
The Assent
Taste attributes: horrorthrillerfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"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
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.1 /10
TMDB · 182 votes
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Streaming data: JustWatch
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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
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
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
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.




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