The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Devil's Candy
Horror · Thriller · Drama · 2016
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Movie details
The Devil's Candy
“He Will Slither into your Soul.”
2016 Horror · Thriller · Drama 1h 20m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.3 / 10
23.1K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
72 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Devil's Candy?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Sean Byrne
Written by
Sean Byrne
Ethan Embry
Jesse
Shiri Appleby
Astrid
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Ray
Kiara Glasco
Zooey
Tony Amendola
Leonard
Leland Orser
TV Preacher
Oryan Landa
Deputy Hernandez
Court is in session
Put The Devil's Candy on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.