making of" featurette or "Behind the Scenes" documentary gives a reviewer like myself a chance to experience the blood, sweat, and tears everyone involved in the production put into it. Unfortunately, the DVD contains no special features to help redeem it in my eyes. "The Devil Incarnate" is the sort of horror film we really don't need any more of. Playing like an unholy mash-up of "Drag Me to Hell," "Rosemary's Baby," and "The Devil Inside," it's an unnecessary addition to the demon possession and "found footage" genres that've been overdone lately. There's not a shred of originality to be found in its 76-minute running time.

This is a hybrid found-footage film that pulls through on the creepiness factor. The director has a unique style that I haven't seen before. If I have to describe it, I would say it's like looking into a shimmering reflective-pool that gets shaken and disturbed every so often. The husband's acting was bothering me at first, but he slowly pulls it together, the lesbian daughter is cute and she is very convincing. Her skype friend is also really cute and she is genuinely hilarious. Her facial expressions are so good. The movie slowly builds as we get more and more information about the troubled past of the pregnant wife Holly. It falls short in the end, the outcome is too quick and jumbled, almost could've been an effective splattering of pure wickedness and horror.....