

When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas steps up to form a tracking team. But the carnivorous fugitive is only one of Sam’s problems. The local pastor, enraged by the death of his son at the hands of the beast, has plans for igniting his own brand of hellfire and revenge.
Practical Effects
Jersey Devil design is delightfully unhinged practical effects.
Acting
Lou Diamond Phillips commits way harder than necessary.

Director
Sheldon Wilson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Syfy's infamous 'Saturday Night Original Movies' from their peak B-movie era, shot in Romania for maximum budget efficiency.
The Jersey Devil here is inexplicably fireproof, which the movie treats as a major twist despite zero prior setup about fire vulnerability.