Jersey Devil Movie Reviews

Being of South Jersey all of my 28 years reading all about the Jersey Devil and being of N.J. Native American Indian heritage, I have NEVER heard of the Jersey Devil ever being rumored as a Leni Lenape. Where did they get their information? Even though this is not a documentary, they should've changed the name of the subject (Jersey Devil) to something else. Also, since it wasn't a documentary, they definately should not have had an author of a book on the Jersey Devil tell his testimony. It confused the rest of the country as to what the Jersey Devil is and also made a false statement about the Leni Lenape Tribe. I just hope that everyone that saw the movie will further research it and discover the truth behind the lengend. I am very disappointed in this film. Not only was every aspect of it WRONG, the acting & "monster" stunk! I hope that Volume I did so bad that they won't be able to do a Volume II.

What the other reviews FAIL to comment about is how this movie DESTROYS the Jersey Devil myth. I am very familiar with the Pine Barrens and assure this is NOT the legend. The book that this film is based upon is a better resource and gives an interesting historical perspective of the myth. If you cross the worst 1970's made for tv movies with these cheap currently airing syndicated X-File clones, you can imagine the production quality. The locations are true for the atmosphere but you can forget the rest. There is no use commenting on the acting. This is just another example of clueless directors rewriting a classic story (think Grinch) and presenting their failed vision as a tasteful product and worse yet it's not even a "good" bad movie. Let's hope the devil rips off their heads. The 10 minute featurette, however, is good.

This movie is just one of those B-movie wonders that spring out by the dozen over the course of the year. They aren't made to really affect you in any way, but moreover are created to hopefully illuminate the careers of either some budding young actors, or rekindle those of some Hollywood has-beens! Well, 'The 13th Child' doesn't do either for either genre it's sad to say as this flick is about as scary as watching the lastest cartoon 'Scooby-Doo Mystery' and about as absorbing as watching paint dry! That said, the only bright spot of the flick is the over-acting by ex-'Soap' star Robert Guillaume! And if you blink you'll miss the beautiful Lesley-Anne Down in her 3 minute role!