Uneven but occasionally engrossing, DUST DEVIL is a gorgeous-looking horror film that also boasts an ambitious mythological basis.
In the Namibian desert of South Africa, a mysterious human predator named Hitch (Robert Burke) prowls the sands, seeking souls who yearn to die and granting them their release by murdering them. After slaying an unhappy wife, painting the walls in mystic symbols with her blood and torching her
house, he encounters Wendy Robinson (Chelsea Field), who, fleeing an unhappy marriage, picks him up on the road. Meanwhile, black policeman Ben (Zakes Mokae) is investigating the bizarre murders, and learns from both a pathologist and a local...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins