Lo

Lo is a tricky one. It's budget was low, but for the entertainment it provided, the world is better for it. The film is smart, and fraught with every emotion from humor to a kind of dispelling sadness about out world. And it takes place entirely in one room.

The main character loses his girlfriend to a Nazi demon named Jeez, but not after clawing his eyes out. In our protagonist's attempts to get her back, he utilizes a mysterious, Necronomicon-esque book to summon the demon Lo and send him back into hell to find her. The smoker's cough rasp of Lo's voice (no, really, this demon chain-smokes throughout the film) lends itself to the down-to-earth (ironically enough) atmosphere of the film. From here, a sense of comedy takes over, with Jeez performing a song with a full band, high school prom style, and Lo bringing up two lost souls, who both agree to fuck the main character if he will remove them from their torment. And did I mention the ENTIRE movie takes place in one room? The protagonist spends the whole of the film, save the last 30 seconds, inside of a pentagram-inscribed circle to protect himself from Lo, who affectionately refers to him not by his real name, but by "Dinner".

Though low in budget, Lo manages to take a comedic approach to the occult (which always has a soft place in my heart), and turn tide at the end to demonstrate that even a demon can love. I would recommend any fan of the occult or magick watch this, but it can be fun for the masses at large as well, and its intelligence surpasses that of many Hollywood-budget movies. Check this one out, if you can find it.

I give it: 4/5

-Zombie