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When Evil Lurks

Cuando acecha la maldad
When Evil Lurks

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Released: 05 October 2023
Country of origin: Argentina, US
Genre: Horror/Supernatural, Thriller
Production companies: Machaco Films, La Puerta Roja, Aramos Cine, Shudder, Cine Argentino, INCAA
Watched by: 377 of 865 931
Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
IMDB rating: 7 of 10 31 234
kinopoisk.ru rating: 6.15 of 10 17 051

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Residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them. They desperately try to escape before the evil is born, but it may be too late.

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iron_tooth
iron_tooth
30 Oct 2023, 22:02 #
Unexpectedly pleasant Argentine horror, the first Spanish-language original Shudder. It starts rotten, the characters scream a lot and get hysterical, but the further they go, the better and more interesting it gets, the tangle rolls out, demonic filth spreads across a remote town. A lot of blood, nastiness and scary moments.
Moral: children spoil everything.
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Bairum
Bairum
02 Nov 2023, 20:45 #
"Lapenko and Hugh Jackman against evil spirits ". This is the name that formed in my head when watching the mystical horror film by Demian Runya, because the Russian version of "Possessed by Evil" is as faded as possible, English "When Evil Lurks" I constantly forgot, and Spanish "Cuando acecha la maldad"34; didn't even try to remember. By the way, Hollywood distributors literally translated the original, which in the great and mighty sounds like " When evil lurks ".

Actually, the title was born to me in the very first second when I saw the two main characters: the farmer brothers. One of them even has antics like a collective image of several alter egos of Lapenko. However, jokes aside. The brothers hear gunshots at night near their farm, decide in the morning to check what and how, and find a dismembered corpse of a stranger with incomprehensible astrolabes and other gadgets on the territory of a neighbor, a la I'm a stargazer at my mother's. Word for word - and now self-taught detectives are standing on the threshold of the house of a demon-possessed man (the peasant shows with all his appearance that he ran straight from the movie Seven, although Fincher's guilty of gluttony looked somehow more convincing more than a quarter of a century ago). A little later, they are joined by the actual owner of the farm, who decides to get rid of the rotten one, as it is called in the local translation, and inclines the brothers to this. The problem is that the possessed cannot be killed (at least with a firearm). Or rather, it is possible, but then the evil will instantly break out. Therefore, you need to come up with something more original. The degenerate brothers and their half-witted neighbor turn on their imagination and decide to throw the dude into the gutter without any fuss. Well, in general, they threw on the fan, so to speak, demonic rot from the heart and will rake out the consequences until the final credits.
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Bairum
Bairum
02 Nov 2023, 20:46 #
"Lapenko and...", sorry, "Possessed by evil " - the type of painting that you want to love with all your heart, admire, oohe and aahe with delight, completely immerse yourself in what is happening, but it doesn't work - at least crack. Somewhere out there - it's not clear just where, probably, in the depths of the subconscious of the director-screenwriter - a much better version of what is shown on the screens is hiding (hiding, yeah). Recently, on IGN, I came across an overly laudatory review of this film, saying that everything will become tougher, more dramatic by the minute, the director will directly torture you, but you will not be able to look away. Well... In short, no. Of course, I raised my own expectations and was preparing for something in the style of "Reincarnation" and "Solstice" Ari Aster, but with a more meaty/bloody content, or in the style of "Don't tell anyone "/"Funny games ", but with mystical content. But the problem is that the film itself, up to the middle, not counting the chaotic prologue, leads to this idea. When one attack happened, firstly, I jumped up from surprise (and my wife turned away completely, preparing for the worst), secondly, I decided that this was it - before that there was a purely physical horror, and now they will throw psychology from the heart, and all this will be combined into a rattling cocktail, after who will want to be silent for a couple of hours, staring at the wall.
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Bairum
Bairum
02 Nov 2023, 20:47 #
However, otherwise "Possessed by Evil" is a decent horror movie. He has his own strange style, when suspense is mixed with conscious (however, I can't guarantee that he is always conscious) black humor. Its action takes place in an interesting world. I will not disclose the details, but even from the conversations at the beginning it becomes clear that the obsessives are treated somehow strangely here. Well, maybe it's Argentina - such a specific country (just kidding). I am glad that the author finally revealed some details of what is happening, and the same first third of the film ceases to look like outright nonsense after the fact, but, in general, I would like more juicy details in the form of flashbacks or at least measured conversations between different characters on how they relate to all this outrage. In general, I don't know, I would love to look at some full-fledged backstory. You're giving me a prequel!
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Bairum
Bairum
02 Nov 2023, 20:48 #
Speaking of measured conversations. Of course, the director tries to slow down at times, somehow reveal the characters, but still in a hurry to the next scene. Sometimes such a fast and ragged pace works, and sometimes I want to say: "Well, don't drive like that. Let you breathe deeply into what is happening". But you don't have to be bored - you can't take that away. And, despite the fact that I got a completely different atmosphere than I expected, "Possessed by Evil" both in terms of plot and in terms of staging does not look like a banal craft.

