Dust Devil 4k UHD
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After Wendy leaves her overbearing husband, she takes off to Africa where she picks up a hitchhiker, unaware her companion is not only a serial killer, but also a demon who steals his victim’s souls. Witness the singular vision of Richard Stanley (HARDWARE) in this underrated nightmare. Dust Devil 4k UHD
From out the seething heat of the endless desert comes the nameless man (Robert John Burke, RoboCop 3, Thinner), his worn-down boot-heels tapping across the hard-baked earth. His old and ruthless spirit has smelled the town dying from afar and he has come to collect the souls to build his power. Soon the wasteland is littered with burned and disfigured remains and Ben Mukurob (Zakes Mokae, The Serpent and the Rainbow), the last policeman in the small town of Bethany, is faced with a mystery that threatens his eternal soul. Into this maelstrom of horror comes Wendy (Chelsea Field, Masters of the Universe), a young woman on the run from a broken marriage. Her flight has led her into the desert and perhaps into the arms of the Devil Himself. Filmmaking visionary Richard Stanley (director of the seminal cyberpunk shocker Hardware) has conjured a mystical mélange of windswept Spaghetti Western and hallucinatory horror/fantasy, spectacularly filmed on location in the Great Namib Desert of Africa. This Special Edition of Dust Devil includes Richard Stanley’s Director’s Cut and the original, altered Theatrical Cut – both versions gloriously restored in 4K! Dust Devil 4k UHD
Additional information
| MPAA rating : | R (Restricted) |
|---|---|
| Package Dimensions : | 7 x 5 x 1 inches; 7.04 ounces |
| Media Format : | 4K |
| Run time : | 3 hours and 16 minutes |
| Release date : | October 28, 2025 |
| Actors : | Robert John Burke |
| Studio : | KL Studio Classics |
| ASIN : | B0FNZQQBC4 |
| Number of discs : | 2 |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #153 in Horror (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews: | (288) |
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spiderfriend –
Lost down under
A slick, audacious, simmering nightmare.
dooby –
Visually gorgeous film… Fascinating Extras… Excellent buy
This is a visually gorgeous film. I watched it expecting a horror movie but ended up enthralled by its sheer visual splendour; both in its stunning photography and its breathtaking landscape. As a horror film, I doubt if it would attract the mass of today’s horror fans. It’s obvious why the studio quietly dumped it onto video without a theatrical release. It would not have sold as a horror movie. There are not enough shocks, gore or horror to satiate today’s audience. The predominant feeling I got was not so much of fear, but of despair, desolation and spiritual isolation, made all the more stark when set amidst all that beauty. I would agree with director Richard Stanley, when he says that it is closer to an “art film” than a horror movie.Stanley grew up in South Africa and learned the folklore of the natives at the feet of his mother, an anthropologist who collected stories and folktales of the African tribes. This story revolves around a shape-shifting spirit, variously called a Soupwah, a Num or in Afrikaans, a Nagtloper (literally Night-Runner). The Nagtloper (Robert John Burke) feeds off the life-force of the damned – people who have lost the will to live. Into his orbit float two lost souls, Wendy (Chelsea Field) a South African woman fleeing from a failed marriage and Ben Mukurob (Zakes Mokae), a Zulu policeman whose life came to an end years ago with the death of his wife. Who will attain deliverance? The white woman, the black policeman or the Nagtloper, whose own aim is to return to the spirit world from where it came. The desolate emptiness of the Namib is beautifully captured. Scenes are exquisitely choreographed, almost like a ballet. I don’t know if I would recommend it to the usual horror film fan, but it is definitely one for cinephiles. The DVD is superbly produced with crystal clear image quality, no dirt, no damage and with exceptionally good sound. It is presented in its original 1.85:1 widescreen. Strangely there are no subtitles. The main feature is anamorphic (enhanced for widescreen TV) as are all of Stanley’s interview segments. Sadly none of the other Extras are anamorphic. Even the workprint is letterboxed.This Special Edition comes with a host of Extras spread over 5 discs. Personally I felt that devoting an entire disc to the “Workprint” was overkill. But I’m not complaining. You can watch the workprint in its entirety or just use the 46 chapter-stops to get directly to the various deleted segments, which are sadly all taken from a VHS source; some having no sound, some looking really terrible, and most having the video-counter running above or below the print. I would recommend the workprint only to ardent admirers of the Final Cut. The other Extras have