OK, OK...so it's rip-off of several other horror-comedies. It's still fairly amusing and at least slightly unpredictable. Shoddy FX don't ruin ALL your enjoyment. Plus, you get to see Devon Sawa looking like he's been hanging around outside hotels cadging cigarette butts.

But now to the important stuff. Is everyone in horror movies completely deaf? I mean, you can have four people just yammering away in an argument just down the hall from a dozen ghouls, and the ghouls apparently don't hear a thing. At one point, a couple is just plain yelling at each other at the entrance to a cave (plus, one of them is firing a gun periodically) and the creatures inside the cave are absolutely oblivious. I've never been in a cave where that would have worked. And it's not just this movie, either. Evil slashers are always dropping out of the ceiling behind a victim, pulling up alongside cars in their own cars, and opening doors and hatches right next to potential victims. Does anyone notice anything? Nope. I mean, I'm 54 years old and I know I would have figured it out.

But enough digression. This is an OK movie. Check it out, if you like the genre.

I had a nice time sitting through this edgy horror comedy, and have no regrets. It was certainly targeting the younger viewer however I found it a decent expenditure of my time due to the better than average talent they acquired.Eventually I sort of fell into the rather macabre storyline. Obviously the budget was low and the sets didn't change much,in fact everything happens at one location,"the strip club from hell" but for my two cents I have to say they pulled of a nice entertaining little package, probably due to a lot of things like good camera work, a descent director and some pretty good young and not too well know actors like Kelly Hu, who happens to be one of our local girls here in Hawaii. Kelly gave a nice performance, although it's probably hard to step down from a role as Cassandra in the scorpion King to something with less of a bang, she and Devon Sawa, Ken Foree and Karen Maxwell gave it a great effort. I think this film will be a bit of a cult classic in the ghoul killing vampire wasting category. If you don't think a ghoul hunt with dry humor would be your cup of tea then perhaps you should pass on this one, but if your not offended by that sort of thing then give it a shot, I think you'll have a few laughs and the time will go right by. I'm sure we will see a lot more of the cast from this film, they seem to be practicing a craft called acting.

As mentioned countless times already, "Devil's Den" really can be considered to be a "From Dusk Till Dawn" knock-off... But that doesn't mean it can't be fun, right? And indeed, I had as much fun with this one as I had with watching "The Hazing" (2004) the week before. Both can be considered good fun horror party flicks. No vampires in this den, actually, but ghouls instead. No big twist halfway through the movie, but ghoul action from the get-go. No elaborate plot whatsoever, but still a few nice character twists. And Ken"Beyond the Dawn of the Texas Sleepstalking Dentist-Reject"Foree is in it. And for the teenage ladies, there's Devon Sawa (but I must say the dude seems to have gained some weight since "Final Destination"). And guys, I don't need to tell you that there's indeed some pleasant femalish eye-candy in this one, right? Yes, this movie will very likely not go very far into horror history, but it's still a certified fun B-movie watch. The same kind of fun I recently had with "Bloodsuckers" (AKA "Vampire Wars"), now that we're talking vampires and ghouls.

This film essentially begins with two young men by the name of "Quinn" (Devon Sawa) and "Nick" (Steven Schub) driving back to the United States with a cache of Spanish Fly they had recently purchased in Mexico. Naturally, being the losers that they are, they cannot wait to try their merchandise out on the first unsuspecting women they meet, so they stop at a small, seedy nightclub known as the Devil's Den along the way. To that effect, noticing a beautiful dancer by the name of "Jezebel" (Dawn Olivieri) casting looks his way, Quinn invites her to his table and, when she accepts his offer of a drink, manages to slip one of the pills into it without her noticing. Sure enough, the Spanish Fly produces immediate results and within minutes she is leading him to a quite spot to continue their romantic encounter. Meanwhile, an attractive woman by the name of "Caitlin" (Kelly Hu) has noticed the two leaving through the back door and has decided to follow them for reasons that remain unknown at this time. However, when she finally catches up to the two of them, she notices Quinn fighting for his life against a hideous creature that is attempting to devour him-and there are even more creatures of this type that have suddenly appeared as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this movie certainly had potential as both the initial plot and the presence of several attractive actresses like Kelly Hu, Dawn Olivieri and Karen Maxwell (as the waitress named "Candy") certainly provoked my interest. Unfortunately, my interest waned to a great degree due to the number of uninspired action scenes repeated over and over again. Likewise, the transformation of the beautiful actresses into hideous ghouls didn't help either. In any case, other than a few moments here and there, I found this movie to be rather dull for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

On their way home from smuggling a case of high-potency Spanish Fly, two young men get lost and end up at the Devil's Den, a gentleman's club with no cover charge and some fine-looking ladies. But what starts off as a leisurely diversion quickly turns to panic when the pair discover some of the dancers are looking for a little more than a few dollars.

