When Evil Lurks - Review (No Spoilers) - Vicious, Imaginative and Original, the Way Horror Should Be

gracias por la recomendación, nunca se me hubiera ocurrido ver esta película

Man I think I need to eat an edible as well before watching a movie

This movie is better than talk to me… i said what i said

James, have you seen the Japanese film Cure? It is quite literally, the best psychological horror movie I've ever seen. Would love to see a video dissection on it!

Regal Paseo?

OH yes thanks for reminding about the rules from nursery rhymes.

LOL edible.

Just saw it tonight on your recommendation. Absolutely riveted by it. Loved every second. And had the entire theater to myself!

Ok, James, let’s have it: I’ve seen Baskin and Terrified. Will I be able to handle this one!? 😂

This is a movie John Carpenter could have directed at the summit of his carreer.

This sounds like a very scary movie. I hope I can see it. I like the premise and the world the film presents.

Where can i watch this? Im in the UK and cant find it on shudder.

That was a boy on her lap

This movie was amazing. Saw it last night and told my boss to go watch lol

I saw it tonight as I have a Regal Unlimited pass. I knew nothing about it. Absolutely Awesome. Shocking scenes, breaks taboos in films related to children. Think closer to Evil Dead w multiple people getting possessed and animals. Im totally buying it. I agree Exorcist Believer was just meh. This one deserves a much larger audience.

It was a pretty good movie but idk if i need to watch it on an edible id be tweaking out lol

This proves that you don't need cheap jump scares to make a good horror movie.

The poster is really well done - reminds me of horror movies from the '70's.

Is this better than Terrified cause boy that was a rough watch for me.

This commentary is spectacular. Well done sir.

This movie is a mixture of The Evil Dead, The Wailing & The Dark And The Wicked.

i don't think Excorcist Believer was terrible. It's not great, but it's not trash.

I watched it in the theatre last night - I don't understand the hype unfortunately.
For me it was an interesting concept, with some shocking moments, executed in a way that felt like a long Walking Dead episode, with poor tension building and about zero actual scares.

This cut out people are called Gauchos, like American cowboys more or less in Argentina,Paraguay….etc
Can’t wait

This just premiered today on Shudder and hopefully it'll get more eyes. It deserves it. Glad I steered you in its direction and that you had a blast with it. On par with Birth/Rebirth for my favorite genre film of the year.

Yeah that marital argument scene was one of the most fucked up things I've ever seen. Loved this movie. It is very bleak, but I kind of laughed throughout it just at the sheer audacity of the distasteful things we see. Maybe I'm just a sick fuck...

I agree with you about the last scare/reveal being underwhelming, especially because we know to some extent that something has happened, but I also kind of like that the final blow was more of an emotional blow than a flat out terrifying one. It's certainly a choice and not for everyone, but I think ending with another crazy scene like the argument would have almost cheapened the emotional impact of the film overall?

I’m going watch this today.

Just watched Terrified by the same director. Definitely interested in seeing this.

"When Evil Lurks" won the grand prize at the Sitges Film Festival, one of the great fantasy and horror film festivals. An earlier film by Demian Rugna is "Terrified", very different but also excellent.

You also need to check Rugna's other masterpiece - Aterrados (Terrified). Man, the first 5 minutes will blew your socks off.

I thought it was stale af. The ending reveal scene was anticlimactic as well. Overall a solid bore fest. 5/10. Meh

Thanks for the review. Sadly, I can't share your buoyant enthusiasm. The production value, acting and premise came across as cheap, gimmicky and using tropes we've seen 100's of times over (except done infinitely better). My personal opinion, of course. Was watching it with friends and couldn't wait for it to finish. Found out later they shared my sentiments. Regardless, glad some people appreciated it out there.

Hated this movie so much. Plrase stop promoting it.

Just watched it. It's good enough, I didn't need to understand the dialogue. It got em all.

BTW, that wasn't a "little girl" in the car. It was a boy.

One of the most boring horror movies I've ever seen. Just horrible. Not even slightly scary relying on gore horror and it wasn't even all that. This one is way overrated. 🥱

one thing that really stood out to me in the worldbuilding of the film is how they imply that big cities are already infested with this evil and how smaller rural communities are aware and fearful of it, but still live their lives day to day hoping it stays away. im argentinean and grew up in such a rural community in the early 2000s as rising crime and poverty rates affected the city of Buenos Aires. We watched the news report on all of this and grew up thinking big cities were a gigantic and horrifying lawless place governed by darkness and violence, were murders, kidnappings and r4pe were common and almost accepted by the population. so this movie taps into very real fears and anxieties of its country of origin.

I liked this movie but the gore was way over the top for me. In some scenes it was competing with the movie itself. I like minimalist but realistic movies. Terrified was better but suffered logical issues. Have you seen It Shall Not Be Named? It's nowhere near this movie's caliber but it has its own moments. A nice watch if you're into paranormal witch horror movies.

Yours was the best review yet. This movie was a breath of fresh air in the horror genre.

This was great! Have you seen the movie The Borderlands?

Loved this movie, and loved even more the previous Terrified, I'd even say When Evil Lurks is a sequel of Terrified because the seem to be happening in the same universe (King style)

I couldn't believe all the children acting

Another thing thats worth mentioning is the off screen deaths so later on when your wondering what happened to this person they show you just enough that you realize what happened to the victim was a hundred times worse than you thought.

Absolutely one of the best horror films I've ever seen! I enjoyed this critical reaction very much.

Were real animals killed for this film? Or did they use effects, cuts and sounds to avoke the killings? Because if real animals were harmed for the making of this film i am not gonna watch it.

Hella disturbing. Just watched today and damn. Possessed mama walking down the road with her son effed up

The little girl laying on her grandma’s lap while asking questions is actually a little boy. But aside from that, the movie is fantastic! Great review!

It took the trope of possession, and probably for the first time since the original Exorcist, broke new ground.