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WHEN EVIL LURKS MOVIE REVIEW
Two brothers Pedro and Jimmy live out in the countryside, scattered among a few other poor residents. But everyone is always somewhat on edge, waiting…for what? As it turns out, many years before there was a epidemic of demonic possessions in the cities (possibly tying this film into director Demian Rugna’s previous horror, Terrified) that pretty much wiped them out. Only the folks living on the outskirts at least somewhat believe in their safety. But when it turns out a local family is hiding a ‘rotten’, a member of their family that is possessed and so grotesquely overweight that they can’t really move anymore, they decide the best thing to do is to drive the thing 100s of miles away and dump it. Why not just kill it? This world has very specific demon rules and one of them seems to be that if you don’t kill these possessed folks in a very specific and arcane way that only a few are equipped to do, you just make the situation worse. Much worse. Before you know it, things get worse anyway and the two, and their extended families, find they may be facing the beginning of the end…of everything. Rugna makes Lucio Fulci-like horrors dripping with exquisitely designed gore sequences but with considerably better acting and scripts and is rapidly headed to the top of modern horror masters. Chris and Wright found When Evil Lurks to be the best horror film of Fantastic Fest 2023 and guess what…if you hurry up you might even be able to catch in a theater right now! Or very shortly on Shudder. Either way, do not miss this one if you are an aficionado of all things bloody.
DIRECTED BY: Demián Rugna
STARRING: Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demián Salomon, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvia Sabater, Marcelo Michinaux
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.
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