Review – Brotherhood of Satan

This is one of those movies that in the beginning seems like it might be unusually innovative and artistic but turns out to just be unusually inept. A coven of aging Satanists needs to swap their bodies with 13 of the local youngsters, so they begin murdering their way through town in order to gather up the requisite kid count. Though this production fails on many levels, the editing is a real stand-out. The pacing is laconic at best, with little attention to meaningful plot structure or even logical shot sequence. The casting is also odd, with most of the male characters played by uniformly tall, skinny actors. Strother Martin – as the Satanist-in-chief – is at least an exception to the no-name beanpole coterie, but he turns in an okay-hail-Satan-hail-Satan-if-you-need-me-I’ll-be-in-my-trailer performance. See if desperate