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Dust Devil

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A mutilating murderer (Robert Burke) in Namibia crosses paths with a South African wife (Chelsea Field) and a haunted policeman (Zakes Mokae).
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Budd Wilkins Slant Magazine Nov 6
Richard Stanley’s Dust Devil is a dark fable about souls in extremis who are half in love with easeful death. Go to Full Review
Maitland McDonagh MaitlandOnMovies (Substack) 01/04/2025
[M]esmerizing, a mix of folklore, high-octane road movie, supernatural thriller and female-centric psychological drama rooted in the dark cloud of suicidal ideation. All that having been said, be assured 'Dust Devil' is a balls-to-the-wall horror movie. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times 10/31/2024
4/5
Once seen, it's never forgotten. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 05/08/2014
A rather remarkable piece of horror mysticism... Go to Full Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr. DVD Review 07/10/2007
Dust Devil is quite simply a fascinating failure of a movie. It fails not for any lack of ideas, but because of intellectual overload. (The Final Cut) Go to Full Review
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com 04/08/2007
2.5/5
The flick doesn't do all that much for me, but there's little denying that some long overdue care and effort went into this DVD release. Go to Full Review
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Alec B 3d Grateful that the director's cut is more widely available now so we can forget the butchered theatrical release. I really like how history and myth crash together here and the haunting imagery is something to behold. See more babarizam D May 8 Opening scene is so bad that its easy to decide its a waste of time. He killed a chic, performed some sort of ritual blood on walls and than burned the whole place. Imagine you put a great effort to do the work and than burn it. See more Justin T 02/08/2023 This looked beautiful. Everything from the red hues to the optical effects to the amazing sets and massive camera moves. Slightly weaker sound design with cheesy sound effects cues, empty audio-space, poor fidelity and disappointing lack of immersion. The story had some great ideas and some interesting themes raised. Some bits were also really exciting but the massive thing that let this whole film down was the bad pacing. It is just too slow. Too much goes on with nothing happening and then you forget what's going on when something does happen. Very pretty to watch but lacking good pace. See more 08/10/2022 Cult classic by the great Richard Stanley, who remarked during filming that he felt like a general in charge of an army of traitors. The butchered cut approved by Miramax for cinematic release was a disaster, but the director's cut get's a lot closer to Stanley's extraordinary vision. See more 07/14/2020 Amazing visuals, camera shots, music, slow progression plot, African folklore and western mix. Acting Male Antagonist 4/5 very good job. Acting Male Protagonist 3.75/5 Acting Female Protagonist 2/5 Ending and some scenes are a bit of disappointment. Overall I would recommend it. See more 05/07/2020 Half cooked,like all the Richard Stanley"s stuff i saw. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A mutilating murderer (Robert Burke) in Namibia crosses paths with a South African wife (Chelsea Field) and a haunted policeman (Zakes Mokae).
Director
Richard Stanley
Producer
JoAnne Sellar
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 15, 2015
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Surround
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