You won't be disappointed!

Lack of good storyline.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

A choice example of the horror film during the early '80s, EVILSPEAK is a wacky and delightful mumbo-jumbo shocker which boasts a sterling performance from weirdo Clint Howard (TICKS) in one of his few leading roles. The clichéd plot instantly rips off CARRIE with a gender-bending variation on the central theme: a boy at military school is tormented and abused by fellow pupils and teachers alike, so takes revenge by summoning down the wrath of Satan upon them. The best method to do this? By using his badly dated '80s computer, of course! One of the few films to contain an evil computer as one of the leading characters, EVILSPEAK makes great and cheesy use of this premise to spread some maximum mayhem come the finale.Before the gory conclusion we are treated to a fairly slow-paced film which attempts to be serious – making it all the more amusing to watch. Enjoyment is heightened by the over-the-top efforts of a cast all striving to outdo themselves – from the Nazi history teacher to the cruel P.E. coach and the dumb jocks who make Clint's life a misery. Two genuinely good performances are given by the underused old-timer R.G. Armstrong as the drunken "Sarge" and Howard himself as Coopersmith, the put-upon orphan who finds himself possessed by Satan. Howard's acting is damned good and he holds interest during many of the slow spots. Keep your eyes out for creepy Richard Moll in another effectively evil performance. The music score, kind of an over-the-top variation of the music from THE OMEN, adds to the entertainment value immensely.EVILSPEAK's off-kilter approach to the material makes it more entertaining than many similarly low-budget slasher films doing the rounds at the time. This is a film where evil is pixelated on a computer screen in many colourful and cool interludes. Where an attractive actress is gored to death by killer hogs in her bathtub after a gratuitous nude scene. Where a man is thrown vertically upwards to be impaled on a chandelier. Where a guy's head twists around back to front in a cheap EXORCIST imitation. On top of this we get some cheesy gore scenes involving people being decapitated by swords, a heart ripped out of a chest and much much more, scenes which have been jarringly cut out of the film in even the US version – the only flaw the film contains. I would pay good money to watch the uncut Canadian release of this cheese classic. EVILSPEAK is an always-involving "possession" style horror film, worth watching alone for the fiery climax in church which has to be seen to be believed.

Clint Howard plays a dorky cadet Stanley Coppersmith terrorized and abused by his teammates at the West Andover Military Academy.But all hell will break loose when Stanley finds a black mass book belonging to a 16th century Satanist named Esteban.The computer translates the passages from the book and Satan becomes its ghastly entity."Evilspeak" by Eric Weston is an odd horror movie which was once classified as a video nasty in UK.It plays like a male version of "Carrie" with plenty of gore including the scenes of a naked woman eaten alive in her bathtub by flesh-eating boars.Also heads are cut off and cloven in two,limbs removed,a heart is ripped still beating from the chest.There is a bit of nudity too.Very bloody climax is unbelievable and gruesome at the same time.8 cannibalistic boars out of 10.

I live in the Netherlands and as far as I know, Evilspeak was never released here, nor was it banned. Also, I don't think much people here have ever even heard of this movie. I only discovered it about a year ago. Turns out it was banned in the UK (and possibly other countries too) for years, until 1999, when they released a cut version. Well, I myself have only seen the uncut version, and I can see why some people would be offended by the gore or the Satanism, but I don't think the cut version is as good as the original. Not that I'm a Satanist or I like to see a lot of gore, but after all, it IS a horror movie. I mean how much movies do exist that have Clint Howard going around decapitating people? Before I saw this, I only knew him as Balok from Star Trek. I think the only actors who actually did a decent job at acting were Clint Howard and Don Stark. Also the guy who played 'Kowalski' was pretty good. The acting overall, I think, was pretty cheesy. The soundtrack to me wasn't really memorable. Near the climax you pretty much only hear a choir of some kind (possibly a church choir) which gets repetitive soon. Overall, I think this is an okay movie. Not bad, but nothing special.

