Instant Favorite.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

In the end, it has nothing to do with God. Back up to the beginning of the film... Peter J. Nicholas is a New York detective he begins to investigate a series murders where each of the murderers would confess what they did willingly and when asked why the answer is "God told me to". During one of the investigations he hears the story of a woman who was abducted by aliens, he finds this woman, goes to see her and the truth is revealed about her alien abduction and the "God told me to" series of murders. God has nothing to do with these murders in New York.Spoiler: Nicholas meets the woman abducted by aliens to speak with her. She was impregnated by the alien/false God, gave the child up for adoption. Nicholas is that child today - part man/part alien (or false God).There is an shiny golden alien (or a false God) with long golden hair that Peter meets who says "I can bear your child. Together we can start a new species." That is a clue as to what is going on here.Several murders took place, each of the murderers confessed to their crimes saying "God told me to". Each were happy, pleased that they have appeased their God (or what they think is God).In the end: That spaceship abduction showed me it as aliens and not a God. A God would not need a spaceship nor would it have a need to create a new race with a half man - a God would create the way he/she creates. ALIENS wanting to take over and create a new species (that would be half alien). Why speak the name of God? It's easier to say "God told me to" than explain the truth... in a way, Aliens could be their Gods.Pretty good movie - I enjoyed watching.8.5/10

I detested this film. I admit that the idea of people with no criminal records suddenly committing random murders and a supernatural force deceiving them was intriguing. But after beginning as an OK police procedure film, it becomes muddled, illogical, and finally completely unpleasant and even gross. Guest stars come and go, the plot twists become more and more unbelievable, and at the center of it all is a barefoot actor with a tunic and bad wig. The ending is completely lame and the closing line will be seen by astute viewers long before the film actually ends. This film was such a letdown, I threw it in the trash after it was over.

If you're a fan of B-movie quirkiness, then you should be more than familiar with the great Larry Cohen. His films really should be bad, even awful, but Cohen's genuine talent for screen writing and his ability to stamp his famous sense of humour onto his films makes them better than they should be. God Told Me To is his fifth film, after a few blaxploitation films (including the very entertaining Black Caesar) and the killer-mutant-baby film It's Alive. Marketed as a Grindhouse picture under the title of God Told Me To Kill, Cohen's film contains little violence and after a seemingly methodical first half an hour, the film takes a sudden change of direction that, of all things, certainly keeps the film interesting.Opening with a sniper picking off random people, he is approached by Detective Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco), a New York cop. When asked why he is doing this, the killer replies 'God told me to' and flings himself off his perch. He is told the same thing by another murderer, and when a cop (played by Andy Kaufman!) goes nuts at the St. Patrick's Parade, Nicholas realises that more powerful forces could be responsible. He begins a search for a man with long, blonde hair that was seen with the murderers at various points before the began killing, and Nicholas must battle with his own faith and the possibility that he may not be quite who he seems.Yes, this is a mad film. By the end, after a man shows our Detective a large vagina in the side of his torso and asks him to mate, you'll wonder what the hell you've just watched. But that's the great thing about Larry Cohen, he takes something strange and mundane and turns it into something entertaining. This isn't his greatest film by all accounts - it doesn't make a lot of sense, it's overlong, the love interest has the worst glasses in film history - but I certainly quite enjoyed it. The shaky camera-work, fast-paced dialogue and simply bonkers plot devices just takes it a notch above the usual pap. But maybe it was missing Michael Moriarty. www.the-wrath-of-blogspot.com

In B-movie schlockmeister Larry Cohen's follow up to the cult classic 'It's Alive' a devout New York City detective tries to find out who is mysteriously persuading random citizens to go berserk in the name of God. Attempting part slow burn suspense in the vein of 'Rosemary's Baby', part religious meditation a la 'The Exorcist', Cohen simply doesn't have the talent as a screenwriter to overcome his exploitation origins. Instead, the pacing is painfully slow and there are few scares and very little suspense. The periodic descents into blaxploitation cliché don't help matters. The performances are sound, and it's always a pleasure to watch the late, great Sandy Dennis, but by the time we get to the gloriously over-the-top last act and the appearance of the bizarre man/woman antagonist with a vagina in his/her chest it's not enough to salvage what is ultimately a pretty boring movie.