Please don't spend money on this.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

As far as horror movies go, this one is above average (definitely not warranting less than four). Yeah, there were some drawbacks. Some scenes were a bit drawn out and others were completely irrelevant. What was up with that homoerotic male shower? That was over the top and pretty much as gratuitous as most female shower scenes. Lucifer's character shows flashes, but never really seems inherently evil as you would think. It's clear that he knows who he is from the start, but the role is written as if he's going through the puberty of devilhood. If Julie/Gabriel had been required to be nude, I would have given this a 10. Sadly, her clothes stayed on. The gym teacher overacts with a hilarity of epic proportions.

Maybe it's just me, but I never imagined the Antichrist to be someone who gets straight A-test results, acceptance letters from all the acclaimed universities or allows himself to be bullied by high-school jocks who are obviously homosexual. What's wrong with this picture? On one hand Andrew Williams is a creepy adolescent who petrifies his father and even crippled his own mother, but other the other he's the main target of mockery at school. The continuous lack of logic and the giant leaps in coherence are the biggest defects featuring in "Fear No Evil". Well… those and the copious amounts of downright boring scenes, of course. The film benefices from a constantly strange and ominous atmosphere, but the plot is completely senseless and there's absolutely no excitement to enjoy until very late in the film (and even then the "horror" moments are still disappointing). Writer/director Frank LaLoggia's debut film was clearly inspired by the horror classic "The Omen", as both films revolve on a youthful Antichrist patiently preparing The Second Coming. His father, the dark lord Lucifer, was destroyed by a courageous priest but somehow he apparently managed to impregnate a woman before dying, and the fruit of her loins shall grow up developing curious powers that eventually will bring the world to an end. Meanwhile, an elderly female archangel desperately tries to recruit a young girl – one of Andrew's classmates – to assist her in the battle of good versus evil. Sounds interesting, huh? Yeah, well, it's not so much. The biggest difference between Antichrist Andrew Williams and Damien of the aforementioned classic "The Omen" lies in his character profile. Andrew is an introvert geek who sits on a swing at night and tolerates gay punks to make fun of his naked ass. He's not the least bit menacing and he doesn't nearly take enough advantage of the ungodly powers he inherited! Resurrecting dead corpses is one thing, but inflicting breasts on his archenemy?!? Is that the best you can do, Andrew? In between all the boredom, "Fear No Evil" contains a handful of intriguing sequences that actually make you regret the wholesome is not better. Notably the live outdoor community theater about the final days of Jesus Christ which suddenly turns a little too realistic, the gym dodgeball ending in tragedy and – last but not least – all the random school scenes guided by the soundtrack's terrific rock songs. There's "The Ramones", "Talking Heads" and even England's finest; "The Sex Pistols" with "Anarchy in the UK". This is probably also one of the only 80's horror films to feature an overload of gay slur and actually tries to make is sound cool. I don't know how different high-school was during the early 80's, but where I attended school it definitely wasn't cool for supposedly tough kids to make sexual advances to another guy in the shower… In fact, that was the type of stuff that would get you beaten up.

