Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Feed the Devil’

Written by Scott Edwards

Some people are forced to go through life with no way to escape their past. While it can seem easy to leave your family behind and move on with your life, they will always be there whether you like it or not. Trying to redefine who you are is more than an overnight process and while you can put on a show for people that don’t know you, you have to train yourself to be your new self. Carrying your friendships along for the ride can be more difficult than expected, but if you are trying to escape your family’s name, you will need someone to have your back.
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Needing to get out from under his mother’s thumb, Marcus has a plan to change his life completely. Trying to get the money that his mother got from selling everything he owned, he is shocked when she awakens from her drunken slumber and challenges him. Knowing that he is in the right, Marcus is able to push right back, but he is not prepared for his mother’s reaction. Getting beat down with a baseball bat, Marcus is not willing to deal with his mother any longer, and with things coming over the horizon, he may not need to. 

Getting a visit from one of his father’s old friends, Marcus has the inside track to make some serious money on a stash of homegrown weed. Only needing to travel to where it is growing and pick it up, the deal is something that he cannot pass up, even his girlfriend Stella agrees. With a hand drawn map on a page from the Bible, Marcus is ready to change his life once and for all and with Stella’s help, he may never be alone again, at least that is what he believes. Getting into the truck and making their way up north, Marcus and Stella are surprised to see that they are not alone on the trip to the biggest score of their lives as Lydia has come along for the ride.

Not willing to turn back, Marcus has only one thing on his mind, money. Needing to reach the secret stash before anyone else, he does not know what the road has in store for him. With a tree in the way of his pursuit, Marcus heads out to take care of business as the girls take a look around the area. Things seem to be going all right when a scream from Stella rattles through the wooded area. Not knowing who or what frightened his girlfriend, Marcus tries to bring the girls back to the truck, but with an arm that has been mauled by a wolf, Stella wants to go to a hospital. Catching a ride back to town, Stella is on her own since Marcus is not willing to deviate from his plan. But when he sees the car that Stella got a ride in knocked off the road and the driver filleted, he starts to worry about something more than just the score.

It took some doing, but I did make it through the movie. I really liked how the story went, although I am still confused about what the film was really about. I will not lie, the dialogue in this movie is terrible and could deter many people from giving it a chance. I also never really thought that the story would ever get around to allowing for Marcus to have any type of redemption, as he was focused on money most of the time and could care less about what happened to the girls, even when they are being chased by a beast that will stop at nothing to kill them. With an abandoned yet busy road, an undead killer, a smart elder, the need to know what happened and plenty of sharpened edges to be used as knives, it is a different story that I believe is trying to remind us to treat your fellow man and nature with respect, because if you don’t, they will kill ‘ya. Stay Scared.

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