Overview: Nine-year-old Douglas Whooly (Alexander Brickel, PALINDROMES) is obsessed with the handheld video game Satan’s Little Helper, and annoyed that the attention of his big sister Jenna (Katheryn Winnick, TV’s VIKINGS and BIG SKY) is being distracted by her new boyfriend Alex (Stephen Graham).

These two concerns collide on Halloween, when Douglas witnesses a serial killer in a devil mask (Joshua Annex) posing his victims like outdoor All Hallow’s Eve displays. Not comprehending how real the carnage is, Douglas becomes this Satan’s little helper - and that’s very bad news for Alex, for Douglas and Jenna’s mom Merrill (Amanda Plummer, PULP FICTION, Netflix’s RATCHED), and ultimately for their entire town.

A different kind of Halloween horror film, SATAN’S LITTLE HELPER combines grisly killings with a mile-wide streak of savage humor. Written and directed by cult favorite Jeff Lieberman (SQUIRM, BLUE SUNSHINE, JUST BEFORE DAWN), it satirizes the way video games can seize hold of young minds, and is driven by the inability of Douglas (and others) to distinguish the Satan Man’s nasty crimes from All Hallow’s prankery!

Featuring one of Plummer’s most eccentric performances, SATAN’S LITTLE HELPER has built a cult following on video and now makes its UNCUT high-definition Blu-ray debut, carrying a bagful of supplementary treats!

Blu-ray Verdict: In this delightfully twisted black comedy/horror, cult movie director Jeff Lieberman takes a messed up little kid, Dougie, who has trouble distinguishing between reality and make-believe, exposes him to a violent computer game called Satan’s Little Helper (in which the player assists the devil in killing people), and then introduces him to a serial killer dressed as Old Nick (in a wicked grinning demon mask, rubber claws, and a black coat).

The result is a deliciously dark piece of bloody mayhem which sees the Satan-obsessed boy assisting the masked psycho on his murderous rampage, believing that the death and destruction which he is witnessing is all part of a game. It’s a wonderfully subversive premise that should definitely appeal to anyone with a distinctly warped sense of humor.

The first clue we are given that young Dougie might have trouble understanding the way the world really works is when he announces to his mother that he wants to marry his older sister (admittedly, she is super smoking hot, but even in their small island community, incest is still a no-no!)

But this is nothing compared to the child’s lack of understanding when he teams up with Satan on Halloween and gets to see his hero in action. As the horned menace stabs, hangs, and mutilates his victims, Dougie cheers encouragingly, not quite grasping that these people are dying for real.

However, when Satan eventually turns his attention to Dougie’s family, the boy suddenly realizes that helping the bad guy might not be such a great idea after all!

Lieberman handles his rather perverse material perfectly, managing to whip up a wonderfully creepy vibe, whilst also delivering some moments of pure comic genius (and even a few subtle swipes at religion and modern society’s ability to twist young minds).

He also gets some fine performances from his cast: Alexander Brickel does very well as the confused killer’s apprentice; Joshua Annex is brilliant as Satan, and is both extremely chilling and funny without uttering a single word; and Amanda Plummer does a wonderful job as Dougie’s slightly wacky mother.

But best of all is Katheryn Winnick as Dougie’s sister Jenna for she is absolutely stunning, and spends most of the film dressed as a Renaissance slut, meaning that she displays plenty of cleavage and acres of perfectly toned midriff. Wowzers!

With it’s oodles of morbid humor, and noticeable lack of explicit gore (just one genuinely yucky scene in the whole film), Satan’s Little Helper will probably be maligned by many who fail to understand its wicked genius. Those fortunate enough to get it, however, will hopefully spread the word and get this film the attention it really deserves.

Special Features:
Audio Commentary from Director Jeff Lieberman
Vintage Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
The Devil in the Details: Making SATAN’S LITTLE HELPER
Mr. Satan’s Neighborhood: A Tour of the Filming Locations with Director Jeff Lieberman
Newly Translated English Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired (English SDH)
Promotional Trailer
Region A Locked

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