That's pretty much how I describe this movie. I mean, for those who've seen it, who couldn't help but think of Fast Times during the high school scenes and also think of Phoebe Cates coming out of a pool during one of the scenes with 80s music playing? (Although that would've been an improvement over the nudity they had in this flick) Well, lemme give you the pros and cons of thisPros -First of all, great frickin' soundtrack! Two of the greatest punk songs ever written (Anarchy in the UK and Blitzkrieg Bop, yowza) and other 80s tunes. Now THIS is the part I miss most about 80s movies. -One female boob shot. Eh, better than nothing, right? -Nothing that will keep me awake at night, but it had a few creepy bits (I'm somehow convinced now that John Carpenter took the creepy silhouetted figure from Prince of Darkness from this flick. Ah, I still love that movie anyways) -As in every other 80s horror, great cheesy bits. I mean, death by dodgeball? Frickin' A! (Matt Stone and Trey Parker might have based a Kenny death on this movie) And the male boobs bit? That is up there with GARBAGE DAY from Silent Night Deadly Night 2 and HOW DID IT GET BURNED? from Wicker Man. Good stuff! - The Passion Play scene frickin' owned! -Zombies. Nuff saidCons -Too, too, too much male nudity. I mean, WTF? If anything that shower scene should have been completely cut from the movie. UNNECESSARY! -Is it just me or is Lucifer a pansy in this movie? What was up with his voice at the end? Ooooooooo, scary! If he is seriously like that, than we have nothing to fear at all, folks. -The ending. Where do I begin with the ending? Well, the special effects are crap! Why would Lucifer blow up in a 60's trippy effect? And not to mention the ending is the kind of ending I hate: The "That's IT?" type. I mean, what's gonna happen to the other characters? Did the dad go to jail for shooting the mom or kill himself as well? And "Gabrielle's" parents are probably still wondering what the hell happened to her. Would an archangel continue having a normal life after fulfilling their duty of slaying Lucifer or what?Overall, it's not a bad flick. I mean, 80s horror films are known for having their flaws and this is no exception. I know many people are against this idea since these types of flicks are being planned just about every day now, but I think it should be remade. Could be interesting if they got the right person to do it. But alas, if I find it in a store and it's very cheap (well, no if about the latter I would imagine) I suppose I could pick it up and watch it for some kicks and laughs

Andrew is a brilliant teenage boy who does well in school but does not get along with his peers. His parents are frightened of him because he has exhibited disturbing behavior ever since he was born. When he starts having problems at school, people start dying. It turns out Andrew is Lucifer reincarnated and apparently doesn't know it. His old woman neighbor and his high school crush discover they are archangels on a mission to stop him.So this obviously has a silly and unoriginal plot. There are so many things wrong with this movie. The pacing and structure of the story is terrible. The acting is awful, especially by the 20-something actors playing the high school kids. And what annoying high school kids they are! There's a group of "sassy" girls called The Queen Bees (think The Pink Ladies) and an obnoxious perverted bully who smacks his girlfriend and mouths off to teachers. And then there's Andrew, who is quite an enigma. The movie may have benefited from being told through Andrew's perspective, because you never know what is going on with his character. One of the other bad things about this movie are the dated and cheesy animated "laser beam" effects that evoke laughter instead of horror. Also amusing is that the Apocalypse appears to only be happening on a very local level.But there are a few things about "Fear No Evil" that set it apart from the other "satanic" horror films of the late 70s/early 80s and make it worth checking-out. While some attempts at creating a creepy atmosphere fail, others are somewhat of a success. Especially of note is the opening sequence in a murky cavern with dangling animal bodies, a freaky possessed girl, and Lucifer himself. There's an unforgettable scene in the movie where the religious townspeople gather to watch an annual outdoor Passion play. The poor fellow playing Jesus literally gets crucified, and most of the people in the audience get attacked by a stigmata sign! Towards the end there are some zombies in the movie, beckoned by Andrew, and the make-up is great. There is also a scene where a gym teacher (who is apparently on speed) is encouraging aggressive dodgeball and, under the influence of Andrew's rage, accidentally kills one of his students by slamming a dodgeball into him! Another interesting feature of "Fear no Evil" is its treatment of gender and sexuality. The archangels are both played by women who claim to have been "bonded" together. Andrew is an effeminate boy and this does not go unnoticed by his jockier classmates. There is a shower sequence where Andrew gets sexually harassed by the school bully, who forces a kiss as a joke. Andrew turns the kiss into a violent makeout session! The two characters share a "kiss" again later in the movie in a more frightening/disturbing/hilarious scene. Also significant is the all-male nudity in the shower scene. While none of these men are particularly attractive, this sequence is rather cutting edge and controversial at a time when only female nudity was frequent in horror movies.Make no mistake, "Fear No Evil" is an average low-budget 80s horror movie. But it has tiny quirks and somewhat subversive sequences that, while somewhat random and out of place, successfully set it apart from other early 80s American horror movies. It also features a kickass late 70s/early 80s alt-rock soundtrack featuring Patti Smith, B-52s, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and a witty use of Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays." Recommended if you like movies about the devil, or if you are looking for an early 80s horror movie that was very different from its peers.