I liked this story better when it was called Mr. Frost. essentially that is what this is, they have almost the exact same plot line. There are a few differences and this was based on a book, Mr. Frost was not, but it was a a lot better.
Jeff Goldblum makes a much better Satan than Eriq La Salle, who seemed distracted by his directorial duties.
Mr. Frost also looked like it had a considerable budget. Crazy as Hell looks very low budget. It was filmed Hi-Def and sometimes it shows. I hear focus is critical on Hi-Def cameras. There are a lot of shots here that are unintentionally soft. Particularly the opening one - not a great way to start.
But technical issues aside, Crazy as Hell is just not very well written, nor plotted (there are giant plot holes) nor scored (the music is just plain awful, a couple steps below an episode of the 80's twilight zone series). The acting is okay. Only okay. Very stagey, like they had a very limited amount of time.
The ending blows. Seems like La Salle was influenced too much by a movie he was in in the early nineties. Check out his list cause it will be a spoiler if I were to list it here.
Worst of all. Crazy as Hell got boring, and there wasn't very much of Satan in it, which is why you'd rent this. I wanted to see a battle of wits between a Psychiatrist and someone who claims they are Satan. But you get very little of that here.
If you are looking for a better handling of that premise, rent Mr. Frost with Jeff Goldblum.
Jeff Goldblum makes a much better Satan than Eriq La Salle, who seemed distracted by his directorial duties.
Mr. Frost also looked like it had a considerable budget. Crazy as Hell looks very low budget. It was filmed Hi-Def and sometimes it shows. I hear focus is critical on Hi-Def cameras. There are a lot of shots here that are unintentionally soft. Particularly the opening one - not a great way to start.
But technical issues aside, Crazy as Hell is just not very well written, nor plotted (there are giant plot holes) nor scored (the music is just plain awful, a couple steps below an episode of the 80's twilight zone series). The acting is okay. Only okay. Very stagey, like they had a very limited amount of time.
The ending blows. Seems like La Salle was influenced too much by a movie he was in in the early nineties. Check out his list cause it will be a spoiler if I were to list it here.
Worst of all. Crazy as Hell got boring, and there wasn't very much of Satan in it, which is why you'd rent this. I wanted to see a battle of wits between a Psychiatrist and someone who claims they are Satan. But you get very little of that here.
If you are looking for a better handling of that premise, rent Mr. Frost with Jeff Goldblum.