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Beneath the glossy surface of unique visual ambition and a slew of intriguing, potential-filled ideas and concepts, this is unfortunately just 100 minutes of more of the same nonsensical writing, weak characters, and unbearably stupid dialogue and clichés that have plagued the horror genre for decades.

How is this the same filmmaker behind District 9?

Carly (Carly Pope) is estranged from her mother Angela who was convicted of burning down her care home workplace and killing some 21 people some twenty years ago. She further poisoned another five. Carly is haunted by nightmares of Angela. She has also been estranged from longtime friend Martin after those events and then he contacts her with news about her mother.

When this popped up, I didn't realize that it's a new Neill Blomkamp film. I figured it to be another low budget inconsequential B-horror movie. The initial assumption is not far from the reality. The premise is similar to Jennifer Lopez in The Cell except its visuals are nowhere near as imaginative nor compelling. This story needs something much more basic than that. It needs a ticking clock and stakes and motivation for Carly. If an evil corporation is going to all that trouble, it should do something much more coercive to bring her into the experiment. It has non of that. She just agrees to join this weird experience for no apparent reason. At least give her a beat and a nightmare in between the asking and the doing. She could do the procedure to confront her nightmarish visions and her mother. There is a clear deterioration in Blomkamp's writing and his visual style has stalled at best. There are basic concepts of motivation and characterization that are missing.

I'll make this short. Horror is my life; whether it's movies, shows, games or books. Horror is my niche. A 4 is generous which sucks Bc I loved District 9, Elysium and Chappie. Where to start. The main protagonist was utterly trash and annoying. The cinematography was actually cool with the whole VR portrayal. The action was limited. One minor scare. The biggest thing which could have brought it to a 7 for me was the fact that he didn't include what could have constituted a wicked action scene with a Vatican Spec Op Unit; either a lack of budget or time, but regardless it will hurt reviews given time. A Redbox rental at best.

Oh dear me , was interested in this film because I'm a big fan of blomkamps other work but this is so dull and boring , the effects are pretty poor as well , ok gutted someone who brought us district 9 and elisium has fallen so far from grace , his oats studio work was better than this , a film from the short rakka could of been great , this film is not scary nor sci fi it's just stupid and boring .

A decade ago I loved South African director Neill Blomkamp for his wonderful sci-fi movie DISTRICT 9, and I thought ELYSIUM was pretty good too (although CHAPPIE not so much). The last I heard of him was of his thwarted idea for an ALIENS sequel with not only Ripley but Hicks and Newt returning alive and well too; I thought that sounded like a great idea, but alas, it wasn't meant to be. So out of nowhere comes DEMONIC (2021), Blomkamp's newest movie as director, but watching this very ordinary possession movie you wouldn't notice his presence.

The first thing apparent is that this was shot on a very low budget during the pandemic, so expect closed sets and a small cast. The second thing is that it simply isn't very good. Possession flicks are ten-a-penny these days and all kind of roll into one, and this one goes through the same motions with contorting bodies and histrionics. I found it very tiresome, and to try to make it different they add in a load of CGI effect "dreamscape" stuff, but that bored me too. Let's hope Blomkamp bounces back from this misfire and gets some of the old magic back.

When I sat down to watch this 2021 horror movie from writer and director Neill Blomkamp, I must admit that I was expecting, uhm well, something more, you know, demonic!

Instead I was treated to 1 hour and 44 minutes of pure rubbish. And what was supposed to be demonic was just laughable. Take heed, horror fans, and don't waste your time, money or effort on "Demonic".

The storyline told in "Demonic" was pointless to the core. This was a movie about a daughters estranged relationship with her mom, that they get to attempt to patch up by means of ludicrous simulated interactive interaction.

And as for this being a horror movie. Nope. Don't even bet on it, this was boring and uneventful.

The acting in the movie was adequate, but the actresses and actors were severely hindered in putting on memorable performances given the fact that they virtually had nothing to work with in terms of an interesting storyline, a proper script, memorable characters or compelling dialogue. No, this was hands down a massive swing and a miss from writer and director Neill Blomkamp.

This is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you bother sitting down to watch. Nor is it a movie that I will ever sit down to waste time upon again.

My rating of "Demonic" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.

Nah...couldn't have been...this was low budge messiness...rushed ideas, no vision and some silly dialogue....or better yet what I like to call "nothing talk"...it's almost as if he was contracted to make a movie to pay back the studio ??

WTF did I just watch? This isnt the Neil I remember. It felt like watching a low quality horror sci fi flick. Every Neil short movie and movie shows all the violence and chaos but this just skips over everything. The acting was good but this just isnt it. Very disappointing.

I like Neil's films and unique takes on existing genres. However this movie was much more bland then the trailers make you believe. Literally every cool idea and scene was shown in the trailer. Wanna see how black-op military priests sent by the vatican combat demons...... yeah that never happens. Could have been cool, but nah, no budget for that! Of the 3 V. R. scenes there was only one interesting moment when they kinda reveal the demon. This movie had lots of promise but went nowhere with it, was not scary enough to be called horror, and inspite of its one or two unique ideas, it did not push them far enough.

You'll know it's bad when they enter a VR world in someone's mind. Monster wasn't very scary. Poor Neil, guy needs a hit and this ain't it.

Blomkamp managed to make a unique, fun little horror flick with - a tiny cast and a small budget - during the heart of the pandemic by utilizing new(ish) technology, and a team of mavericks who work primarily on experimental short films. One thing Blomkamp never gets credit for is the sheer originality of his films, and his ability to innovate. This movie may not blow your mind, but I can't say I've ever seen anything like it.

Please excuse my attempts at humor. It's a defensive reaction.