Rating: 7 demons inside lapenko out of 10
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wolfork15
wolfork15
02 Dec 2023, 21:09 #
@Bairum: Heh. I also noticed Lapenko, and the second one was only Vinnie from Golyak) I followed them
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Hidji
Hidji
09 Nov 2023, 02:53 #
In my opinion, the rating of 7.4 on imdb is greatly overestimated. The KP is still 6.4, but I think it will still fall. Although it still pulls quite 3 + stars, but so far 2.7. The main drawback is really a dull beginning, which is why some will stop watching even before something interesting begins. But then, on the contrary, everything happens periodically too chaotically and quickly, which is also not a plus.
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Gordey
Gordey
21 Nov 2023, 09:02 #
The film is really scary, while the events are developing almost at lightning speed and at first everything is completely incomprehensible! A splintered corpse, disgusting boils, the behavior of Ruiz and his wife. With each frame, the nightmare grows, the characters rush around trying to do something, but their efforts seem in vain. It's been a long time since I've seen such an atmospheric and colorful horror movie. If you are not very squeamish, then be sure to look, it will be really scary! I don't advise everyone else, you know why. It is a rare case when the screenwriter and director Demian Runya managed to create a really great film in two guises, as a rule, in such cases, films sink either in the script or in the direction, but everything is fine here, even if at first it seems that it is a little messy. It will be necessary to look for other films of this director, maybe they are not worse. I repeat, I recommend the film only to horror lovers with strong nerves! If anything, I warned you!
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Just_Stick
Just_Stick
07 Dec 2023, 11:44 #
A very weak film. All the problems in the film arise from the fact that people just don't know how to talk. It seems that in Argentine or Spanish (I'm not sure which country the events are taking place in) there is not enough alphabet and words. Everyone is shouting and they can't really explain anything to each other. And of course, the decision of gg in the end to go for the axe, after listening to a child who allegedly killed not 1 person, but not a woman who tried to help him 10 out of 0 of course
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Bairum
Bairum
07 Dec 2023, 11:51 #
@id151095178: There is no such language as Argentine. The action takes place in Argentina, the official language there is Spanish. And, yes, it is really necessary to make an adjustment to the mentality.
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Just_Stick
Just_Stick
07 Dec 2023, 19:48 #
@Bairum: Well, did I sort of specify Spanish? I didn't understand about the amendment. A man runs into his ex-wife's house and begins to strip naked, simultaneously taking away children, whom he has no right to approach and with huge eyes says I will explain everything and does not explain. I take it by correction you mean that people in Argentina are totally mentally retarded degenerates? I don't agree with you
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Gabalus
Gabalus
30 Dec 2023, 19:48 #
A curious film, it deserves its 6 points. But the fact that there is no morality at all, it looks pale. It just happened that way... What, why? Disposable.
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Mj23
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08 Jan 22:17 #
There will be such a horror movie, I even liked it more than Those who were Numb with fear. Although people mostly like the latter more.But I really got more obsessed with evil, the plot is not so crumpled and more consistent and logical, but of course there were still enough dumb moments.The scene of the mother eating her son's brains certainly surprised me, it looked very creepy and disgusting.In general, the film was watched with tension and interest, the only thing you need to survive the first 20 minutes of the film, a little boring at the beginning. As it is, the film is not bad for me, especially since nothing really normal has been coming out in this genre for a long time. And so at least something more or less watchable.
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Paul_Wolf
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10 Apr 15:19 #
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There are literally clear seven rules in the film, which 90% of the characters know about, and in this universe, no one denies the presence of evil and the risk of infecting an entire city. But all the same, everyone who knows about the basic principles of safety violates the law and suffers from their own actions. Firstly, I did not understand why the police were here, logically there should be disinfectants, in order to avoid curses and contact between healthy and sick people. Also, the main character is unrealistically fumbling for everything, but for some reason he resorts to his children dressed in clothes, instead of buying a new skin in advance, and even if he ran into the house naked, there would still be no less scandal, as he was during the exposure right in front of everyone. In short, the thing is for the night: in the film, the characters are clearly stupid, everyone knows the commandments, but like real hooligans, they continue to play along with Satan.

🪓 If we discard the simplified plot, where the task is entirely to promote aggravation, then otherwise I liked it, the atmosphere was able to last until the last minutes, all these appearances of evil in the shadows impress me, and the invented universe itself would be suitable for a cool series. The film is definitely not boring to watch, and the dynamics are clearly combined with stupidity, that even you begin to empathize with these village fools again, probably good acting performances with competent direction still play on these emotions.

Visual: 12/15
Atmosphere: 12/15
Soundtrack: 7/10
Main characters: 13/20
Minor characters: 7/10
Plot: 21/30
Total Score: 72 (Green Zone).
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UliaChayka
UliaChayka
16 Apr 12:00 #
Uhhhh, what a vile and creepy movie, I haven't seen such for a long time and the ending is not banal)
deserved my reviews and ratings 🥹
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