nothing to do with the main film itself but are Stanley’s TV documentaries on other subjects. Nonetheless, they are definitely worth viewing.The most substantial Extra is “The Secret Glory of SS Obersturmfuhrer Otto Rahn” made for Britain’s Channel Four TV. This is a 97min documentary on the life of the Nazi poet and writer Otto Rahn who was obsessed with the search for the “Holy Grail”. This is not the Grail of Christ which we usually associate with the legendary quest but a more obscure “Grail” supposedly made from the crown of Lucifer, variously described as a stone, a gem or a diadem. Stanley contends that Rahn and the Nazis did find the Grail in southern France but gives no source for his claim. To be fair, the documentary is not about the search for the Grail itself but is an account of Rahn’s tragic life. The sad irony of his life is that this Nazi stalwart, who wrote so many vile tracts condemning the Jews, was in the end, himself revealed to be a Jew. The documentary is very dense, and expects the viewer to be fully conversant with Grail legend, 13th Century Crusader history (specifically of the Albigensian or Cathar Crusade) and German history circa WWII. Like Rahn, Stanley doesn’t make clear when he conflates fact and fiction. The Lucifer Grail is referred to in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval poem Parzival (the source of Wagner’s Parsifal). This is by almost all accounts an invention based on the old Arthurian legends. Rahn ties that in to historical fact by assuming that the Grail mountain, the fictional Montsalvat of the poem, is the same as Montsegur, the last retreat of the Cathars in southern France. The Cathars were Gnostic Christians, declared heretics by the Vatican, which sent in Crusaders to annihilate them in what became known as the Albigensian Crusade. The hilltop fortress of Montsegur was where the Cathars made their last stand. At Montsegur Rahn searches and apparently finds the Grail he is looking for. In fact, the Cathars never claimed to possess the Holy Grail. The documentary is packed with so much information, both historical fact and literary fantasy, that it requires more than one viewing for full assimilation and it is not easy to sit through. Picture quality is mediocre but tolerable for a documentary extra. It is in 1.85:1 widescreen, letterboxed into a 4×3 fullframe. Sound quality is very poor. Dialogue is recorded at fluctuating volume levels, is frequently inaudible and in many instances drowned out by extremely boomy bass. Worse, the sound and picture for the interviews are never in sync. The film’s temp-track sounds terrible (like a bad B-grade horror flick) but the accompanying Wagnerian music is grand and transcendent. The exerpts come from Wagner’s Parsifal and Tannhauser. The documentary interviews are in equal parts German, French and English. The entire documentary comes with obligatory English subtitles. To be fair, Stanley admits that this is just a preview of a work in progress which he hopes to release in proper form one day.My favourite of the documentaries is the 36min long “Voice of the Moon”. It is a visual record of Stanley’s visit to Afghanistan towards the end of the Soviet occupation (1989). As Stanley points out in the interview, it is more akin to poetry than a documentary; a visual tone-poem if you will. The sparse narration, in verse form, occurs only at the beginning and end and is given wholly in Pashto (Pashtun language). English subtitles are burnt onto the print. This was made for Britain’s BSB channel. As a traditional factual documentary it falls flat, but as a visual poem it is beautiful. And this is evident despite the poor quality of the 16mm film footage. It was shot on a mechanical (spring driven/hand-cranked) Bolex camera, with no sync-audio. The reason was because they were travelling with the mujahideen and shooting for months in places where there was no electricity; mostly around the Afghan/Pakistan border region in the majestic Hindu Kush mountains. Stanley’s 1/2-hour long interview accompanying this film is a must-see. He describes the Afghan expedition, his meetings with the Afghan mujahideen, his deep admiration for them and his sadness at seeing them bombed into oblivion post-9/11. The film itself ends with the mujahideen victorious in the final battle for Jalalabad. The music score is lyrical and evocative and is easily the loveliest score written by Simon Boswell on these discs. It is inspired by Eastern European folk music (not native Afghan music) and the documentary also features the Trio Bulgarka singing “Oi Yano Yanke” from their “The Forest is Crying” album.”The White Darkness” is a documentary Stanley made for the BBC as part of a series on world religions. Its focus is on the practise of Voodoo on the island of Haiti. Coincidentally, while the documentary was being shot, America invaded the island. The documentary ends up being an examination of Voodoo practise