I really, really wanted to like this film. It has been on my watchlist for like 3 years, and I was constantly checking on it. I hoped for Wan as a director, but when I saw Blomkamp, I was pleasantly surprised. I wouldn't say I liked Elysium, but I think Neill is a talented director.

With that being said, I give this film a lot of credit and a 6/10. It had its moments, but the negatives overcame the positives. As more people will watch it, I think it will drop down to ~5.5 or less.

There were three major problems for me:

1) the dialogue was unbearable most of the time;

2) the amounts of exposition thrown in these were overwhelming. The story comes to a halt for 10-15 minutes, and then BOOM, you get bombarded with information the characters share (the things they already know btw). And it's not that confusing to provide this much flashback.

3) the whole technology/occult combination was fresh, but when they tell you the point of all that, it just becomes a laughable excuse and an insane over-complication of what could have been done.

Throw in some heavy continuity, and the majority of the viewers will probably dislike this. The ending clearly shows that at least 10-15 minutes of it was missing, the main lead teleports way too much, and some scenes end abruptly.

I want to mention some positives as well, the film did look good, and I enjoyed the ending night scenes. I constantly felt like I'm giving this film much more creditworthiness than it's worth, but I saw some potential in it.

And yeah, while interesting in their looks, the simulation scenes lacked creativity, and the entity of which we got no information looks like Radament from Diablo 2.

Overall, this is not a horror film. And as much as I appreciate the effort, I didn't like it as much as I wanted to.

Feels like a bad Black Mirror episode. I love Blomkamp's work but this was a misfire.

Carly (Carly Pope) learns from her former childhood friend Martin (Chris William Martin) that her estranged mother Angela (Nathalie Boltt) is in coma in a state-of-art clinic and the doctors responsible for her treatment want to talk to her. Dr. Michael (Michael J Rogers) calls her and schedules a meeting with Carly on the next morning. She meets Dr. Michael and his colleague, Dr. Daniel (Terry Chen), and they explain that they need her in an advanced treatment using an avatar to enter into Angela's mind and learn how she is responding the treatment. Carly accepts to participate in the experiment, but she feels affected by Angela's mind and the doctors interrupt her journey. Affected by the experiment, Carly tells her best friend Sam (Kandyse McClure) how he was her journey. But the doctors summon her again on the next day and Carly learns why her mother became a killer on spree years ago. Now she wants to help Angela, but Carly is deeply affected by a demon and Martin tries to help her.

"Demonic" is a disappointing film by the cult Neill Blomkamp with a promising storyline and a messy screenplay. The plot is confused and never works, with poor development of characters. The viewer never knows where the plot takes place (Canada, South Africa?); what Carly does for living (does she work or study?); why the doctors / priests need Carly to enter in her mother's mind if they know how dangerous it would be. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Na Mente do Demônio" ("In the Mind of the Devil")

Of course that sounds like a fairly amazing premise But sadly it never really finds its own path.

The cast is admirable for going all-in. And it has high production values. But in the end, it's a big so what.

I think Martin was my favorite.

What a bore.

This movie is quite simplu HORRIBLE.

Nothing to recommend. The acting is third rate. The story is a bore and the director does not kknow how to direct at all.

There is no tension, not drama. Just the dreggs.

Some good ideas here, one interesting scene around the 58 minutes mark and...that's it. It doesn't work as an horror film, it doesn't work as a sci-fi film, it doesn't work as a drama.

Make Blomkamp great again.

The main reason I was interested in this film was Neill Blomkamp, who is finally back to making feature films after a 6-years-long pause. After two forays into blockbuster territory, he's back with indie horror and I was very curious how he would approach the genre. The title is very generic and if it wasn't for Blomkamp, I probably would have skipped this one. Plus, it is hard to make a genuinely fresh and interesting horror movie today and Blomkamp almost succeeds, but not all the way through.

It starts out very interesting. The story is intriguing and good acting helped giving it the proper emotion. The simulation scenes are easily the best and most interesting parts of the film, but that aspect of the story is done by the midpoint and only comes back once more in the climax. This is largely why the latter half of the film was disappointing. Plus, something about the writing and sometimes even acting just wasn't on the same level anymore. If the plot was more focused on the initial concept and explored the simulation more, it would have made for a lot more interesting film. This way, we get one amazing scene in the climax and then the rest of it is drawn out and clichéd. However, the design of the demon was very good and there were several genuinely frightening scenes. What's even better is that the demon is obscured most of the time, which makes it all the more creepy. There are a few jumpscares, but Blomkamp doesn't rely on that to much. Instead, he relies on the power of disturbing imagery, which is worthy of respect when many other directors would go for a cheap and sudden booming sound.

All in all, the film could have been a lot better than it ended up being, but it is certainly not bad. With an interesting concept and character design, it is unique enough to stand out among the crowd of other demonic possession horror films. After this, I'm excited to see what Blomkamp does next.

If you are expecting a glossy Hollywood horror movie, then this is not for you.

The director has taken all the best technological advancements he has been working on through his Oat Studio mini movies and created a truly stunning and unique take on the demonic horror genre.

Great story, strong visuals, excellently acted, and well worth a watch.

Ignore the negative reviews, this movie is a very intelligent unique film the idea of the virtual simulation is typical blomkamp. The Vatican black ops is a very clever twist.

I have watched 3 times now and I still enjoy it.

Demonic plays off a strained relationship between mother and daughter - but the means by which they're brought back together is flimsy when it needs to be solid to support the ending. It's a sci/fi and old world mash up of ideas that could work with a stronger plot.

I think the film isn't that bad at all. The horror story has a high tech and action twist, which makes it quite unique and interesting. I enjoyed it.