Alexander Brickel, Amanda Plummer, Dan Ziskie

It's Halloween eve, and 9-year-old Douglas (Alexander Brickel) is in for the fright of his life in this chilling horror tale. Dressed as "Satan's Little Helper" (from his favorite video game), Douglas...( read more  read more... ) goes out trick-or-treating and meets a guy dressed as the monstrous boss from the same video game. Staying true to the game, Doug offers to be his assistant, unaware that the masked man is really a serial killer on a Halloween murdering spree.

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R, 109 min.

Directed by: Jeff Lieberman

Release Date: January 1, 2004

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DVD Release Date: October 4, 2005

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  • September 30, 2009
    Tough film to rate really. The idea is very original and it has some really creepy and quite harsh splashes of horror but something always seems a miss. It does not suffer the usual clichés attached to horror films, apart from the fact that some of the acting is questionable and ...( read more)reactions unrealistic, it is generally well acted (Mainly thanks to Amanda Plummer) and highly original. Non-horror fans won?t like it but true fans will admire its quirkiness, humour and unpredictability. I don't think the 'Killer' will ever reach Freddy or Jason status, in fact he is more frightening and creepy as Jesus than he is as Satan, but I think this film is set for cult classic notoriety.
  • April 30, 2009
    had really low expectations going into this film as I haven't liked either of the Jess Lieberman films I'd seen previously (Squirm, Just Before Dawn); but what I found with this film was an inventive and moderately amusing little film that benefits from a talented cast and a clev...( read more)er screenplay. Satan's Little Helper is a pitch black horror comedy that finds time to poke fun at the American institution of Halloween, as well as ideas such as 'video games create killers'. The central idea is more than a little bit silly, but it also shows great imagination; as the idea of having a young boy unwittingly help a serial killer isn't immediately obvious, and the director does a good job of manipulating his characters into the situation he wants them in. Satan's Little Helper revolves around Douglas Whooly; a young boy obsessed with the video game, coincidentally called 'Satan's Little Helper', which was bought for him by his father. After witnessing the local serial killer arranging his victims outside his house, the kid mistakes it for an act and offers his help to the killer; which is duly accepted.

    The fact that the lead character is a young boy gives the film a sort of childish horror feel; and Jeff Lieberman brilliantly offsets this with a number of amazingly gruesome scenes, which see things such as a cat being used to write 'boo' on the wall in blood, as well as intestines being used to tie a knot and a particularly grisly stabbing sequence towards the end. The director has also managed to pull in some good B-movie talent to act out his movie. Amanda Plummer is the biggest name on the cast list, and she bodes well with her role as slightly odd mother. The beautiful Katheryn Winnick was the highlight for me, and no doubt most other male audience members, as she looks great and her acting isn't bad either. Child actor Alexander Brickel, and Stephen Graham round off the central cast and overall, this movie doesn't have many problems where the acting is concerned. Jeff Lieberman's sense of humour may not be to everyone's taste; but I found it delightful, and the way the screenplay constantly harks back to earlier events is good. Overall, this may not be a brilliant film; but it's entertaining and fun and therefore gets a big thumbs up.
  • September 9, 2008
    Seriously it's crap but you'll be laughing your ass off so it's worth it
  • April 6, 2008
    Amusing and, I think, intentionally cheesy, but not really horrifying.

    I loved Satan's gestures.
  • August 28, 2007
    Your run of the mill slasher with some added dark humour. Whoever played Satan certainly had many great mannerisms and despite having his face covered came off as a bit of comic genius in body movements alone. Katheryn Winnick's breasts were the real stars though. Hardly inventiv...( read more)e being that the twists have all been used before and slasher films can only differ to a certain degree. Idiotic characters and the most annoying twisted little kid ever make it one where you cheer for deaths. Cheap and cheerful just the stuff for a brainless evening.
  • November 21, 2009
    I hate it when movies try to be creepy by showing some monster that looks like something from The Muppets.
  • October 29, 2009
    Unlike other horror films where victims must evade the killer in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Satan's Little Helper has free (Grand Theft Auto III style) reign in a neighborhood inhabited by gullible morons. Avert your eyes in terror as Beelzebub (assisted by a wide-eyed, devi...( read more)l-obsessed seven year old); molests the kid's mega-hot older sister, beats up her boyfriend in an alley, uses a cat as a paintbrush, laces candy with prescription drugs, stabs a grocery store clerk, runs over a pregnant lady and blind man with a shopping cart, kicks an old lady in the stomach, kills the entire police force with saran wrap, and spikes the party punch with Drain-O! Fun for the whole family!

    ...and remember; "Jesus can come as a trick or treater."
  • October 19, 2009
    rediculous and funny but still a good horror movie. so bad, its good kinda deal.
  • October 12, 2009
    i have to admit before watching it if never heard of it or any of the actors/actresses that were involved in the movie but i have to say i thought it was a pretty good movie it could have been alot better than it was and it was a good slasher movie, the little boy played by alean...( read more)dra brickel was annoying at times, and the only other big problem i had with it is during the movie because of the comical side to it and the huge grin on satans mask i couldnt take him serious even though he was the bad guy but other than that was a pretty good movie
  • December 13, 2008
    ehh. . . . no thanks

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  • spiderfightclub
    February 5, 2007
    the film is so funny thoughout the film with funny scenes of satans little helper guiding satan to ultimate carnage! great film!!

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