I found this one of the better made for Amazon Prime Blumhouse films for what it was - a VERY low budgeted B rated film about what a community is and what a neighborhood is. It did remind me a bit of the premise of the film "Needful Things" all wrapped around the only thing a small fledgling community had, it's weekly little B-I-N-G-O gathering.
Think about it, where else could Satan go after the small town 'Needful Things' trinket shop? What else would people in a tiny rundown neighborhood that's trying to keep themselves together want more than anything that he could prey on? To win, to have LOTSA money. To weaken a neighborhood. Sure, but can Satan do this to a community?
To me, that's the idea of this film. It was okay. I liked the two old neighborhood BINGO ladies that helped the neighborhood once before (Adriana Baraza and L. Scott Caldwell), and the demon/devil (Richard Brake). A little disjointed at spots as there was need for more character definition, some more emphasis as to WHY some of the characters went the way they did but nice little tale, a little off from the usual Blumhouse fare some may be accustomed to (except for some gore in the deaths for some).
Think about it, where else could Satan go after the small town 'Needful Things' trinket shop? What else would people in a tiny rundown neighborhood that's trying to keep themselves together want more than anything that he could prey on? To win, to have LOTSA money. To weaken a neighborhood. Sure, but can Satan do this to a community?
To me, that's the idea of this film. It was okay. I liked the two old neighborhood BINGO ladies that helped the neighborhood once before (Adriana Baraza and L. Scott Caldwell), and the demon/devil (Richard Brake). A little disjointed at spots as there was need for more character definition, some more emphasis as to WHY some of the characters went the way they did but nice little tale, a little off from the usual Blumhouse fare some may be accustomed to (except for some gore in the deaths for some).