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So You've Downloaded
a Demon (2007)
Directed
by Todd Livingston
I
don’t think anyone who has seen it would ever consider So You’ve Downloaded a Demon
to be a serious horror movie. It is very entertaining to watch, but is
so lighthearted that even the most timid of viewers should be able to
watch it all by their lonesome and without the lights on. To be honest
I had to think twice about even reviewing it, but with a title like So You’ve Downloaded a Demon,
it seems likely that many horror fans may rent or buy the DVD without
realising exactly what to expect. With this in mind, I
decided to write a review anyway in the hopes that people who are
looking for information about the movie might find my review and be
able to make a more informed choice of whether or not this one is
likely to be to their taste.
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The main characters in the movie are four college
students: Miranda, Cat, Dave, and Brian. As well as being students,
goth chicks Miranda and Cat, are also wicken witches. Dave and Brian,
on the other hand, are more straight laced. In fact, Dave is running
for student president, but Brian is the main driving force behind the
campaign. Dave has other things on his mind—he is far more interested
in making a good impression on Miranda that he is in impressing
potential voters.
Dave’s big chance comes when the girls are late for a ritual and get
thrown out of their coven. They are desperate to be reinstated, but
have to prove their faith and devotion to their sisters. To do
this they need to come up with something totally awesome so Cat hits
the books and Miranda surfs the net. The only thing Cat can find are
spells for improving crops, but Miranda discovers a really great
witchcraft site. If they want to the site though, the girls will have
to sell their souls to Satan (it must be one hell of a site). Cat takes
it all with a grain of salt and is keen to click on the link, but
Miranda has no intention of risking her soul. Even the added bonus of
5, 000 free hours with AOL is not enough to tempt her into changing her
mind so, remembering that Brian is an expert hacker; she rings Dave and
asks him if he and Brian would like to come over and give them a hand.
Unfortunately Brian is not as clever as he thinkss. Several hours later
he has still failed to crack the code and heads off in search of a
vending machine. While he is gone Dave decides to have a go, cracks the
code first time, and releases a demon that has been trapped in the
website. Guess where it goes. If you guessed that it makes a beeline
for Dave’s bod you are right and he is soon acting very strangely
indeed. Does anyone notice the sudden change in Dave? Not a chance; and
his sudden habit of projectile vomiting fails to help his campaign.
It’s not all bad news though, because he and Miranda seem to have hit
it off quite well. Yes indeed, romance is in the air, but how will this
fit in with the demon’s plans for world domination? And more to the
point, how long will it be before anyone realizes that poor old Dave is
not himself any more?
Dave’s romance with Miranda is probably the main driving force of the
movie, with the girls’ desire to be reinstated in their coven following
a close second; but there are plenty of other things to keep viewers
interested:
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Is the local exorcist all that he seems to be?
- Who
captured the demon in the first place and why?
- Will
Dave ever become student president or will he be doomed to ruling the
world with a demon inside him?
All good questions, but if you want to find out the
answer you will have to watch the movie because I am not giving away
any spoilers.
On a final note I should probably mention that
Actress Xenia Seeberg turns up in a few of the scenes. Seeberg is
pretty well known because she played love slave, Xev in Lexx (TV series),
the marketing gurus have played up her involvement in So You’ve Downloaded a Demon.
Her name is used as a selling point on the DVD cover, and Amazon’s
listings show her name in instead of the names of the four mains stars
of the movie, but her total time on screen is probably less than ten
minutes. That’s marketing for you though, and this is the end of my
review. So You've
Downloaded a Demon is available to buy or rent on DVD, and
some sites offer streaming options, but Blu-ray copies
were not available at the time of this review.
CAST
Casidee
Riley
Sommer Fain
Zak Kreiter
Daniel Paul Schafer
Todd Livingston
Xenia Seeberg
Nicholas Capetanakis
Heather Hendricks
Emily Witcher
Kathy Damson
Buddy MacKinder
Bronte Wittpenn
Vint Lavinder
Mace Archer
Lisa Harmon
William Wittpenn IV
Mark Zimmerer
Mary Monahan
Jason Harris
Shawn Thompson
Dan Hickey
Seth Hanser
Richie DuVal
Jayson Love
Brandon Bartle
Leanne Story
Laura Simonsen
Alyson Miller
Autumn Peters
Carina Cooper
Cendri Hutcherson
Charlotte Rondash
Corrie Bowman
Erin Cranford
Heather Ainslie
Heidi Butcher
Jennifer Wilson
Katt Eben
Kelsah Pendery
Kirstina Paxinox
Nayomi Ingalls
Starla Patenaude
Summer Peters
Tessa Krum
Tracy Tesinsky
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Miranda
Cat
Dave Partridge
Brian
Dr. Malcolm
Noel
Dr. Wicker
Barbara Dixon
Priestess Debbie
Tanya
Fred Diamond (Ventriloquist)
Emily
Priest
Emily's Father
Emily's Mother
Kid in the Woods
Man at Drive-By
Campaign Moderator
Student #1
Student #2
Student #3
Student #4
Student #5
Waiter
Cafe Victim
Campus Girl
Campaign Manager
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
Witch
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