Product Details

• Actors: Kip Pardue, Tara Reid, Meredith Baxter, Dan Gunther, Guy J. Graves
• Directors: Joel Viertel
• Writers: Joel Viertel, Alek Lev, Mora Stephens
• Producers: Andreas Klein, Bill Block, Bob Yari, Brian R. Keathley, Bruce Wayne Gillies
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Live / Artisan
• VHS Release Date: December 16, 2003
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000VLL8E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,310 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars THE POSSESSIVE HUSBAND, November 27, 2004

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil's Pond (DVD)

DEVIL'S POND poses an interesting paradox: Lovely Julianne comes from money, is used to the finest, and she has just married a young man named Mitch. When they arrive at their secluded honeymoon getaway, she shouts she is free from the bonds of her mother's world, the society she claims to want freedom from. Mitch decides to give her that freedom to the extreme. He imprisons her on this little island in the middle of nowhere and refuses to let her leave. He will go to any lengths to keep her there, so she can give him children and live in a hunky dory kind of world. I Don't think that's what sweet Julianne has in mind.

DEVIL'S POND is a contrived piece of fluff, but due to the capable performances of Kip Pardue and Tara Reid, the film manages to involve us and cheer Julianne on in her freedom attempts. Why she married this clod in the first place remains a mystery, but dramatic license justifies the implausibility that some kind of signs weren't evident during their courtship. Meredith Baxter makes a very brief appearance as Reid's mother---she's still a lovely woman, too bad they didn't use her more.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Gripping!!, December 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Devil's Pond (DVD)

Devil's Pond was a very gripping movie. The story is about a young couple who spend their honeymoon on a small deserted "island". Little does the bride, Julianne (brilliantly portrayed by Tara Reid) realize at the beginning, that her new husband, Mitch (played very well by Kip Pardue)has no plans of ever letting her off the island. As she prepares to return to "civilization" to begin their lives together, he tells her that they'll "return" when HE says they will, and he starts to show an aggressive side. Slowly, she realizes that if she wants to make it off the "island" (which is some wooded land in the middle of a lake, or "pond". that her husband used to go hunting with his father on.), she'll have to find away to do so on her own. Afraid of water and unable to swim, she tries a few times to "escape", but to no avail, as Mitch finds ways to stop her. At one point, he even chains her down, and becomes physically violent, but she also fights back to the best of her ability. I won't spoil the ending, but like the rest of the movie, it moves along at a great pace. As mentioned, both Kip and especially Tara, give excellent performances, and she wasn't afraid to get down and dirty. Tara deserves high praise for being more than just "eye-candy", which she is unfairly often criticized for. Kip's performance has the severely obsessed, and somewhat deranged husband was also excellent. If this movie would have starred more media friendly, or "Hollywood Favourites" actors, it more than likely would have gone to the big screen, but they wouldn't have been able to do as good a job as Kip and Tara did. A very entertaining movie, with a very good performance by Kip Pardue, and an Excellent performance by Tara Reid.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An Enlightening Tale of Female Empowerment, May 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Devil's Pond (DVD)

Ladies,we've all dated him:the possessive psychopath in the making. We recognized the clues,kicked him to the curb,and found a nice secure man with perfect teeth and a knack for back massages. Unfortunately,things didn't work out quite as well for Julianna. Her husband gave NO clues that he was a raging lunatic until after they'd wed.(No, really...none.) Luckily,her former high-class worry-free lifestyle didn't deprive her of key survival skills needed to escape her nature-savvy hubbie. So listen up ladies,Julianna's quick thinking and sneaky shenanigans should be an example to all of us. You never know when you are going to meet your Mitch. Here are a few of the many valuable lessons that Julianna has taught us.

(1)If you can't swim and you're trapped on an island, no need to learn. You will doggie-paddle your way to freedom as long as (A)the lake is under 250 yards long, and (B)hubbie pisses you off enough.
(2)If your cell battery dies in the middle of nowhere, throw it off of a tree. You need to make sure there is absolutely no chance that you can use it, EVER.
(3)An axe slices through industrial gauge chain links like butter.
(4)You're in the wilderness, so your man must hunt for dinner. Use this alone-time to whine and throw things. No need to attempt escape now. It's more fun if he's chasing you.
(5)When he puts a 4in. gash in your cheek, cover the wound with a soft-finish concealer. It's still your honeymoon--you owe it to him to look good.
(6)If he steals your birth-control pills and you don't want to get pregnant, panic. Abstinance? Not gonna happen, even though you'd love to see him dead.
(7)If you find that you shot your man's arm off and have his leg caught in a bear trap, place a shotgun within his reach. As a new swimmer, your slow strokes will tantalize him with the thought of shooting you. But not to worry, he will use the gun on himself, Julianna promises.
And finally,(8)Band-aids are a perfectly waterproof solution to a torn vinyl raft.

Women of the world, there is a Julianna in all of us. Do yourself a favor and protect yourself from the possessive psychopaths with superpowers. After all, Mitch could swim without getting wet--who knows what else he is capable of?