Hostage to the Devil

This is a fascinating documentary about Father Malachi Martin, who authored the incredible book by the same name. The book was so good that I was afraid this documentary wouldn't live up to its name. But it surpassed my expectations. I loved this documentary, but please make sure to read the book as well.

This was not bad. I thought it was interesting mostly

I knew nothing of this man Malachi Martin when I looked into watching Hostage to the Devil but I enjoy a good exorcism story as much as the next and going into this I believed it to be a straight up movie and not actually a documentary on the gentleman's life. It wasn't actually until I came on IMDB some 20 minutes into the film to check out previous reviews of this documentary to see if this was one of those fake 'spoof' type of affairs and while I I believe this person existed now, throughout the film I still got this air of inauthenticity about it. Perhaps it was because the film was too pro-Malachi and his beliefs to establish a balanced view of the man with just one dissenter who I felt was made out to be a bitter dying man because Martin allegedly started an affair with his wife. It was an absorbing watch however and a curious look at what many 'rational' minded group of people could just have easily labelled Martin as a charismatic con artist.

I just recently watched 'Hostage to the Devil' and was thoroughly glued to the screen

It's brilliantly researched and responsibly portrayed for the viewer to receive an unbiased representation of the subject matter

Congratulations to the entire creative team that put this production together 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Totally engrossed from the get go... if you've had any personal experience with evil. I like the quote early on about how "words don't teach, experience teaches." Applicable in all arenas of life but esp. in this one. I have had encounters with evil forces, wrestled with them, and rejected them. This was very affirming for me. Just because you haven't had experiences like these, does NOT give you the right to discount them, or sadly put down others who have had them. This is not sensationalized entertainment, it is real I tell you whether you like it or not like he said. If you haven't experienced this stuff, I'm happy for you. Not a part of your story. But for a small percentage of us it is very real