This film comes from director Jeff Burr ("Leatherface" and many others), am an with a solid history of directing horror films with a little less serious of an edge (such as the Puppetmaster films). I mean this in the kindest of ways, because finding the right blend of horror and comedy is an art form, and one that Burr has really found a knack for. This film entertains -- the balance of laughs and gore is flawless.

At first glance, I thought writer Mitch Gould might owe some serious kudos to Robert Kurtzman -- I'm not the first person to notice that the undead dancing in a club is not a new idea (see "From Dusk Till Dawn"). But don't underestimate Gould. Despite his background being more stunts and less writing (this is his sophomore effort), he really gave his heart to this script. A blend of characters and situations that would only otherwise work on an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" seems right at home in the Devil's Den.

The assembled cast is by no means foreign to the horror film (or the horror comedy film). Devon Sawa (Quinn the Spanish Fly smuggler) has come a long way from his days as the cute Casper and is now a noted horror celebrity ("Final Destination", "Idle Hands"). Sawa may have lost his boyish looks and charm, but his unique style and delivery have stayed pure. Ken Foree (Leonard, a vampire-hunting swordsman) needs no introduction. Appearing in both "Dawn of the Dead" films, Burr's "Leatherface" and countless other horror classics, this man's resume looks like a year's line-up of screenings at a college horror club. In short, Foree shines as usual. And although much younger than Foree, Kelly Hu's horror credentials also span back multiple decades ("Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan"). She plays the character of Caitlin perfectly, with enough panache and luxuriousness to rival any "final girl" in modern horror. Just don't ask how come she never runs out of bullets (it's a movie!).

A twist I really liked is the idea that the way to kill ghouls is not by removing the head or the heart or using some special equipment (silver bullets, crosses, etc.) but simply starvation. I don't recall ever hearing this from another film and it's an interesting twist. Leonard's explanation that decapitation is a great way to disconnect the mouth from the stomach (and thus speed up starvation) was ingenious.

While the film is full of great one-liners, gorgeous women and some serious gore (a scene where a man's heart is removed through his back was glorious), the key moment that told me this film was a winner involved the blind samurai (played by Ken Ohara). The feel of the movie changed, but in such a way you knew the creators were capable of anything -- no reason to worry about any loose ends or amateur sloppiness.

While I had not heard of this film prior to this viewing, I can see it becoming popular among horror fans and somewhat of a sleeper hit. While not of the same caliber as the classics, there lies in this film a certain charm that makes it both easy and enjoyable to watch again and again.

This low-budget "From Dusk till Dawn" & 'Vamp" generic copy, starts off well enough with two clueless clowns (Devon Sawa & Steven Schub) going to a strip club that's filled with ghouls (obvious 'buffy the vampire slayer' rejects). But as it goes on, the films goes downhill fast. Sawa's reluctant 'hero' grates on the nerves badly and Kelly Hu further proves that she should be seen and not heard. In fact any scene without Ken Foree in it is pretty much completely unbearable. This is a 'horror-comedy' that sadly can't produce either horror nor comedy.

My Grade: D

Eye Candy: Dawn Olivieri and an unknown extra get topless

There's not much to say about this movie, if you like B "horror" movies, still keep away from this one. I've never seen so many terrible actors in one single movie before and it disturbed me quite heavily in the way they abused good old folk lore.

As pre-mentioned, there is not a whole lot to say about this movie. Don't for a second believe the high average of 7 which it currently has. During the first 20minutes I was inclined to give it an 8 or a 7 just because it was terrible in a... good way.

Sadly it's really easy to predict everything plot/character vise in this movie. Some of the effects weren't terrible, but not at all good, the monsters quite frankly looked like...****.

I was looking for a horror film last night and came across this one in the video store. It surprised me because I had never heard of it. What a great find! I laughed all the way through it. The plot twists were nice, especially where I assumed something was going to happen one way because it always happens in these type of genre films, then it twists for that very same reason. A certain Japanese scene that comes out of nowhere is my favorite.

