Lieberman's newest film is a doozy..a macabre black comedy about a disturbed kid named Dougie(Alexander Brickel)who loves this game his dad bought him called "Satan's Little Helper." He's so overwhelmed by the game that he finds a psychopath donning a Satan costume and asks to assist him in his duties(Dougie spots this crazy man propping up a kill as if the corpse was Halloween ornamentation). What Dougie doesn't know is that this guy really is killing people at random and that this isn't a game. Dougie is jealous of his sister Jenna's(Katheryn Winnick, who is a major hottie)new boyfriend Alex(Stephen Graham)so he asks his master to kill him. What Dougie also doesn't know is that he has invited danger to his family as he brings the killer home making introductions to his sister and mom, Merrill(Amanda Plummer..I wondered how Lieberman could get a quality actress for such a type of silly genre film). The killer underneath the Satan costume outsmarts every character in this film and as he journeys through town no one is safe. From an old lady using a walking stick to a pregnant woman, if you are in the killer's trajectory..look out(even a blind man and baby in a carriage being pushed by it's mother aren't safe)! Operating tongue firmly in cheek, director Lieberman squeezes every drop of comedy from this twisted premise. Despite some disturbing elements as the killer attacks without remorse, Lieberman keeps the film pretty cheesy so that we, the viewer, won't take it too seriously. It looks cheap, but there's a surprising amount of suspense towards the end as Jenna must try and save those she loves as this psycho sets his sights aimed directly towards them.
Review of Satan's Little Helper
