666 The Beast

The Asylum

Peacock Films

R4 DVD

666 The Beast is an “Omen” like occult themed film which brings together religious themes, occult conspiracies and big business. While “Satanic” themed horrors have been a little done to death, 666 The Beast does make the genre its own and as an Indie low budget film is actually fun to watch. 666 The Beast has been made has a follow up to 666: The Child which was one of the more successful titles from The Asylum and was a blood gore ridden exploration of the childhood of the Devil’s child.

Donald Lawson (Chad Matthews) has had a difficult life, he seems surrounded by death. His parents died in a plane crash, followed quickly by his foster parent’s demise and the death of his aunt who brought him up. He is alone in the world except for his wife and has a drive that many people envy. He excelled at Harvard and has now made his way to the Junior Vice President role at a multinational company with contracts in Israel. He has a “fire in his belly” and aims to succeed at all costs.

Donald is not what he seems, he is Satan’s child all grown up and now stands centre in a battle of universal significance.

When he accidently kills a man his satanic powers are unleashed and now he must battle against all manner of foes including one close to home because it seems his wife is pregnant with the son of god !

There are satanic murders, re-animated corpses, strange occult rites and some sort of Vatican occult investigation team. These are matched with a truly evil multinational corporation and some intriguing plot twists.

While this is certainly low budget cinema, the acting is reasonable, the suspense is sustained throughout and the special effects are used very effectively since the director clearly knows the limit of his budget. I was especially impressed by some of the set-pieces where simple effects were used to create very atmospheric scenes.

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