Little Demon review – Danny DeVito’s super-fun animation is absolute filth

Little Demon review – Danny DeVito’s super-fun animation is absolute filth

Packed with gore and glorious zingers, this animation about the daughter of Satan is here to have a good time – and it’s like Rick and Morty meets The Simpsons at its peak

Satan (voiced by Danny DeVito) fights Laura (Aubrey Plaza) in Little Demon.
‘That weekend-access arrangement is going to be messy’ … Satan (voiced by Danny DeVito) fights Laura (Aubrey Plaza) in Little Demon. Photograph: Copyright 2022, FX Networks. All rights reserved

One minute your daughter is all party dresses and popcorn, the next she’s a bloody monster. Many stories have been told about mothers helping their child through their first period and into young adulthood, and the animated comedy Little Demon (Disney+) begins by following the usual script. Single mother Laura drops 13-year-old Chrissy off for her first day at Middletown junior high, Delaware. While nervously making friends with a boy in the corridor, Chrissy feels an unfamiliar sensation, runs in embarrassment to the toilet and finds blood.

Then, however, Chrissy descends into a trance-like rage and murders two school bullies, ripping off their heads and plastering the walls with their viscera. Having hastily picked Chrissy up in the car, her mum explains: “Your vagina just became a homing device for the Prince of Darkness.”

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