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Demonic

2021

Neill Blomkamp

Carly Pope, Chris William Martin, Michael J. Rogers, Nathalie Boltt ...

3.6

713

Horror A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A cheapie shot during the pandemic with a no-name cast (...) Given that the derivative horror scenes take place inside immersive simulated environments (...) [It is] like a videogame you never want to play"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Neill Blomkamp Returns with a Dull but Visually Inventive Supernatural Horror Movie (...) 'Demonic' winds up feeling like a glorified proof-of-concept video that should have been exorcised of any grander ambitions."
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"'Demonic' feels like a film made by someone who’s scared of his own ideas and his own limitations (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		William Bibbiani The Wrap	"[It] isn't just a low-budget supernatural–sci-fi thriller; it's also a shallow one, a boring one, a poorly conceived one —and the characters stink too. It [has] no ideas and only half a scare (...) It's a hell of a bad time"
		Leslie Byron Pitt Empire	"'Demonic' feels disappointing partly because of Blomkamp's previous work. It's built on an intriguing 'Scanner Darkly'-esque idea, but never delivers on its promise (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"‘Demonic’ Is Laughably Terrible and Stunningly Inept Sci-Fi Horror (...) With its collection of half-baked ideas and utter lack of style, you’ll be left wondering if director Neill Blomkamp even understands the genre."
		Nick Allen The Playlist	"A horror film that is so rote it’s hardly scary, all to showcase a developing technology that is intriguing as a sales pitch but unconvincing as a narrative device."
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"Demonic is Blomkamp at his most constrained since District 9, and it's a film with an intimacy that he's never risked before (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"A demonic possession movie that asks, “Wouldn’t it be scary if the possessed person was trapped in a version of The Sims? (...) Blomkamp seems completely incapable of conjuring up anything remotely scary"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Demonic uses sci-fi and tech to give an inside view of the possessed, but the high concept fails to inject new life, or scares, into a standard possession tale (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"Like District 9, the film is a genre outing with big ideas that’s more committed to the power of arsenals and pyrotechnics (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

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