Based on the book and true-life crime cases of New York policeman Ralph Sarchie (played by Eric Bana), whose investigation into disturbing and inexplicable crimes leads him to join forces with a priest (Édgar Ramírez) schooled in the rituals of exorcism. Sarchie begins to believe it is a demonic possession that is terrorising the city. From the director of Sinister.
Scott Derrickson's Sinister was an admirably nasty little horror that managed to stay unnerving despite its familiar framework. His follow up Deliver Us From Evil mostly pulls off the same trick, staying entertaining for its first hour with a bombardment of demonic clichés including bats, ancient ciphers, kiddies in peril, ritualistic murder, and increasingly pasty possession victims.
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[Director Derrickson] really deliver the creepy goods here, providing an apt climax for as taut and credible a movie involving demonic possession as you're likely to see.
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Preposterous film plagued by idiotic sound cues, a senseless plot and force-fed jump-scares
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Any serious consideration of its themes are overwhelmed by the aggressive deployment of horror clichés.
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While the supernatural side of the film suffers a flaw or two, its central conflict works.
Full reviewDeliver Us From Evil (2014) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV.
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