Dust Devil (DVD)

I’m not sure when I first saw Dust Devil except that it comes under that category of late one night I ended up watching some film, I know not why, and was amazed. Such is Dust Devil. Then, yesterday, I saw the DVD, and heedless of price I bought it, knowing that it is practically a ‘lost’ film, though it was only originally released in 1992. I didn’t want to get home, search the internet for the cheapest price, only to find it out of stock, out of stock. The DVD is in fact a director’s cut, or as the credits at the end note, the restored version. Miramax removed some portion of the film and I don’t know what or why. There are deleted scenes on the DVD ...  Read the complete review

Dust Devil is Richard Stanley's second feature following on from the android movie Hardware. It is a far more mabitious foray into a world of mysticism and ritual slaughter against the backdrop of South African politics. Dust Devil begins looking like your standard serial killer fare. A hitch-hiker murders a lonely widow who picks him up on the road in a horrific scene which leaves scene of the crime a bloodbath. This murder becomes linked to sveeral others by a policeman on his trail but the story changes when it becomes increasingly apparent that the hitcher isn't your average killer but instead a demon which preys on the fear and despair of others... ...  Read the complete review