The Devil's Candy Page #2

Synopsis: Metal music, wet paint, and family are the passions of Jesse, a struggling painter who lives a happy life with his wife, Astrid, and their preteen daughter, Zooey. And things look even brighter when Jesse and Astrid are able to put in a bid on their dream home - a huge property in rural Texas with a barn big enough for a proper art studio - after the price is driven down due to the home's mysterious past. After the trio moves in, Jesse's work starts taking on a new, considerably darker flavour - and things get even more ominous when Ray, the hulking, clearly unbalanced son of the deceased former owners, appears on the doorstep one night, clutching a red electric guitar and asking to "return home." It soon becomes clear that Ray and Jesse are both being influenced by the same satanic forces, and that Jesse's family won't be safe until they find a way to quiet the Devil himself.
Director(s): Sean Byrne
Production: IFC Midnight
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
79 min
287 Views


Hey, Zo.

Oh, my God.

Zooey.

- I haven't gotten you

that good in ages.

- Yeah, that was,

that was hysterical.

That was super funny.

- Thank you.

-How was your first day?

-Sucked big time.

-Hey, hey.

It'll get better, I promise.

Okay, it just takes time.

Yeah, anything new,

it just takes time.

What happened to

the butterflies?

Jess? Jess?

Jesse!

Wh... where were you?

-What?

-Where were you?

- I'll get it!

Hi.

There's someone here

and it's not the pizza man.

Hi.

-I've got one just like that.

- A flying V.

You got a red Flying V?

I want a Gibson Flying V

like Kirk Hammett

from Metallica uses.

He is my favorite guitar hero.

I mean I asked mom and

dad to get one for my birthday

but you know, Gibsons

are really expensive

so I'm getting

a little cheaper...

-Excuse me.

Can I help you?

- Mmm.

I need to come home now.

This is mommy and daddy's house.

They're dead.

-Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

- I'm really sorry about what

happened with your parents.

But yo... you don't live here

anymore.

Okay. It... it's time for you

to leave.

- They won't let me

play it loud.

I need to play it loud.

-You need to leave, now.

- Dad.

- Jess..

Jesse.

- You need to leave

before I call the police.

Alright, that's it,

I'm calling the police.

I'm callin' 'em right now.

- You were mean.

You say, "treat everyone like

the way you want to be treated."

You didn't do that.

-What?

- Well, the poor guy, obviously

has something wrong with him

and his parents did just die

in our house.

-We've come to the place

where we joke

about the idea of the devil.

With the horns, and the tail,

and all that.

But that is Satan's lie

to distract us

from the reality of who He is.

He is no mask

in a Halloween store.

He's not what you see

in the movies.

He is an active, violent

anti-God personal reality.

And as much as we refuse to

admit it, He lives through us.

He uses us to carry out

His unspeakable deeds.

For we are His pawns,

we are His demons on Earth

we satiate His hunger.

If you have the slightest bit

of greed, in your heart

He will turn it into

an avalanche.

He will slither into your soul.

- That's really great Zooey

that's not gonna win you

any Academy Awards.

- It's not funny, you're not

supposed to go if you're sick

because everyone else

gets sick too.

- Well, it looks like we got

an outbreak on our hands.

-Oh, my God. Dad.

I said I wanted a flying V

and he's given me his.

And a Marshall, dad,

he's given me his Marshall..

Dad.

I can keep 'em right?

Please. Please.

-No.

I can't let you

keep this guitar.

Hey. Hey.

I'm gettin' you a guitar and an

amp for your birthday. Come on.

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