Dust Devil

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Dust Devil

R

1992

1h 48m

Horror

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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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Maitland McDonagh

MaitlandOnMovies (Substack)

[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.

Jan 4, 2025

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Once seen, it's never forgotten.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 31, 2024

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A rather remarkable piece of horror mysticism...

May 8, 2014

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Felix Gonzalez Jr.

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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)

Jul 10, 2007

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

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.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 8, 2007

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Chris Cabin

Filmcritic.com

there's something just so damn intriguing about this mlange of Spaghetti western iconography and African spiritualism

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 23, 2006

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Lia M

I love this movie ! It's the best film —> forever +++

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/23

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justin t

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Half cooked,like all the Richard Stanley"s stuff i saw.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Another crazy trippy Richard Stanley movie. Not exactly perfect but definitely A memorable and very original piece of horror about black magic.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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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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