![]() TheGamer: 4/5 "The Devil in Me is an excellent evolution in The Dark Pictures anthology that weaves an interesting story in a complex and exciting environment that’s both fun and horrifying to explore.".So we'll exorcise 2-1/2 stars out of 4 for the goose-pimply thriller, The Devil Inside, a devilishly disturbing dose of demonic-possession dread.The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me review round-up Supernatural chillers about possession with the power disturb, like The Exorcist, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Last Exorcism, and even The Rite rarely traffic in three-dimensional character delineation - and neither does The Devil Inside, which exhibits very little interest in the mother-daughter bond that is embedded in the film's basic premise.īut the mandate here is to use that single scare-the-hell-out-of-'em dimension to make us claw the armrest and look away - as this latest trip to the dark side does, with several lengthy stretches of excruciating suspense. What she and her film crew discover is that Maria's possession is like nothing else in the history of Christianity, with intimations of concepts like "multiple demonic possession" and "possession transference."ĭirector and co-writer (with Matthew Peterman) William Brent Bell ( Stay Alive, Sparkle and Charm) employs a cinema verite shooting style on digital video that's in the now-familiar fake documentary/found footage realm, and manages to deliver ghastly goings-on that are nightmarishly gripping, with a fair share of genuine shocks and scares. ![]() Accompanied by her filmmaker friend, Michael (Ionut Grama), a documentarian who intends to record her experience, she travels to Rome and engages two young rogue priests, exorcists played by Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth, to use their unconventional methods to determine whether or not her mother was indeed possessed by not just one demon, but an unprecedented four. ![]()
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