Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

New York police officer Ralph Sarchie investigates a series of crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest, schooled in the rites of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city.

Director:

Scott Derrickson

Writers:

Scott Derrickson (screenplay), Paul Harris Boardman (screenplay)

Stars:

Eric Bana, Edgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Bana	...	Sarchie
Edgar Ramírez	...	Mendoza
Olivia Munn	...	Jen
Chris Coy	...	Jimmy
Dorian Missick	...	Gordon
Sean Harris	...	Santino
Joel McHale	...	Butler
Mike Houston	...	Nadler
Lulu Wilson	...	Christina
Olivia Horton	...	Jane
Scott Johnsen	...	Lt. Griggs
Daniel Sauli	...	Salvatore
Antoinette LaVecchia	...	Serafina
Aidan Gemme	...	Mario
Jenna Gavigan	...	Lucinda

Storyline

In DELIVER US FROM EVIL, New York police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana), struggling with his own personal issues, begins investigating a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest (Edgar Ramirez), schooled in the rituals of exorcism, to combat the frightening and demonic possessions that are terrorizing their city. Based upon the book, which details Sarchie's bone-chilling real-life cases.

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Plot Keywords:

priest | catholic | demonic possession | confession | exorcism | 

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Taglines:

You haven't seen true evil

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, grisly images, terror throughout, and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The shirt that Joel McHale's Character (Butler) is wearing is an Alice in Chains Fatale T-Shirt.

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Goofs

(at around 18 mins) and (at around 1h 8 mins) The same man(black t-shirt, shorts, short hair) walks in front of the police station and the same cop car drives by. Clearly the scene was re-used.

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Quotes

Santino: It was me. It was me who made her jump.

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Connections

Referenced in The Darkest Timeline with Ken Jeong & Joel McHale: Wear A Mask - BONUS EPISODE (2020)

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Soundtracks

People Are Strange
Written and Performed by The Doors
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

It has its scary moments

From Scott Dickerson, the director of the 2012 horror-thriller Sinister, Deliver Us From Evil follows a true life story of Ralph Sarchie (played by Eric Bana), a New York detective who investigates a series of murder cases. Before too long, he learns that these murders are tied to demonic possessions and gets help from Mendoza (played by Edgar Ramirez), an educated priest and exorcism expert to stop on the possessions from terrorizing the city. This film is not as scary and eerie as the trailers made it out to be, but it has its moments of scariness. However, compared to Sinister, this film really could have done better.

Like most films dealing with demonic possessions, this film has the usual subplot of someone being possessed and needing help from a priest to be saved from the evil spirit. What is different about this one is that it takes place in a metropolitan city and involves police and detectives. Basically, this film has look of The Excorcist (1973) and Se7en (1995) combined. Aside from that, the film has its occasional scares here and there, but it wasn't as scary as I was hoping for. The scenes where Eric Bana's character and his partner are investigating houses in the dark did send chills down my spine, those were pretty suspenseful. Then there are the usual jump scares and scenes of blood and gore that occur every once a while. Towards the end, however, the scary atmosphere quickly fades away.

Overall, Deliver Is From Evil doesn't fall completely. While it didn't live up to my expectations, I was still somewhat satisfied with it. If you have seen Sinister, don't expect it to be as scary.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish Latin Italian

Release Date:

2 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deliver Us from Evil

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,740,471, 6 July 2014

Gross USA:

$30,577,122

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$112,781,920

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, LStar Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1