Review: The Quantum Devil (2023)
By William Pattison
Ok, this time we got yet another attempt to do an original
film using the Lovecraft mythos…
The Quantum Devil is a fitting title for what we get to
watch here, as four exceptional graduates of quantum science are invited by a
controversial host, to earn a record pay of $ 500000,- each, for helping him
successfully finish an experiment to travel into another dimension. Arrival at
the mansion of their host already makes them realize something is odd, may be
afoot. Then, their host is called away, leaving the four guests legitimated to
start the experiment without him. The call being a ruse, as the host, Cervovich
Senior, actually decides to use a different machine, allowing him to supervise
the four candidates without them being aware of it. The team successfully
creates a quantum drift, but weird coincidences make that seem a flawed
success, as some sense of menace remains persistently. Finally, the team
realizes that they are in trouble, as one by one they get murdered, until only
one candidate still is left alive. Deluded, that he can ignore the diabolical
aka homicidal antagonists and just flee back to 'reality', he is blocked from
that option by the host proving to have quite some power to alter that quantum
pocket dimension they are stuck in. In a final showdown, the host wins by
cheating, returning to the real world to supervise similar experiments that did
not go that well. The former four candidates are left behind, as if ghosts
(trapped in that quantum dimension).
This is an interesting but horribly flawed film. To be
precise, this is a mess. The supposed failed scientists don’t act like scientists. They are clearly actors
struggling to say all the technical jargon. Also none of these people even look
like scientists. All the women dress like whores. The guys look more like cheap
college students. Then there is the boss who is wearing a red robe and has the
retarded man servant. I really wasn’t
impressed. The filmmaker tries to connect this garbage into the Lovecraft
mythos, which he thinks will turn this turd to gold, and royally fails. The FX
is cheap and the story is complete and utter crap. Excuse me, Robert Englund as
Cythulu? I don’t think so. You want a
good similar film? Check out Frankenstein Syndrome, that is an excellent film.
This is DOGSHIT!!!
