Satan's Little Helper

(2004) ***

Little Dougie is dressing up for Halloween as his favorite video game character, Satan's little helper. Now he just needs to find Satan so he can do his master's bidding. His sister Jenna takes him trick or treating every year but this year she brought her new beau Alex with her and Dougie is not a happy camper. He goes by a house and sees a man dressed as Satan decorating his front lawn with dead bodies, one's he assumes are fake. He asks Satan if he could be his helper this year. Satan nods, because he doesn't need to talk. In the meanwhile Alex decides to dress up as Satan to impress Dougie and they head out to the costume shop together. What Alex doesn't know is that Dougie has set him up and Satan is waiting in the alley to jump him. Alex returns home with Satan whom everyone assumes is Alex. With his identity hidden the killer is free to roam the neighborhood with a clueless Dougie at his side killing as he sees fit. When Jenna and her Mom finally catch on that Satan is not Alex it's a little too late to get away. Satan has already killed all the cops in this one horse town and there appears tobe no way out.

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Good times are had by all here. Dougie reminds me an awful lot of little Ralphie in A Christmas Story, probably done with purpose. Satan is blessedly silent throughout the film with only hand jestures to express himself. The best part for me is Satan running through the store parking lot slamming into people as Dougie, in the shopping cart is yelling out point values. "Pregnant lady 20 points. Oh look, he's blind that's 50 points. Try to hit the baby carriage!" and so forth. There is a murder of an old lady that's pretty sweet too. Did I just say that? Anyhow, I liked it. 'Nuff said.