When Evil Lurks
2023 · 100 min · Horror / Thriller · TMDB 7.2
The short version:Argentine possession horror where the rules are brutal and nobody is safe. Children and dogs are not spared.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing5
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim5
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A child is mauled on screen; another is possessed; a school full of children is implied killed.
- Child in dangerHeavyeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A possessed dog attacks and kills a child; other dogs are shot.
Body & medical
- Body horrorModerateeditorial
- Self-harmModerateeditorial
Mental health & grief
- SuicideModerateeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Demons & possessionHeavyeditorial