on the one hand, and a record of the American invasion on the other. Thanks to a particularly obnoxious US Army Colonel, it also becomes a story about superior American Evangelical Christianity coming in to trounce the devil-worshipping heathens of the island. The Colonel is so boastfully arrogant and self-righteous that one could only sigh with relief to learn that he was eventually “removed from command”. Visually this film looks the best of the three and is presented in its original 1.33:1 fullscreen with good audio quality. Most of the documentary is in English with the French and Creole segments suitably subtitled. It also comes with a 17min long interview where, amongst other things, Stanley describes the American invasion and the surreal image of US Marines and “Armed Baptists” coming to evangelise the heathens.The last disc of this 5-disc set is an audio-CD containing the soundtrack of “Dust Devil”. I wish they had included the soundtrack of “Voice of the Moon” as well. It is probably the best thing Simon Boswell has written. The set is accompanied by three separate 12-page booklets, the first being a very detailed and informative production diary on “Dust Devil”, the second containing equally detailed discussions on the 3 documentaries, and the third being a comic-book version of the film. The “Dust Devil” feature alone is worth the asking price for this release. Coupled with all the extras, this DVD is self-recommending.Note: As we are reminded on every disc here, Richard Stanley is the Great-Grandson of the legendary explorer and adventurer, Sir Henry Stanley, who gave his name to the Stanley Falls (now Boyoma Falls, DRC), and the city of Stanleyville (present day Kisangani, DRC), searched for and rescued his even more famous fellow-explorer, David Livingston and is credited with the iconic line, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?”
22 people found this helpful
KLC –
Buy this movie
Great movie. Love it. This version is superior to the full length “final cut” edition, because in the final cut they dub over some scenes with what I consider to be poorer quality audio (kind-of ruining the wise-man voice over)… and over-explain things.It’s a shame that no cut exists with original audio intact, extra scenes intact, and with no crummy redubbed voiceover.
3 people found this helpful
dwall –
Richard Stanley’s overlooked masterpiece
If ever a movie suffered through production hell and studio interference, it was Stanley’s Dust Devil. Brilliantly filmed in Namibia and South Africa, many of the landscape shots are truly breathtaking, the resulting film was edited by studio forces in such a way as to remove all menace, coherence and soul. But this edition is everything restored, the final director’s cut. Stanley is as much a visionary as a director, much in the way of Terry Gilliam, a trait that often brings production headaches that studio suits disdain. Immersed in myth (the central figure embodies the nameless, drifting stranger acting outside of social expectations) and local, mystical beliefs, Stanley weaves a chilling tale much deeper than the base acting on the screen. The Devil preys on persons who have given up on life- he can “smell” it, is drawn to it- and he acts in a dimension of sorts that defies concepts of time or reality. It is a film that demands thinking, demands work on the part of the viewer, and is all the more satisfying for it.
9 people found this helpful
md_02geist –
Failed to meet my expectations
When you label something “limited collector’s edition” people expect extras, commentary etc. Unfortunately the box doesn’t come close. The box consits of 5 discs – 1 Final Cut, 1 Workprint, 1 Sountrack and 2 DVDs with short movies with no relation to Dust Devil whatsoever (maybe except for the short voodoo documentary).The good: The Final Cut DVD is execellent quality and the movie is superb. The Soundtrack CD is also excellent.The bad: There is no real behind the scenes or production documentary, no director’s commentary specials, etc. Also there are additional short movies/documetaries by Richard Stanley in terribly bad and unbearable VHS quality:-“Secret Glory” (some obsure holy grail documentary about a nazi Germany guy supposedly hunting for archeological artfacts)-“White Darkess” (a short 30min. documentary about voodoo in Haiti, pretty boring with no real facts)-“Voice of the Moon” (a documentary about the Russians invading Afghanistan, didn’t watch it, but I expect it to be as boring and useless piece of garbage as the previous two)The ugly: The Workprint DVD consists of DVD and lots of VHS material put together in very poor quality. This doesn’t seem to be the original workprint off the celluloid movie reel.The box delivers a nice final cut of the movie and the superb soundtrack – if this is enough for you you won’t be diappointed. But if you are expecting a really nice collectors edition with extras you will be pretty much furious.
