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Dust Devil Reviews

1992

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from 1372 members

Evil stalks the endless desert... searching for souls to build its power. Soon the wasteland is littered with burned and disfigured bodies. Enter Wendy, on the run from a broken marriage Read more

Starring	John Matshikiza, Robert John Burke, Terri Norton, Chelsea Field
Director	Richard Stanley
Genres	Drama, Horror

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Critic's review of Dust Devil
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- More personal and ambitious than Stanley's killer-android debut Hardware, this boldly juxtaposes murder, magic and... read more on Time Out
- 49423
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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- - 2
  - 0
  an overlooked horror classic
  
  a heroic failure of a film.
  
  Richard Stanley followed his hit debut film 'Hardware' with this notoriously troubled production.
  
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- 393560
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ned Netherwood
  - huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  - 10 Dec 2006 at 20:47
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- - 0
  - 0
  Dust to Dust
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Dust Devil comes from the same guy that gave us Hardware. Both are quality titles.
  
  It's a simple story with a few neat twists and turns to ... read more »
  
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- 809763
- - RamasesII
  - 6 reviews
  - Great Yarmouth
  - 12 Sep 2009 at 12:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Dust Devil
  
  This film was done by the Director who did HARDWARE (M.A.R.K.13), So if you liked that one rent this,
  
  I like this film, but it is one of those film ... read more »
  
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- 809501
- - Entilzha
  - 114 reviews
  - WAKEFIELD
  - 11 Sep 2009 at 14:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Yup, it's 'disappointing'
  
  I rented this title - despite the two star rating earned from other users - on the strength of what seemed to me a fairly strong write-up by Jonathan Rigby in ... read more »
  
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- - Alfietucker
  - 2 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 11 Jul 2009 at 18:51
- - 0
  - 0
  Dustdevil
  
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  This film is absolute garbage, dont waste a rental on it
  
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- 735614
- - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 31 Mar 2009 at 15:53
- - 0
  - 0
  African-set horror fable
  
  Set in and around Namibia (I think, as it's never actually specifically mentioned...), this innovative horror film from 1992 is Richard Stanley's follow... read more »
  
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- 693558
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 23 Jan 2009 at 01:22
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  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  Richard Stanley's labour of love is one of the most unique films, certainly about a serial killer, that you will ever see. Drenched in religious legacy, the... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
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  -5 stars
  
  This risible pile of garbage was sent to me by mistake, but out of curiosity I watched it. Within two minutes I had decided it was low-budget tripe and nothing ... read more »
  
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- - JackTheLad
  - 15 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 14 Mar 2008 at 17:51
- - 0
  - 0
  Wondering what Dust Devil might have been...
  
  Sadly the conflicts between the studio and the film set took it's toll on Dust Devil. It's a flawed film which if the director had his own way as he ... read more »
  
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- - Squinty
  - 23 reviews
  - Lincolnshire
  - 26 May 2007 at 20:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Bloody awful
  
  I thought the film was a pile of crap. plain an simple. After reading some of the reviews i thought this will be a film worth watching but i was wrong, WELL ... read more »
  
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- 440969
- - Phil Boulton
  - Exeter, England
  - 17 May 2007 at 12:45
- - 0
  - 0
  Excellent flick
  
  This is one of the rather less unknown horror masterpieces of the '90's. Highly recommend to any fan horror movie fan who likes supernatural creep ... read more »
  
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- - Andy
  - Warwickshire
  - 17 May 2007 at 01:48
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- - 2
  - 0
  an overlooked horror classic
  
  a heroic failure of a film.
  
  Richard Stanley followed his hit debut film 'Hardware' with this notoriously troubled production.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 393560
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Ned Netherwood
  - huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  - 10 Dec 2006 at 20:47
- - 2
  - 1
  Absolutely dreadful
  
  From the director who was sacked just 2 days into filming 'The Island of Dr Moreau' comes this complete piece of drivel. Tedious, boring and ... read more »
  
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- - Kevan Brighting
  - Birmingham
  - 13 Oct 2006 at 12:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Different...
  
  This is worth checking out if you like an alternative take on supernatural horror. It is a little muddled, with rather too many angles going on at once (ancient... read more »
  
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- 291463
- - Javid777
  - England
  - 03 Oct 2006 at 15:11
- - 1
  - 0
  -5 stars
  
  This risible pile of garbage was sent to me by mistake, but out of curiosity I watched it. Within two minutes I had decided it was low-budget tripe and nothing ... read more »
  
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- 539775
- - JackTheLad
  - 15 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 14 Mar 2008 at 17:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Dust Devil
  
  This film was done by the Director who did HARDWARE (M.A.R.K.13), So if you liked that one rent this,
  
  I like this film, but it is one of those film ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 809501
- - Entilzha
  - 114 reviews
  - WAKEFIELD
  - 11 Sep 2009 at 14:44
- - 1
  - 1
  what?
  
  I've watched many American and Japanese horror films, and although I tried hard to like this, I just couldn't. It's disjointed and just doesn't ... read more »
  
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- 272942
- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 08 Aug 2006 at 19:41
- - 4
  - 4
  Not worth watching
  
  The biggest load of rubbish ever made
  
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- 273955
- - a customer
  - Dorset
  - 11 Aug 2006 at 10:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Interesting view of a budget cult film
  
  As a fan of the film ‘Hardware’, that has yet to make it onto DVD in the UK, I rented Richard Stanley’s second film Dust Devil.
  
  I ... read more »
  
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- 275642
- - a customer
  - Lancaster, UK
  - 15 Aug 2006 at 20:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Demon serial killer?
  
  This must be the first south African film i've seen. It begins as though its going to be one of those arthouse things, not a word spoken for ten or so ... read more »
  
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- 386927
- - Cliff
  - Nottingham
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 19:08
- - 1
  - 1
  Utter Rubbish !!
  
  What a load of rubbish !!!! The accents were annoying, the storyline was confusing and Miramax were right to have hated this movie!!! I have given it one star... read more »
  
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- 390374
- - a customer
  - London England
  - 30 Nov 2006 at 09:18

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