Horror

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Prey for the Devil

Lionsgate

Gold Circle Films

Confluence Productions

United States of America

English

Jacqueline Byers

Colin Salmon

Christian Navarro

Lisa Palfrey

Nicholas Ralph

Ben Cross

Virginia Madsen

Tom Forbes

Velizar Binev

Owen Davis

Debora Zhecheva

Cora Kirk

Posy Taylor

Elizabeth Gibson

Koyna Ruseva

Yana Marinova

Robert Zappia

Earl Richey Jones

Todd Jones

Michael P. Flannigan

Nathan Barr

Tom Elkins

Preslava Hristova

Jill Trevellick

Lora Venkova

Daniela Avramova

Milen Ivanov

Anna Ivanova

Vessela Bannzurkova

Renee Minasian

Ioan Banzourkov

Asya Chakarova

Kristiyan Lovrich

Tsvetelina Mateeva

Kristina Sakizli

Anna Hadzhieva

Krikor Papazyan

Vladmir petkov

Kristian Stoyanov

Evgeni Vladimirov

Robert Edwards

P.K. Hooker

Kiril Kaloyanov

Tom Marks

Denis Crossan

Jonathan McKinstry

Elena Stoyanova

Peter Krumov

Nicholas Cochran

Justin M. Davey

Roland N. Thai

Randy Torres

Matt Yocum

Marie-Pierre Boucher

Laurent Spillemaecker

Paul Brooks

Jessica Malanaphy

Scott Niemeyer

David Brooks

Brad Kessell

Daniel Stamm

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Jacqueline Byers is "Sister Ann" - a troubled young nun whose relationship with her late, clinically diagnosed schizophrenic, mother has left her determined to take holy orders and to help other people with mental health disorders. She has a nursing position at a church hospital where the Catholic church - under the leadership "Fr. Quinn" (Colin Salmon) and psychiatrist "Dr. Peters" (Virginia Madsen) use scientific and ecclesiastic methods to treat their patients. The former leads their exorcism training regime and it to that that the nun is drawn. Her skills are initially tested when she has to try and deal with the apparent possession of the young "Natalie" (Posy Taylor) but that operation merely serves to open up an entire wardrobe of demons - including some very close to home for "Ann". Actually, the story here is not half bad - but the acting and the whole presentation of the film is seriously lacklustre. Sure, there are a few quite effective jump moments but as the story gathers pace it loses any semblance of plausibility. The writing clumsily muddles scripture and vernacular and the ending is really old hat. It has the ring of an over-stretched short story to it. It might almost have made for a decent "Tales of the Unexpected" forty-five minute television drama rather than dragging it out with loads of establishing shots of the rather nice building she works in and rain, lots and lots of rain! Saw it tonight in 100-seat cinema all by myself - I can't say I am surprised - this is really all rather poor.

Jacqueline Byers is "Sister Ann" - a troubled young nun whose relationship with her late, clinically diagnosed schizophrenic, mother has left her determined to take holy orders and to help other people with mental health disorders. She has a nursing position at a church hospital where the Catholic church - under the leadership "Fr. Quinn" (Colin Salmon) and psychiatrist "Dr. Peters" (Virginia Madsen) use scientific and ecclesiastic methods to treat their patients. The former leads their exorcism training regime and it to that that the nun is drawn. Her skills are initially tested when she has to try and deal with the apparent possession of the young "Natalie" (Posy Taylor) but that operation merely serves to open up an entire wardrobe of demons - including some very close to home for "Ann". Actually, the story here is not half bad - but the acting and the whole presentation of the film is seriously lacklustre. Sure, there are a few quite effective jump moments but as the story gathers pace it loses any semblance of plausibility. The writing clumsily muddles scripture and vernacular and the ending is really old hat. It has the ring of an over-stretched short story to it. It might almost have made for a decent "Tales of the Unexpected" forty-five minute television drama rather than dragging it out with loads of establishing shots of the rather nice building she works in and rain, lots and lots of rain! Saw it tonight in a 100-seat cinema all by myself - I can't say I am surprised - this is really all rather poor.

To begin with this, I just want to ask this question, "how can anyone take this movie too serisouly?" After learning from a friend of mine that the exorcsim/demon possesion in real life isn't like that in real life at all, it is just a very dramtic effect that the westerns put to it. So after learning about that, I can't take this movie all too seriously. And if this movie said it was based on a true story, I would have my doubts about it. But it still doesn't make it not that scary!

Pretty standard and forgettable possession-horror film, a genre I generally don't care for to begin with. There's not much here to distinguish from others from the dark lighting, okay make-up effects and average performances, though Jacqueline Byers was fine. This isn't something I'd ever revisit. **2.75/5**

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