I liked the movie, but it’s not the best one I’ve seen.

That being said the final act of the movie goes about a different way in showing an exorcism performed But you need to have more to that scene, which they really didn't. I’m glad I didn't see the trailer until after, because one of the creepiest scenes was shown in the trailer. The scares were definitely there, though I wish a scene with Sarchie’s daughter was expanded on cause it definitely was the creepiest. The story itself was well done, though it had me wondering what case inspired what part. I don’t want to give much away, but it was one of the better exorcism scenes I’ve seen in a while. The climax of the film was the climax of the film.

Sean Harris played the main antagonist Santino, and he did a great job with the creep factor through the entire movie. Though to me the most interesting character was Father Mendoza (played by Edgar Ramirez), a fictional priest who assists Sarchie with the exorcisms and was based on two priests, Bishop Robert McKenna and Father Malachi Martin, two real life demonologists that assisted Sarchie in what he did over the years. That being said it still didn’t take away from the entertainment value of the film, Eric Bana did a good job of portraying Sarchie and you could see him struggling with the paranormal events that were occurring and trying to make sense of things. This movie isn’t based on one event (as were films like The Conjuring or Amityville Horror) but was a mashup of different cases that Sarchie did over the years (hence the inspired by disclaimer and not based on a true story one). I won’t give away any spoilers, but I will say this. I was a bit familiar with Ralph Sarchie as I knew he had trained under Ed and Lorraine Warren (the investigators that were portrayed in last years horror hit The Conjuring) so I was looking forward to seeing how Deliver Us From Evil would be. Over the weekend I decided to see the new horror/thriller film Deliver Us From Evil, inspired by true life demonologist (and former NYPD officer) Ralph Sarchie.

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