Directed by:
Daniel StammScreenplay:
Robert ZappiaCinematography:
Denis CrossanComposer:
Nathan BarrCast:
Jacqueline Byers, Colin Salmon, Virginia Madsen, Nicholas Ralph, Ben Cross, Christian Navarro, Tom Forbes, Lisa Palfrey, Velizar Binev, Owen Davis (more)VOD (3)
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According to real-life Vatican reports occurrences of demonic possession have increased significantly in recent years. In response, the Catholic church has reopened exorcism schools to train priests in the sacred rite. The Devil’s Light immerses you into the world of one of these schools; humanity’s last line of defense against the powers of everlasting evil. Jacqueline Byers stars as Sister Ann, who devoutly believes that performing exorcisms is her calling, despite the fact that historically only priests - not sisters - are allowed to perform them. When one professor senses her special gift, allowing her to be the first nun to study and master the ritual, her own soul will be in danger as the demonic forces she battles reveal a mysterious connection to her traumatic past. (Lionsgate US)
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A generic and forgettable mainstream exorcism flick that should have been straight to VOD. The trailer was nice and pretended to be something refreshing, but it's drowned in clichés and unimaginative horror scenes. The very idea of a nun who resolutely believes that performing exorcisms is her calling is quite passable. The actress is likeable and the school of exorcists is something we may not have seen before, but they could definitely have squeezed more out of the relatively appealing premise, instead they relied more on the stuff seen a hundred times over. Fortunately, the film is only 90 minutes long and goes by pretty quickly, and I liked that it wasn't about only one possessed person, there were more (the little girl managed to be creepy), but I still found it underwhelming. The atmosphere doesn't work at all, every potentially interesting scene is ended with the cheapest jump-scare (not a single one worked for me in the whole movie), the finale in the catacombs does have a nice setting, but that's about it. It's classically PG-13, so no violence, the plot doesn't draw you in much and you don't care much about the characters. Watching it, I felt like I was watching a regular movie. Had I seen it movie at home, I would go even lower with the rating maybe. For myself, I recommend going to see Smile without a second thought. 5/10.
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