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RUNTIME
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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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The Assent
"It feeds on the darkness within."
2020 1h 29m EN
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5.8
MID
★5.8TMDB · 261
HorrorThriller
Synopsis
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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. Soon Joel receives a visit from Father Lambert, a controversial exorcist in town whose last patient died during his treatment. As increasing chilling occurrences begin to unfold, the priest informs a resistant Joel that unless he can successfully perform an exorcism, the devil will soon take full control of his boy.
“It feeds on the darkness within.”
Cast
Robert Kazinsky
Joel
Peter Jason
Father Lambert
Hannah Ward
Cassie
Tatum O'Neal
Dr. Hawkins
Caden Dragomer
Mason
Douglas Spain
Brother Michael
Eileen Dietz
Rhonda
Margarita Reyes
Sarah
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Pearry Reginald Teo
- Writers
- Pearry Reginald Teo
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 6 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
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ERA
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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5 / 8
DIRECTOR
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Original score by Frederik Wiedmann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Robert Kazinsky and Peter Jason and Hannah Ward carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "It feeds on the darkness within.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt9612982 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Pearry Reginald Teo directs. Frederik Wiedmann scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 6 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Original score by Frederik Wiedmann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Robert Kazinsky and Peter Jason and Hannah Ward carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "It feeds on the darkness within.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt9612982 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Original score
- Frederik Wiedmann
- Runtime
- 89 min · 1h 29m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Pearry Reginald Teo
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What people are saying
- Dean★ 3/10
We have seen a lot of exorcism movies, a thousands of them and this one doesn't deliver anything special. It's one of the copy of those copycat movies. And besides that, at least some of those copycat movies were scary, this one lacks even that. It's extremely slow and boring. They also abused chromatic aberration effect and used it with excessive amount. It's so strong and so often in here that I had a hard time to watch this movie at all.
Production companies
Who made it
- BO
Boom Done Productions
Key crew
- First Assistant DirectorSazzy Lee Calhoun
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2019-11-22· Shockfest Film Festival Vegas
- Theatrical2020-01-10
Also known as
International titles
- El ascenso del diabloES
- The Assent Unterwirf dich der DunkelheitDE
