‘Prey For The Devil Review: A Passable Exorcism Horror That Says To Hell With Clerical Sexism
Twelve years ago, director Daniel Stam was seen in some circles as reviving the subgenre with The Last Exorcism. It was a less classic play that was a hit, but it carried itself in the right way with a solid cast that included the valuable (and still untapped) Ashley Bell. Since the less successful 13 Sins series in 2014, the spin-off has been making television. It is not surprising that eight years ago his first character returned to the same general area in which he worked before.
"Devil Hunt" probably won't generate as much action as Crazy Stam, despite the relative novelty of the exorcism spotlight; Last year's "Devil's Hunt", which took place in Veracruz, was something unprecedented (at least on the screen), as the film was presented. "Old ways" is another example. Still, it's a decently fun wardrobe, if not scary or memorable. With not many competitive horror productions in the theatrical market, this Halloween weekend should be good with audiences looking for official scares.
Robert Zappia's screenplay opens with onscreen text stating that the alleged global rise of demonic possession prompted the Catholic Church to open a "School of Exorcism" in Boston. Among the current students is Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers), who was removed from the convent as a single student, although she still officially opposes the doctrine of women leading anyone. Exorcist functions. However, he defends this direction, mostly because he believes that his mother (Kunya Rousseva) had more demons than the violent abuser who was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Sister Anna defies the academy's strict rules, to the chagrin of Sister Euphemia (Lisa Palfrey), but the head coach Raymond (Colin Salmon) and the skeptical Doc. Petersen (Virginia Madsen) animation at different levels. Everyone has to break the rules a little when Anne is approached by Natalie (Pussy Taylor), a new 10-year-old patient whose family fears she will be arrested, and she does.
When Father Dante (Christian Navarro) asks his student and friend to try to save his equally suffering sister (Cora Kirk), we see that our hero may be a kind of miraculous reunion. But it seems that such lonely souls are the means to achieve what "Satan's pawns" really want to capture and destroy; Sister Ann, apparently.
Why is this then? Well, because "God chose". Here we never learn a name, story, or anything else about the evil demon. It's just a generic device to drag characters through twists, gimmicks, makeup, and other weird stuff that Linda Blair can't stand. A century ago (No bowls of pea soup this time.)
William Friedkin's original The Exorcist was scary because it was so rooted in the real world that it was filled with people who were less scary than it could have been . The terror of rationality was swept out from under them like a rug. But films like Devil's Prey (released in some regions as Devil's Light) live within the confines of the genre. Demonic possession is not a reasonable distraction, but an acceptable avenue for familiar jump scares and fantastic special effects. There is no reality here, and no honesty beyond directing the actors not to cheat on the material.
Once again, these excellent actors keep straight faces, as they usually do in the film. And Stam's jump scares aren't bad. He didn't make a very intense film, but he avoided boredom and unwanted laughs. However, this production, which was filmed in Bulgaria, would have benefited from a richer climate; Despite the appropriate layout and the inclusion of a widescreen format, Dennis Crossan's cinematography has a fairly simple television feel.
Byers is happy to be your hero and we don't mind being crushed. But it remains to be seen if this first outing will stick in everyone's memory long enough for a sequel, which we imagine (before the boo!) would be something in the vein of Sister Exorcist 2; Vatican Bugaloo. . ".
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