Little Evil (2017)
TV-MA
Starring Adam Scott, Evangeline Lilly, Owen Atlas, Sally Field, Clancy Brown,
Written and Directed by Eli Craig
The Story:
Gary (Scott) has married the woman (Lilly) of his dreams. However she comes with a little bit of baggage in the form of her son, Lucas (Atlas). Gary's trying to warm up to the kid, but he seems a little cold and indifferent to Gary. That may because his real dad is...you know... Satan.
This horror comedy from Netflix starts off with a great scene, and then has to backtrack to get to that scene again.
The problem is, it takes almost too long to get back to it.
The movie waffles on whether it wants to be horror or if it should be comedy.
The two genres wrestle with one another for screen time instead of being a product of natural storytelling.
Adam Scott suffered a similar fate with last year's Krampus where the story couldn't quite figure out what it wanted to be either.
It's a fine line to balance, but this is brought to us by the man who gave us Tucker & Dale vs. Evil which is possibly the greatest horror comedy of all time.
The movie does pick back up in the last act and makes a satisfying end to the film.
It's still worth your time, especially this time of year, but I hoped for a bit more with this one, and it just didn't quite click like I would have hoped.
Final Grade: C+
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