‘Where the Devil Roams’ Defies Categorization, Other Than Being Worth Seeing

Here is Exhibit A proving that economy of means can result in artistic ingenuity. This is a rarity: a straight-faced horror film that sends out nods and winks — not with condescension, but with love.

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Zelda Adams in 'Where the Devil Roams.' Via Yellow Veil Pictures

“Where the Devil Roams” is the kind of thing I keep hoping to encounter in museums of contemporary art — you know, inside those darkened galleries in which viewers are expected to hunker down on bean bag chairs or something equally uncomfortable in order to take in avant-gardist video installations. 

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