Kelly Hu is hot but no where near as hot as the girl who plays Jezebel. She is smoking, and I'm surprised I haven't seen her in more stuff. Definitely got a new fan in me.

Devon Sawa is funny and Ken Foree is as solid and reliable as ever, even pretty funny himself in a gruff mentorish sort of way.

It's a low budget movie so I can see why I went straight to DVD but still, definitely worth the 90 or so minutes it takes to watch.

Hope they make a sequel.

OK so in actuality, this is a total B movie (by which i mean it pretty much sucks). But you know what totallyi redeems it? It STARS Kelly Hu. I mean, she is not just an bit part. She is the star role. OK, you had me with Kelly Hu (in her prime). It is what it is!

You know what else kinda redeems the movie. Its about GHOULS. Different! not vampires, not demons, not werewolves. Ghouls! Bonus points for that and Hu, brings this movie from a 5 to a 7.

This is one of those movies where you wonder how anyone involved in it figured they had a good enough reason to make it.I mean if this weak mess can be a movie just about anything you could think up could be a movie too.

A couple of losers stop by a strip club in the middle of nowhere to test some Spanish fly they have just smuggled in from Mexico.Then all Hell breaks loose when the strippers get hungry for some meat.I swear that is the plot.I mean Spanish fly? So at this strip club out in the middle of nowhere you get the smugglers,a government agent ,an assassin and even a Samuri swordsmen who must fight off the horde of meat seeking strippers or 'ghouls' as they were called so we'd be sure to know they weren't vampires or werewolves,like it made a difference.Yeah it sounds bad and it was.

This whole movie was weak as water.The acting was terrible from most everyone except Ken Foree and even he couldn't overcome an awful script that was painfully bad most of the time.And the plot of this clunker was just horrid.The special effects consisted mainly of what looked to be generic Halloween masks and those rubber monster hands that sell for 3 bucks a pair at Big Lots.They couldn't even get the blood right--their fake blood was so dark it looked black.I mean who the hell can't get close to what blood is supposed to look like?Ken Foree,as the government agent, was wearing some of those thick joke glasses and what looked to be an oxygen cannula as his disguise.I guess whatever was laying around must have been cobbled together for the special effects.

One of the smugglers looked like a young Anthony Michael Hall and talked like Corey Feldman---try watching a movie with that combo platter.Truthfully the main reason I rented this DVD was the box promised lots of nudity and even that was a ripoff.The few breasts I saw were mostly on the ghoul chicks and even those were just quick glimpses.Even on stage the dancers were dancing clothed.Yeah some strip club.

I've seen some of the reviews saying this is a rip off of "From Dusk til Dawn" well it may be but "Dusk" wasn't very good either and "Dusk" itself ripped off several horror movies too.But I don't care who rips off who as long as the movie is good.This one wasn't even close to being good or even fair,it was totally a waste of time.I've saw some reviewers say that maybe this film was supposed to be quirky and funny instead of a straight horror film.Well if it is taken that way it is even a worse mess, I think, cause it sure wasn't funny in the least.

Even the blooper reel wasn't funny.The actors were being yelled at whenever they blew a line like each second of wasted film was cutting into the budget and for a moment you feel some pity for the unnamed rabble of actors who work in these awful low budget pictures.They aren't much different than somebody working at McBurger getting yelled at for getting behind during the lunch rush.Silly me, and I thought a blooper reel was supposed to be funny and lighthearted.

I always wonder after I see a crap fest like this who in the hell looks at a terrible script with a nonexistent plot and lousy special effects and a bunch of scene chewing actors and says " I see a movie here !" Like I said if this can be a movie any half-assed idea you can think of that involves a few rubber masks can be a movie too.

And those who should stick to their original careers and not start one, I'm knocking the writer/producer/poor stunt coordinator but everyone should be ashamed of this mess. Especially bad script where people talk and talk and talk some more about new topics. Terrible action scenes when they arrive which is once in a long while. If you like the actors in this, you'll like them better if you never see them in this movie. Behind the scenes footage, which avoids talking to the director Burr who is credited with two different names on the movie and the box art which are pseudonyms from someone who's ashamed and rightly so, anyway behind the scenes footage shows what seems to be a total mess of a set with no one knowing what to say or do at any given moment. Which has got to be true. The camera is never in the right place, the actors don't really act, they mumble dispassionately through to the next scene, poor set design and there you go. Some of the creature design is okay most not. Lousy post production and sound. Anchor Bay seems to want to see if they can produce and release crap as crappy as Lion'sgate. For a once proud company to stoop to this level of production is not a good sign. Devon Sawa does make the most of a couple of funny lines early on, but much of the time he frankly looks drunk. There is little sword play and most of it lame. On the whole really really crappy stuff.

