Monday, December 10, 2018

666: DEVILISH CHARM (2014) * ½


A group of sorority sisters come into possession of a demonic charm bracelet that grants wishes to the wearer.  Once they reach their six-wish limit, the devil takes their soul.  It’s then up to the lone brainy sister in the bunch to outwit the devil and reclaim her friends’ souls.

666:  Devilish Charm plays like a mash-up of director David DeCoteau’s Nightmare Sisters and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama.  That sounds almost too good to be true.  Trust me, it is.  If you think this comes close to matching either of those classics, you’re going to have to keep wishing.

Like Nightmare Sisters, it’s about a group of girls who are stuck at their sorority when their sisters leave them all alone.  (In this case, on Valentine’s Day.)  Like Sorority Babes, the plot hinges heavily on wishes.  (Except this time, it’s a stupid talking bracelet instead of a cool, foulmouthed imp.) 

I guess most of this would’ve been okay if there was some T & A or gore like in Nightmare and Sorority.  However, this is so tame that even though it’s supposedly “unrated”, it could’ve easily been PG.  Heck, if they lost one or two double-entendres it would probably wind up on The Disney Channel.  (Even with all the girls in bikinis and shirtless guys gadding about.)

The plot certainly smacks of The Disney Channel, right down to the childish level of the wishes.  Most times, a character will say something to her friend like “I wish you’d shut your mouth!” and her mouth becomes stuck.  Yes, it’s that dumb.

It’s not all bad though.  There are one or two actual chuckles, however that’s not nearly enough to put salve on the wound.  There are also flashbacks within flashbacks and flashbacks to things we just saw ten minutes ago to help pad out the already scant seventy-eight-minute running time (which feels much longer due to the overly repetitive, herky-jerky plot). 

AKA:  Devilish Charm.

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