''Devil's Den'' is a 2006

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film directed by

Jeff Burr Jeffrey Cameron Burr (July 18, 1963 – October 10, 2023) was an American film director, writer, and producer known for his work in horror sequels, such as ''Stepfather II'', ''Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Texas Chainsaw Mass ...

. It stars

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and

Devon Sawa Devon Edward Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, Sawa began his career as a children's action toy spokesman. He made his film debut with a supporting role in '' Little Giants'' (1994) and received wi ...

Plot

A group of pleasure-seeking young adults enter a

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and discover that it is a Satanic establishment that requires them to check their souls at the door. In order to make it through the night alive, they have to battle with a horde of blood-drinking she-demons whose power is drawn directly from the Lord of the Underworld.

Cast

as Caitlin *

as Quinn *

Ken Foree Ken Foree (born February 29, 1948) is an American actor, best known as the protagonist Peter from the horror film '' Dawn of the Dead'' (1978) and as Roger Rockmore on the Nickelodeon television sitcom '' Kenan & Kel'' (1996–2000). Early life ...

as Leonard * Steven Schub as Nick * Karen Maxwell as Candy *

Dawn Olivieri Dawn Olivieri (born February 8, 1981) is an American actress. She played Lydia in ''Heroes'', and Monica Talbot in ''House of Lies''. Olivieri is a frequent participant in Taylor Sheridan produced television productions. She portrayed Claire D ...

as Jezebel * Ken Ohara as Zatoichi

Release

The film was released on

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by Starz Home Entertainment on February 13, 2007. It was later released by

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on May 14 that same year.

Reception

Juliet Farmer from

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gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, criticizing the film's dialogue, and cheesy special effects. However, Farmer concluded, "Between the funny dialogue and chemistry between the characters, I was able to overlook the poor attempts at scary effects and enjoy ''Devil's Den'' for the light romp it is."

References

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* * 2006 films 2006 horror films American supernatural horror films Demons in film Films directed by Jeff Burr Films about Satanism 2000s English-language films 2000s American films American religious horror films English-language horror films {{2000s-horror-film-stub