3 people found this helpful
Mike. TS –
Dust Devil
It was great!
Angelo Reyes –
A true hidden gem in the world of cinema.
The best way to describe this flick is a spaghetti western horror/fantasy set in the deserts of South Africa. It is truly amazing. The visuals and sounds are magnificent and give the film a unique feel. There is NO other film like this. All it takes is a few frames of the film to realize you are watching Dust Devil. I randomly saw this on TV while I was in the Philippines, and I was hooked. I purchased this DVD as soon as I found out there WAS a DVD! If you like horror, westerns, monster movies, and/or great movies, you owe it to yourself to see this flick!
Cinephiliac –
Travelers on a dark and lonely road
Drawing inspiration from the legend of Nhadeip–which grew out of the unsolved blood ritual murders that took place in Bethany, Namibia, in the early 1980’s–South African-born director Richard Stanley has created a strangely beautiful, haunting and highly atmospheric horror tale. According to African folklore, a “Num” is a Dust Devil or shape-shifting demon who is drawn to suffering and self-destructive souls unconsciously seeking release from the pain of their lives. The demon is basically a sorcerer, trapped in the physical world, where he occupies the body of a human host. By tracking his prey and dismembering them in the “ritual ecstasy of murder,” he accumulates the power to enable his return to the spirit world. Robert Burke plays a handsome and enigmatic hitchhiker who is the physical incarnation of such a creature.The film primarily revolves around the Dust Devil and three other characters: Wendy Robinson (Chelsea Fields) is a depressed and suicidal Johannesburg housewife on the run from her abusive husband. Ben Mukurob (Zakes Mokae) is the police officer who is tracking what appears to be a terrifying serial killer. Mukurob is hampered in his investigations by both a dark personal history and a natural resistance to believing the murders are connected to the supernatural world. John Matshikiza rounds out the piece as “Joe Niemand,” a shaman who is aware of what is really committing the murders and who is trying to assist Mukurob in stopping the Dust Devil.The Namibian Desert–with its desolate scrubland and the vast emptiness of its endless sand dunes–is the perfect backdrop for a story rooted in mysticism–where the local population has one foot in the postcolonial, modern world and the other rooted in tribal culture and belief.There is a languid pacing to the film. A voiceover narrative, provided by Joe Niemand at the beginning and end of the film, supplies many of the details and back-story that would not be apparent otherwise. The dreams and memories of the characters sometime bleed over into their waking state, and the audience is frequently pulled into a half-twilight world where reality and memory are interchangeable.Sadly, Richard Stanley’s feature film career has been beset by problems. His first film “Hardware” suffered from unfair comparisons with “The Terminator.” Civil war erupted in South Africa during the filming of “Dust Devil” and postproduction distributorship troubles left a chopped up version of the movie–with only scattershot and straight-to-video release. Creative differences left Stanley unemployed only a few days into his third movie “The Island of Doctor Moreau,” followed by the bizarre rumors of Stanley returning to the film set in disguise. I am glad that Stanley did not let these obstacles and setbacks completely defeat him, and I eagerly await the next film from this talented and interesting filmmaker.
30 people found this helpful
Brien Corey –
This ia a movie to watch when you’ve been awake too long and can’t get to sleep
I loved this movie since i caught it on cable a million years ago. Is it a good movie? That I can’t tell you. But I like the soundtrack, the acting, and the story. I’m a big fan of this film. It does kind of lose it’s way for a little bit, but I recommend this film highly to my friends. It’s just one of those films that has stuck with me all these years. To strangers on the internet: some of you will like it and some of you will hate it. Give it a shot, hopefully you’ll enjoy it.
Catherine –
Thinking Man’s Horror
I fell hopelessly in love with this movie when I saw the scene with aboriginal magical blood drawings decorating the walls of the victim’s room like some dimly lit cave at Lascaux. The director’s extensive knowledge of South African anthropology and magic make this film an absolute jewel. His commentary and interview is a fascinating barrage of intriguing facts and tales of adventure while filming on location in Namibia.The sets are great…very atmospheric, and the photography is incredibly beautiful; the surreal locations of sand dunes and endless highway of Namibia are definitely an asset. The sound track is also great.This is more than a horror movie…there is so much info about African magical beliefs, especially if you listen to the commentary and interview, that it would enthrall an anthropologist as well.
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