Starring: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, Olivia Munn, Chris Coy
With Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Scott Derrickson showcased himself as a director with a real knack for unnerving tension and intense creepiness that left one chilled to the core and many a sleepless night. Unfortunately, it’s a shame to say that it seems as if he’s taken two steps back with his latest venture into the world of the paranormal and demonic possession. Boasting the tagline “inspired by the actual events of a NYPD Sergeant”, Deliver Us From Evil offers up a bland and generic mash-up of police procedural and exorcist horror that utilises all the clichés in the book, resulting in a mess of a film that never quite shivers one’s spine, nor completely satisfies as a whole.
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