I know some people would probably strongly disagree with me, but I'm sorry, Scott Derrickson cannot write, nor direct a scary movie. His previous effort, 'Sinister' had me reluctant to start 'Deliver Us From Evil', but with nothing better on my plate, I figured 'what the hell', I believe in second chances after all. Unfortunately, the master of suspense-lacking and stupid scary movies delivered a similar turd in the same fashion as his first successful piece of mainstream, brain rotting, piece of trash-Sinister.
I feel redundant saying this, but once again, with Deliver Us From Evil, we get a film 'inspired' by 'true' events. That's a short way of saying it's about a delusional cop and priest duo who become 'demon hunters', to root out the seed of Satan in the city of sin itself, New York City. Now, the main character, Sarchie, does exist in real life, and truly believes that he is a demon hunter. Is it just me, or is it starting to get really annoying how every time a paranoid or insane person speaks of fighting the paranormal, Hollywood craps out a movie? To be fair, perhaps I didn't go into this film with a very objective lens-I hated this directors previous piece of trash, and I also don't care much for police officers or priests. In addition, the idea of explaining the sin and atrocities that occur in New York City (where I was born and lived up until relatively recently) is the product of satanic influence is just...retarded.
I imagine that the group of people that like this type of horror film, and also consider themselves 'horror buffs', are the same type of people that think Cradle of Filth is the pinnacle of extreme metal music. Ignorant out of choice, this 'herd' is satisfied with anything supposedly 'scary' that is handed to them, and therefor choose NOT to dig a little for the real horror gems out there, like 'Martyrs' .
I watched this movie for free and I still feel cheated-don't waste your time. There are better things to do, like urinating on its cover.
I feel redundant saying this, but once again, with Deliver Us From Evil, we get a film 'inspired' by 'true' events. That's a short way of saying it's about a delusional cop and priest duo who become 'demon hunters', to root out the seed of Satan in the city of sin itself, New York City. Now, the main character, Sarchie, does exist in real life, and truly believes that he is a demon hunter. Is it just me, or is it starting to get really annoying how every time a paranoid or insane person speaks of fighting the paranormal, Hollywood craps out a movie? To be fair, perhaps I didn't go into this film with a very objective lens-I hated this directors previous piece of trash, and I also don't care much for police officers or priests. In addition, the idea of explaining the sin and atrocities that occur in New York City (where I was born and lived up until relatively recently) is the product of satanic influence is just...retarded.
I imagine that the group of people that like this type of horror film, and also consider themselves 'horror buffs', are the same type of people that think Cradle of Filth is the pinnacle of extreme metal music. Ignorant out of choice, this 'herd' is satisfied with anything supposedly 'scary' that is handed to them, and therefor choose NOT to dig a little for the real horror gems out there, like 'Martyrs' .
I watched this movie for free and I still feel cheated-don't waste your time. There are better things to do, like urinating on its cover.
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