An abandoned high school set to be demolished is visited by a teacher and four of his students for its historical value… but before we get to them, some young dope is hanging around pre-credits causing mischief and opening up a wall in the school’s cellar because he’s a little shit. Some mystical security guard warns him that the Devil is behind the locked basement door he just unearthed with his wanton destruction. The dipshit doesn’t listen to the guard’s warnings and insists on getting out whoever is behind the door causing a ruckus. He gets bludgeoned to death by the security guard before that’s possible. We join the group of dopes on their way to the school as the teacher lets them know that before it was a high school is was a processing center for slaves and was just as horrible for them as one would imagine it would be. Seems like a good enough reason for evil to be hidden away there. The teacher actually graduated and student-taught at the place before it closed down. A couple of the students are assholes and there is in-fighting amongst them. So, great. They wander around the dangerous building (rats, broken glass, general disarray) looking to salvage some historically important things and come across that concerned security guard. They split up to cover more ground and another warning is ignored about staying out of the basement. The lone female amongst the group is psychically drawn to a wall that she punches through and the key to that dangerous basement door is found. Because of idiocy, nothing is questioned and the spooky door is opened. Heavy winds, Raimi POV camera work and a concerned look on the guard’s face lets us know that bad times are ahead. A large man with digitally altered glowing red eyes is the evil from the basement and it’s less than thrilling to behold. The guard fills the teacher in on what’s going down and the body count slightly grows. There’s some silly violence and some effort thrown into the folklore and message behind what’s happening but it’s still a mostly mundane flick that only offers up a few notable bits.
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