Thanks for the memories!

A Masterpiece!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

"Deliver Us from Evil" is meaningful for me because it is similar story with a man who served in military in Caucasus and it seems is suffering from the same symptoms as the guys who was in Iraq.The scene of exorcism powerfully portrayed and whole film is a good suspense. Thanks a lot to producers for creating this example how evil could be overcame by humans with faith.Impressed how the priest confessing his own sins to his police friend - and encourages him to get rid of the darkness of his soul simultaneously.Thank you very much again for doing such a great job!

Exceptional movie from start to finish. One of very few movies where from the very first scene of the movie is filled with thrill, suspense, and scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat. No dull parts that are unnecessary to the movie or that are slow to get to the point Which is very impressive for the length of the film.. Highly recommend the movie, full on from start to finish and will keep you in the moment of the movie while leaving you immersed in the movie and guessing what is going to happen next or how everything discovered is linked or can relate to what has already happened. Well above average acting and cinematography. Rate this movie a 9 out of 10 due to how interested and on edge I was watching the movie.

The tagline 'based on a true story' is obviously worth a lot to a film's success if that film is willing to completely deceive its audience over that fact. As I was watching 'Deliver Us from Evil' I kept thinking this Ralph Sarchie guy must be a complete nutter who's found a "get-rich-quick" scheme in lying about events that happened to him on the force and now a film is even being made about it. Turns out I was wrong. Turns out the filmmakers are the ones who took liberties with the truth. There is a guy by that name who wrote a book about his stories on the force, but this story sure as hell wasn't one of them. I mean what is that? How desperate to attach that tagline to your movie are you that you would do that? This completely ruined what was an otherwise decently made film.It doesn't really have much effect in the scariness department. I think we as an audience are getting used to the genre a lot now and filmmakers are going to have to work really hard to create an atmosphere and get the audience buying in to what they're selling us. The mixture of cop scenes intertwined with the demon possession was what made it work for me. Joel McHale really surprised me with an impressively convincing performance. Eric Bana (who's never been my favourite admittedly) was even decent in the lead role and managed not to bore me to death as he usually does. Generally these demon movies are being made with a lower budget, so perhaps it was just the heightening of that which made the film come across as having more quality than your average film of the same genre. Proper actors can often go a long way. It still remains nothing overly memorable or that I would recommend to friends, and the issue with the tagline has left a very sour taste in my mouth. I can just imagine them sitting around in their marketing meeting say, "OK we have an average horror movie on our hands here, what can we do to give ticket sales a boost?" And then a lowly intern at the back of the room pipes up, "why not tell people it actually happened this time?" And they go with it. Disgraceful.

Deliver Us From Evil (2014): Dir: Scott Derrickson / Cast: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, Olivia Munn, Sean Harris, Joel McHale: After directing the pitiful Sinister, Scott Derrickson presents a thrilling horror film where good triumphs over evil. Eric Bana plays a cop who specializes in spiritual crimes that often involves possession. He has a wife and daughter whom he barely makes time for. He is haunted by images of children under duress from criminals. It opens with a group of soldiers in the Iraq war who stumble across a cave. They enter and the lights go out and one of them ends up possessed. Bana and his partner are called to a zoo where a woman was about to kill her baby. This is a great sequence with the ominous images within the zoo with shots of various animals acting up. Eventually they find the woman scratching and growling and they lock her up in a rubber room. Bana plays off the inner struggle of someone confronting his own demons. Edgar Ramirez plays a priest who has dealt with the possessed woman at the zoo and offers his services to Bana. Olivia Munn is unfortunately underused as Bana's wife who struggles to understand her husband's job issues. Sean Harris plays the possessed soldier committing these murders and painting some code ritual that possesses others. The climax exorcism brings this character to other ends with confusion and regret resulting. Joel McHale steals scenes as Bana's partner who is skilled with a knife. The special effects are horrifying yet sometimes gross as when the solder begins snacking on his leg. Otherwise it is a genuine capture of demons delivered from one's soul. Score: 8 ½ / 10