It turns out to be possessed by a demon, which means the electricity goes off, the plants wilt and Charlie the goldfish and Sparkle the dog are goners. Susan (Vicki Saputo) buys a cymbal-playing toy monkey with glowing eyes at an antique store to give to her boyfriend's young son Micheal (Straun Robertson) for his birthday. With better production and run-time between 30 and 45 minutes, this would be a strong eight, maybe more, but this way I rate it five out of ten, more for effort than objective quality. With a decent budget, it might have been a great episode of some horror series, like 'Twilight Zone' or 'Tales from the Darkside'. Basically, the only really significant drawbacks are idling in the first half of the movie and poor production.

People resent the lack of nudity, violence, and gore typical of the B horrors of the '80s, but these objections are unfounded, since those elements do not fit into this story. I was rather eager to see if I was right, and when the prediction came true, I rejoiced as a child. The end is quite predictable, but the fact that I knew what was going to happen did not spoil my experience at all.

There is no darkness, no surprises, no monsters, no gore. The story is great, and the film manages to be very creepy and even scary, despite the fact it is happening during the day and despite the complete absence of almost all elements typical of horror. I was at the very edge of giving up on it when the movie finally caught my attention, until finally, I was sitting at the edge of my chair, and even stood up to go and turn the lights on. So virtually redundant unprovoked half an hour. Literally nothing happens, not even introduction to characters so we can empathize with them later. Rather somewhere in the range from X to Z.

In addition, the film is so cheap that it is difficult to classify it as B production. The film shows an idyllic life in the suburbs and everything is bright and cheerful and the atmosphere is like in some Disney comedy for little children. When I saw the IMDb rating of 2.4, I was thinking whether to give it a chance at all, but I was dead set to see all the films inspired by Stephen King and not to skip anything. It turns out that in a monkey resides a murderous demon which is impossible to get rid of. 'The Devil's Gift' is a low budget, maybe even an amateur horror film, inspired by King's story 'The Monkey.' Girl of single-parenting father brings monkey-doll as a present for his son birthday.

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