“Everyone ends up in the same damned place.”
Set in the backwoods around Knockemstiff, Ohio, The Devil All the Time follows young Arvin Russell as he moves through a landscape crowded with menace. As he tries to protect himself and the people closest to him, he is drawn into a chain of dark encounters that link several sinister lives. The film keeps its focus on the pressure building around him and the violence that shadows each step.
Antonio Campos directs this 2020 film, shaping its grim material into a tense, character-driven story. Tom Holland leads the cast as Arvin Russell, with Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård, Sebastian Stan, and Mia Wasikowska among the players whose characters intersect with his path. Their roles help turn the film into a study of fear, faith, and cruelty rather than a simple chase through rural danger.
Made in the United Kingdom and the United States, the film uses its small-town and backwoods setting to create a world where isolation feels inescapable. Its tone is bleak and oppressive, with horror, crime, and drama blending into a story shaped by desperation and moral decay. The result is a harsh, uneasy atmosphere that keeps the violence and dread close to the surface.
Antonio Campos directs this 2020 film, shaping its grim material into a tense, character-driven story. Tom Holland leads the cast as Arvin Russell, with Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård, Sebastian Stan, and Mia Wasikowska among the players whose characters intersect with his path. Their roles help turn the film into a study of fear, faith, and cruelty rather than a simple chase through rural danger.
Made in the United Kingdom and the United States, the film uses its small-town and backwoods setting to create a world where isolation feels inescapable. Its tone is bleak and oppressive, with horror, crime, and drama blending into a story shaped by desperation and moral decay. The result is a harsh, uneasy atmosphere that keeps the violence and dread close to the surface.
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7.2 / 10