If you have seen a hell lot of content from the body-slashing, horror genre, this movie will not make it to your recommendation list. The setup is just about perfect. A group of small-time thieves makes it to a haunted mansion, which has an underlying secret - a vengeful bitch, sorry witch, lies in the basement, and as expected, our beloved group manages to wake her up. She just isn't pleased about being caged for centuries and must now make everyone pay. The bad part? Her supposedly scary, witchy giggle is way too neurotic and overdone. The highlight of the predictable storyline is that it does not meander too much. The opening sequences immediately relay what lies ahead - lots of blood-soaked, witch revenge time! The witch isn't well rendered. She seems confused. Does she want her victims to suffer? Is she trying to transform them into vampires or ghouls, or is she trying to open some gateway for her real powers to arise? What you will like is the setting within the mansion. The spookiness using shadows and dark corners was done well. The performances are good. Some folks raved about the sequence showing the entire arm being pulled out, but to me, it felt somewhat reminiscent of things we have seen too often during the 80s.
This is a translated Indonesian film, so you have to be in the habit of picking up the storyline from the captions. I watched it on Dailymotion, but it might be available on Netflix for your region. Yes, there are some glimpses of other Indonesian horror flicks like Menjelang Ajal, Pamali, and Hemandi The Corpse Washer. Overall, The Devil's Lair is a horror movie worth watching if you are not sacrificing too much for it. For instance, you haven't dusted your living room to the extent that the cobwebs now have you navigating your own house like Spiderman - you can give The Devil's Lair a miss and return to human inhabitation. However, if you are searching for a movie title that is free to watch on Dailymotion just to escape discussing the afterlife with your girlfriend, you might as well put it on and enjoy the few low-tier scares it offers.