Inkubus - Movie Review

Every one-hundred years, the demon known as Inkubus (Robert Englund) is reborn and just before he transfers into his new host this current incarnation walks into a police station, confessing to murders ranging from the Middle Ages to the most recent decapitation of a young woman whose head he still possesses because he has unfinished business with the one police officer that nearly incarcerated him thirteen years ago. 

Like the majority of horror movies, there was a lot going against Inkubus with it’s low production values (it’s not pretty to look at) and what most people would consider terrible acting (like these whiney skanks could do any better), but despite some arguably profound flaws I still enjoyed the movie. Maybe it’s the respect I have for Robert Englund (who owns this movie); plus, William Forsythe (The Devil’s Rejects) also takes top acting honors for this one. Maybe it was getting a kick out of seeing Jonathan Silverman (Weekend at Bernie’s) trying to act like a tough guy, or just trying to take Joey Fatone (N Sync) seriously – regardless, I enjoyed this movie. It was a familiar concept concocted by the pair of director Glenn Ciano and writer Carl V. Dupre, but for what money they had I think they made an adequate accomplishment. 

The story isn’t difficult to follow, but there are some aspects of it that perhaps could have been translated better through the screen, and without spoiling anything the ending is anticlimactic. The kills are standard while the aesthetic value of the gore is above par making for some pleasantly horrendous visuals to be remembered. 

Movie snobs will crap all over this movie while other people simply won’t like it, but like all opinions (including my own), they’re like assholes; we all clinch out fear of being anally raped – or, we all have one – something like that. 

Despite the flaws that could only be solved by money, which this movie did not have, and some storytelling foibles, Inkubus helps Robert Englund further shed the nostalgic cloak of Freddy Kreuger (a character he still loves), allowing the audience to focus on the man behind the scar tissue and provide some blood curdling entertainment for some horror lovers.