The Assent
Film202089 min

The Assent

Taste attributes: horrorthrillerfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"It feeds on the darkness within."

Boxlist takeFantastical and unsavoury: a horror film that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 182 votes

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Pearry Reginald Teo

Cast

  • Robert Kazinsky
  • Peter Jason
  • Hannah Ward
  • Caden Dragomer
  • Douglas Spain

Details

Genre
Horror
Year
2020
Runtime
89 min
Status
Released
Studio
Boom Done Productions
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