![]() ![]() Spanning the years 1957-1965, the film sadly has resonance for now as this type of reprehensible human being is currently on display in this country. We have seen the stereotypes trotted out in various Hollywood versions of this kind of entertainment many times, often with racial overtones at the center, but in this case it is white guys vs themselves who behave in turn-your-head-inducing bloodletting in the name of God and all that is moral. ![]() ![]() What Campos, a director drawn to dark subjects anyway ( After School, Simon Killer, Christine) has cooked up is a stew of cynical Faithmeisters, serial killers, mentally damaged war veterans, their affected offspring, corrupt cops and delusional Bible belters. Just about every main character involved takes a walk on the dark side, in some cases the darkest side, of human nature. What makes this quite violent and often vile meller work as well as it does though is an A-list cast who gives it their all to sell this sordid stuff of a backwoods Southern setting where everyone appears to be indeed ingesting the Devil all the time. ![]()
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