The Devil Lives Here is about four teens visiting an old plantation house on the one night a year no one is supposed to be there. The two boys are looking to prank the girls by using the haunted history of the plantation to scare them. Unfortunately for them, the sons of the recently deceased caretaker have resurrected a zombie slave who has to help them complete a ritual that keeps a curse off their family. To make matters worse, the Honey Baron, the evil slave owner who was killed at the house, has plans of his own and is mesmerizing one of the girls to set him free. Evil spirits, the undead, and lots of murder go down when these groups collide.
This is a Portuguese horror film that did not make much sense to me. I don't know exactly what was lost in translation but people act in very abnormal ways, the rules of how humans interact with ghosts and zombies is very unclear and sometimes things just happen because they had to in order to progress the narrative. There is a sex scene way too late in the film (after several characters have met violent ends) that is hard to explain unless a ghost was compelling them to screw? Anyway, the muddled actions never really rise to the level of all out suspense. I can't really recommend this movie despite a few interesting ideas.
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