The best way to describe this film is totally, absolutely, positively crap, why? I'll tell you, it is one of those horror films that has one of those stupid plot twist in the end, the kind that doesn't put anything into perspective, the kind that leaves you with such a feeling of disappointment at the fact that they had a good concept in their hands and they ruined it completely, only with this film it felt like it was more deliberate, because you have this nice little "B" movie monster thing going for while and well into the film, guess what, it was never real it was all in his head and the rest of the movie doesn't make sense.

Frankly I think considering the mood the ending left me in, this film is a disgrace to the horror genre, I saw a quote on this film stating "It turns the genre on its head" this film doesn't belong in the genre, the world would be spared if the makers of this thing would not consider to do a sequel.

Nick West (Andrew Howard) does some first person narration including asides reminiscent of "Clockwork Orange." He takes a girl to an abandoned asylum for some fun and games. While on acid, they find a chair. While sitting in the chair, the girl gets "trapped" by said chair which tortures/kills her. Nick spends 4 years in a mental institution. He is medicated. He is convinced he is crazy and killed the girl, after all there is no other logical explanation, although he can't remember doing it...or is it something else?

Nick is released to Dr. Willard played by David Gant. Nick calls him "Gandolf" in the movie. He can best be described as "Christopher Lee light." Dr. Willard takes Nick back to the scene of the crime. He believes the chair is a portal to another dimension (Hellraiser puzzle box?). As members of the group sit in the chair things begin to happen.

The ending has a twist which had me laughing. Well done horror-thriller.

Parental Guide: Excessive f-bomb, C word, sex, torture, excessive blood, no nudity. Elize du Toit running around in a bra.

Nick West (Andrew Howard) brings the easy and filthy Sammy (Polly Brown) to the abandoned Blackwater Asylum for using acid and having sex. They find a weird chair and Nick proposes kinky sex to Sammy; however the device traps and kills Sammy. Nick is arrested and considered insane, being sentenced to the Hildon Mental Institute in spite of claiming that supernatural forces killed Sammy. Four years later, the honorable Cambridge professor Dr. Willard (David Gant) proposes Nick's psychiatric Dr. Clairebourne (Nadja Brand) to release him under his custody for an experimental treatment, exposing the truth to Nick bringing him back to the crime scene. Dr. Clairebourne opposes, explaining that Nick still has severe delusions, but in the end she accepts, with Dr. Willard assuming full responsibility for Nick. Dr. Willard, his assistant Melissa (Louise Griffiths) and the students Rachel Fowles (Elize du Toit) and Brett Wilson (Matt Berry) head with Nick to the Blackwater Asylum finding the dreadful truth about the devil's chair.

"The Devil's Chair" is an original and extremely gore horror movie that explores a dark journey into madness and pain. The story is disclosed in an environment of a nightmare and has an awesome plot point. Andrew Howard gives a magnificent performance in the role of a man considered clinically insane and delusional that believes that fights against demons and supernatural forces. The gorgeous Elize du Toit is also excellent in the role of a student that intends to help Nick and finds the truth of the devil's chair. The graphic bloodshed in the end is visually impressive and gruesome. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Cadeira do Diabo" ("The Devil's Chair")