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 ...

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... ...