Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy (2005)

Idealistic new principal Ms. Walker celebrates the schools reopening with a press conference.  Unfortunately she's unable to gloss over the Canyon Murder Mystery which occurred across the street because a tabloid journalist brings it up.

The students overhear and bring up the legend of the Bloody Boy. Devon, aka the bloody boy, lived in the house across the street from the school. Devon's parents treated him badly and one night he disappeared.  Later sightings of a bloody boy were reported, but no trace of Devon was ever found. His parents were charged with his murder, but a defense lawyer got them off. A year later both the parents were found murdered.

High schooler Symphony and her crappy friend Genesis decide to go to a party. When Symphony gets freaked out about Devon, Genesis tells Symphony she doesn't believe her story and to get over the death. Plus she can't imagine why Symphony is so upset about her father's disappearance since it's already been ten years.  father was the parents defense lawyer.

Soon someone starts killing people and it appears to be an oversized teen wearing a baseball outfit and carrying a bat. Is it the legend come to life, or some other loser killing folks in town? Symphony's father was the defense lawyer for Devon's parents so that's another piece of the puzzle. And if Devon died as a little kid, then how could he come back as a hulking 18 year old?

The sound levels on this movie are all over the place. So you're constantly turning the volume up and down in order to hear what is going on.  Also there is some Pseudo Blink 182 music on the soundtrack, including a song about suicide at the beginning of the movie.

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