In this stylish supernatural horror story, Hitch (Robert Burke), a mysterious loner, wanders the deserts of the African nation of Nambia as he searches for the lost and suicidal. Hitch is wanted by the police in connection with the death a woman whose blood was used in a strange magic ceremony. A shaman consulted by the police and a pathologist investigating the killing believe that Hitch is a "Dust Devil," an evil spirit who can shift shape at will, taking the form of a man when it's convenient. Meanwhile, Hitch encounters ...
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In this stylish supernatural horror story, Hitch (Robert Burke), a mysterious loner, wanders the deserts of the African nation of Nambia as he searches for the lost and suicidal. Hitch is wanted by the police in connection with the death a woman whose blood was used in a strange magic ceremony. A shaman consulted by the police and a pathologist investigating the killing believe that Hitch is a "Dust Devil," an evil spirit who can shift shape at will, taking the form of a man when it's convenient. Meanwhile, Hitch encounters Wendy (Chelsea Field), a woman who is despondent after the collapse of her marriage. Wendy gives him a ride along a lonely highway, and later that night, as Wendy contemplates suicide, Hitch waits patiently outside her door. The next day, Wendy runs into Hitch again and casually looks through his bag to discover that it's filled with human fingers. Convinced that Hitch is no harmless eccentric, she tries to escape, but she discovers that he's difficult to get away from; meanwhile, Mark (Rufus Swart), Wendy's ex-husband, is searching for her, convinced that she's fallen victim to foul play. Dust Devil has been released in a number of different forms; the original European cut ran 125 minutes, while the American version, which features redubbed voices and a different narration, ran only 87. The "final cut" prepared by director Richard Stanley, meanwhile, is 103 minutes in length. Mark Deming, Rovi
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One of the most pointless, empty and boring films I have ever seen. This is in regards to The Final Cut, which has over 10 minutes more than the regular edition. I have hunted this film for years. Most reviews I have seen of it are luke warm to positive praising the visuals. So after finally finding a copy I was happy. The next 1 hour and 48 minutes nearly put me into a coma.
Directed by Richard Stanley (Director of "Hardware" another boring film) it tells the story of a serial killer that stalks the South African deserts killing his victims in ritual style. Sounds very promising. I can assure you, the actual story is far from that. The first 20 minutes of this film set up 3 sub-plots while trying to start a movie. Every scene is interrupted by a cut to another scene with the most uninteresting and unexplained characters ever put to film. It is not until 1 hour and 10 minutes in that finally something actually happens. We get to see a 5 minute scene of a real horror film that is quite well done, in fact it was here I thought the film would turn. Yet it did not as after this scene was over, it was back to boring empty pointless scenes.
Dust Devil is a film so boring and uninteresting that I can honestly say you are missing nothing if you skip it, because that's what the film is about. Nothing. The pain only increases as an awful voice over emits throughout the last half of the film. Not even for the most morbidly curious, a total skipper. You can spend better time like staring at a wall for 2 hours.
