The Devil to Pay (2020)
- Country
- United States
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A mother living in a remote mountain community has to protect her son after her husband disappears. She goes up against a powerful local family led by a matriarch.
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What happens
The Devil to Pay is a 2019 American independent thriller film written and directed by the husband and wife team of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye (in their film debut) and starring Danielle Deadwyler as a struggling mother who must protect her son after the disappearance of her husband forces her to face off with the most powerful family on the mountain headed up by matriarch Tommy Runion (Catherine Dyer). The film premiered at the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival and was released in selected theaters and domestic streaming on October 2, 2020. It was released internationally in January 2022 on digital platforms. The Devil to Pay received positive reviews from critics for Skye's debut and Deadwyler's lead performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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