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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinBuckle up for the ride that is Deliver Us From Evil, a highly intense and effective mash-up of police procedural and horror show.
- 63Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughThough Derrickson offers some new twists on old tricks, and evokes a mood of menace with rainy streets, gloomy interiors, and the transformation of comforting everyday objects into something horrible, the story soon devolves into variations of many movies we have seen before.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsHalf the time, Deliver Us From Evil is genuinely interested in Sarchie's all-too-human demons, and half the time we're marking time until the big exorcism and an ending that keeps the door open for a sequel, should the market demand it.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeWhile the supernatural side of the film suffers a flaw or two — continued references to The Doors are superfluous and sometimes chuckle-inducing — its central conflict works.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezA jump scare isn't just a jump scare in the films of Scott Derrickson, which isn't to say this wannabe master of horror has entirely perfected the art of sudden dread.
- 38USA TodayScott BowlesUSA TodayScott BowlesEven horror neophytes won't be spooked by a film that looks as if it were shot with a smartphone and an Itty Bitty Booklight.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonEntertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonThis rote exorcism-is-real claptrap.
- 30Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonDespite the screaming gore, the movie is so rote that it can’t even rouse us for the de rigueur exorcism.
- If this movie doesn’t leave you howling at the very idea of demonic possession, you’re in dire need of an exorcist.