Devil's Rock, The - 2011

Devil's Rock, The - 2011 Severe Features/Chameleon Pictures - 83 min. UPC - 5055002556302 Cast: Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater, Luke Hawker, Jessica Grace Smith. Screenwriters: Paul Finch, Paul Campion, Brett Ihaka; Director of Photography: Rob Marsh; Original Music: Andrea Possee; Editing: Jeff Hurrell; Production Designer: Mary Pike; Costume Designer: Tristan McCallum; Make-up Designer: Davina Lamont; Special Effects Supervisor: Richard Taylor; Visual Effects Supervisors: Jake Lee, Frank Rueter; Producer: Leanne Saunders; Director: Paul Campion The setting is the English Channel Islands, June 4, 1944. Two NZ commandos have been sent to raid German gun emplacements, thereby hoping to distract German forces away from Normandy. However they discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces against the allies and a released demon proves to have a hunger for flesh so dismembered corpses abound. What ensues is a test of bravery, belief and a battle between good and evil. Frankly, not a great deal new here, but fairly well done for this genre and the usual excellent special effects by WETA. Filmed around Wellington, with the Wright's Hill WWII Fortress in Karori standing in for the story's German emplacement. NOTE: It is scheduled to have its New Zealand general theatrical release starting 22 September 2011. Censor Rating: R - Review rating: C+

AVAILABILITY OF DVD COPIES

PAL R2 copies can be purchased from UK resellers for 8-16# and a few other European for about 20eur. It is scheduled for DVD release in Australia and New Zealand starting 14 December 2011. It's format is 1.78:1 anamorphic with dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0 stereo English soundtrack options. There are no subtitles. Other than three unrelated forced front trailers, the only extra is an 64+ minute "Making of" feature that is divided into four segments: Development (8 min.), Pre-production (15 min.), Production (25 min.), Post-production (16+ min.).