But it's not meant to be. It's cheesy, stupid, mindless entertainment. The monster effects are not CGI and actually pretty well done. The plot is vapid. But I was looking for something tonight that would just be entertaining and this delivered. I'm rating this movie based on what it's meant to be. It doesn't take itself seriously. It is what it is and it does it pretty well. Yes, it won't be for everyone but I enjoyed it. You might too. If you go in knowing it's just mindless brain candy with a ridiculous plot. This ain't Shakespeare. It's not meant to be.

Well what can i say about this movie... it is the best f****d up horror movie i've ever seen. As a horror movie it get's zero... seriously it wouldn't even scare a baby! as a comedy it s**ks big time! as an action movie it has nothing to deliver!!! so why do i give it a six then??? Well as standalone genres it is absolutely zero, but as a blend of them, it makes it a funny and enjoyable movie comedy style satire. the choreography is not too bad and it is not plainly cheap, u can see there is some budget behind (but small....OK very small). In any case if you have some time to kill and you are looking for something to be horrifyingly funny then try it out ;) (it is a date with your girl scenario where you fall on your belly laughing and she's hiding behind her eyes not to see all the blood around. People who enjoy evil dead, task till dawn and other "horror" stuff by all means you will fall in love with this one.... think of it as a refined zombie movie but with ghouls:P hehehe

If you're looking for "Interview with the Vampire" or such serious type horror, skip this post haste.

The two young men who are real sleaze balls by the way, stop off at an equally sleazy looking nightclub in the middle of nowhere in the hopes of trying out their drugs and a getting some action.

Well, they get what they wanted, but not in the way that they wanted.

This reminded me very much of those horror movies we used to rent when I was in high school and my early 20's. Lots of blood and gore but in an entertaining way. Yes, we've seem most of it all before, but it's short with lots of laughs.

I recently rewatched Devil's Den (2006) on Tubi. The storyline follows a group of shady characters who converge at a strip club, each with their own hidden motives. As their true intentions are revealed, the strippers suddenly transform into flesh-eating ghouls. Now, the strangers must band together if they hope to escape their deadly predicament.

This film is directed by Jeffrey Burr (Straight into Darkness) and stars Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead), Kelly Hu (The Scorpion King), and Dawn Olivieri (Bright).

The plot of Devil's Den is essentially From Dusk Till Dawn with ghouls instead of vampires, but with fewer compelling subplots, characters, and a noticeable drop in star power-despite a cast that had the potential to make this a much better film. The strip club setting worked well for the horror element, offering plenty of beautiful women and nudity, along with some fun kills and gore. The masks, makeup, and use of contacts showed promise. However, once the film tries to explain what's happening and why, it falls apart. The dialogue turns painfully bad, and even the actors seem to stop taking the material seriously, as if they were filming during a weekend horror convention. It's a shame because this could have been much better. Perhaps it would have worked better as a parody.

In conclusion, Devil's Den has some entertaining kills and gore but is ultimately a poor From Dusk Till Dawn knockoff. I would score this a 4/10 and only recommend it with the right expectations.

The movie had promise at the beginning. Then you will be surprised it does not have much. The acting is nothing special, and the story does not keep the audience interested. I tried to stay awake at times, that tells you something. It tries to be funny, but the humour is not well made. I don't know if the director was making a comedy or a horror movie. It tries to be both but it can't. The creatures look funny you will laugh. They try to scare you, but the audience will laugh. I think this director is trying to do a Sam Raimi, but can not match its quality. If I were you I would not even watch this, cause it's pretty much boring and has a hard time to keep you interested.

(2006) Devil's Den HORROR/ COMEDY

Conventional lower budget version of "From Dusk Til Dawn" clone which the two are almost identical! With Quinn (Devon Sawa), Caitlin (Kelly Hu) and Leonard (Ken Foree) go to strip club called "Devil's Den" down in Mexico, only to confront a bunch of ghouls. The film starts off as a gore fest to a simple minded comedy toward the end, especially the final dual between Hu and the queen of ghouls who for some reason doesn't even call out her ghoul cohorts. Inconsistently convenient and conventional which the director of this film and the producer may have collided!