"We Summon the Darkness" disappoints as a comedy, as a horror movie, and as a comedy/horror movie. It's not the acting: Alexandra Daddario et al. Are all fine, committed, credible. The script had problems, particularly that serious Christians will not take the Lord's Name in vain while dropping f-bombs, etc. Left and right, but was generally sound. The problem is the editing: instead of the taut editing comedy and drama require, takes play out leisurely as if we're in some indie dramedy, gestures and dialogue given time and space to "breathe." I don't know why this is: both editors credited have respectable filmographies (although that there were two editors hints at problems behind the scenes). On top of which, the music was generally inapt. Watchable as a curiosity or if you're a big fan of any of the actors here.
Review of We Summon the Darkness
