I removed another Saturn Award winner for Best Horror Movie off my list yesterday, and this time it was 1997 winner, “The Devil’s Advocate.”Many of you will likely remember this horror movie, which starred Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.
For those of you who haven’t seen this movie, which was released in October 1997, it’s about an ambitious Florida defense attorney, who’s recruited to work for a big time law firm in New York City. The lawyer, Kevin Lomax (played by Reeves), takes the job and his life slowly falls apart despite his swanky new Manhattan apartment and fat paycheck.
In the end, he discovers that something’s not quite right about the firm and eventually learns that it’s actually being run by the devil himself. Think John Grisham meets “Rosemary’s Baby.”
I didn’t realize that this movie was based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman, who became the ghost writer for V.C. Andrews after her death in 1986. In all, Neiderman has written 42 novels, a few of which have been made into movies.
In the end, I enjoyed rewatching this 1997 classic and moving forward in my quest to watch all of the Saturn Award winners for Best Horror Movie. From here, it’s on to the 1998 winner, “Apt Pupil,” which is based on the short story by the same name written by Stephen King.
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