The Assent
- 2019
- 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
After a series of disturbing supernatural events in his home, Joel, a young single father, comes to suspect that his young son may be possessed.After a series of disturbing supernatural events in his home, Joel, a young single father, comes to suspect that his young son may be possessed.After a series of disturbing supernatural events in his home, Joel, a young single father, comes to suspect that his young son may be possessed.
- Awards
- 2 wins total
Heather Renee Wake
- Reporter
- (as Heather Wake)
William "Will" Daubert
- Corrections Officer
- (as William Daubert)
Brialynn Massie
- Sarah
- (voice)
- (as Bryalin Massie)
- Director
- Writer
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The story had decent foundations and some good twists, but it was so poorly executed you could see every plot twist coming from a mile away. In the end most of the characters didn't matter at all, there's no resolution of any kind, the whole thing relied heavily on jump scares that didn't even work well, and you're left with more questions than answers. Overall a crappy movie in an oversaturated genre. This movie had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
I have seen movies that deserve a 1 rating or even a negative rating but not this movie. The Assent was a bit slow & absolutely not scary. I would not call it a horror movie but a psychological thriller. I went into it with very low expectations so maybe that's why I have a higher opinion than others but there is no way I would rate it a 1. I thought most of the acting was good, atmosphere was good, plot was believable & I watched it all the way without losing interest. Not a great movie, not a horror movie but not a movie I regret watching, better than a lot of the crap they make now days.
I don't get all the 1 reviews it's not great but it's not horrible either I have definitely seen ALOT worse. It's not scary but It has descent acting & alot of cool & dark art work throughout the house which I liked.
All this movie needed was another pass on the script. The twist at the end is really cool but you can see it coming from a mile away. The writer/director needed to work on the script to hide it more so it wasn't so obvious. Had they done this properly it would have raised this movie up a bunch of notches.
It's not really scary though it has some great creepy atmosphere going on. Some of the visuals are great, particularly the demon with all those faces and the creepy gyrating woman. But overall not horrible. It doesn't deserve such low scores.
It's not really scary though it has some great creepy atmosphere going on. Some of the visuals are great, particularly the demon with all those faces and the creepy gyrating woman. But overall not horrible. It doesn't deserve such low scores.
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- TriviaWorld premiere was at Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2019.
- GoofsIn the 9th minute when dad is tucking his son into bed, between them on the blue bedroom wall to the right of the desk lamp, a light is inexplicably shadowed for a moment. This may be a crew member moving in front of a light.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $662,551
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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