Evilspeak is a 1981 horror film which was classed as a "Video Nasty" here in the UK, meaning it was originally banned from release. Is it such a bad thing that the main reason this film came to my attention and sought it out was because of that fact? The film starts with a brief introduction set sometime during the Spanish inquisition, as satanist Esteban and his followers are banished from the land. The scene then changes to present day 1981 America, at West Andover Military Academy and we're thrust into the middle of a football game about to be lost mainly due to Stanley Coopersmith's errors.The coach talks to the principle about dropping Stanley from the team to improve results, but is denied so decides to take things into his own hands... or should I say the hands of four jocks on the football team who are also fed up with Coopersmith's mistakes. He strongly hints to them that if Stanley were to have some kind of "Accident" then he would be unable to play anymore, solving both their problems. The four take up the coach on his proposal, and proceed to make Stanley's life then on a living hell.After turning up to class late one too many times, Stanley is assigned to to clear up the Academy's chapel as punishment. There he meets "Sarge", an old, depressed, quick tempered drunk who lives in the chapel to maintain it. As Stanley explores the basement of the chapel he comes across an undiscovered room full of creepy looking statues, ancient books with pictures of devils and the like. One book somehow grabs his attention, the one that Esteban held at the start of the film which you'd know if you've been paying attention up to this point, he grabs it and quickly gets the hell out of there after being spooked.While all this is happening, the reverend is explaining to a minor character along with the audience that the whole academy is built on the land Esteban presided hundreds of years ago. Stanley then delves into the book, using the academy's computers to translate the Latin text. The rest of the film shows Stanley go through life at the academy, while leading a sort of double life as he comes closer to completing the ritual. The chapel basement becomes a sort of safe place for him, no matter how dark and eerie it looks to the viewer.As a character, Stanley gains your sympathy and respect as you see what he has to put up with from the other characters throughout the film. While the other teens are there for going off the rails or misbehaving, we find out Stanley is there as an orphan as his parents died in an accident when he was younger. In other words, Stanley has more depth as a character than the entire cast of "Friday The 13th" put together. The characters in 'Evilspeak' are there for more than just to be killed in as many ways as possible like your typical slasher, you connect to them on an emotional level more.When you see Stanley's puppy get stabbed by Bubba, the main bully and antagonist, you really feel disgust and resentment towards him. ...Yes, a puppy does get killed in this film, although it isn't shown directly of course. Is it unnecessary violence? Maybe, but this film is called 'Evilspeak', not 'Cute puppy dogs and rainbows' and the scene does fit in with the theme of the film.Like in 'The Omen', animals are used for some horror scenes as they become possessed by the evil force Stanley is tapping into. To be more specific, the swine at the academy's farm, who take particular objection to Esteban's book being tampered with when it comes into the hands of the secretary. This climaxes in a scene where a few of the demon pigs burst uninvited into the secretary's bathroom, while she's still in a towel fresh from the shower in what might be a small nod to 'Psycho'. They then happily rip her apart in the bathtub. The pigs, for the three parts of the film they star in are mostly convincing, especially at the end as they seem quite aggressive and hungry for flesh.The music is good as a whole, as it sets the mood and atmosphere pretty well. It's not the best score I've heard in a horror film but it did its job.Apart from a decapitation at the start, 'Evilspeak' really hadn't been too bad of a film in terms of body count and gore. But don't be fooled, the whole film builds to a spectacular finish of blood at the end: think 'Carrie', but with a large sword. Overall, although it was ultimately predictable, I enjoyed 'Evilspeak' for the most part. As I'm quite a big fan of horror films, most of the so called "horror films" released these days are so cliché and contrived they depress me more than anything else. So although 'Evilspeak'wasn't about a haunted house, or someone getting killed every five minutes, I'd happily say it was a successful horror film. It had characters you could connect with, villains you start to hate, suspenseful moments, gore and good acting all round.6/10