When Evil Lurks

When Evil Lurks is a capital “H” horror film that risks it all and hits the jackpot, pummeling its audience into submissions and still leaving us asking for more.

Perhaps it’s the fact that the first 45 minutes of “When Evil Lurks” is so great, but the dopamine rush does fade quite a bit in the second half of the film.

Delivering scares at a pace that rarely allows one to catch their breath, and with enough gruesome surprises to consistently startle.

Demián Rugna’s harrowing film spares no one from the cruelty of its world.

It's not going to be for everyone, but if you've got the stomach for it, then When Evil Lurks is easily among the year's most gruesome, unrelenting, and unforgettable horrors.

When Evil Lurks is still one of the most original horror films of recent memory and a pretty convincing argument to turn out the lights when you’re not using them, no matter how scary the dark is, especially out in the sticks.

A fun premise can get a horror film far, and “When Evil Lurks” has one that could be taken to interesting, terrifying places. But rather than lean into what makes its world of demonic diseases intriguing, the film squanders its own potential by leaning into its worst qualities and instincts.

Uno de los escasos ejemplos de cómo hacer cine de terror del tipo demoniaco, con solvencia e inteligencia. Se nota de cerca y lejos que se hizo el esfuerzo de ser lo más original posible y evitando los típicos clichés. Y eso se debe agradecer.

This movie began with some intrigue and showed promise, but like all too many horror movies, it couldn't sustain the early momentum. Ultimately, too many significant things are merely forgotten and go unexplained, it suffers from bizarre character decisions/behavior, and it leaves viewers with a plethora of loose ends and questions.

It doesn't do justice to the hype created. Although it shows great promise when it picks up the pace, it is mostly a mediocre movie that lacks pace, wastes a lot of time and fails to establish the importance of the finale. Unfortunately average.

I was deceived. They sold me this movie as if it were a grand horror film, but that’s not quite the **** script and the development of the plot and characters are terrible. The characters make objectively dumb decisions at various moments, and this happens with several characters. The movie presents many things but doesn’t explain any of them satisfactorily. I understand that not everything needs to be explained, but also throwing in various elements of the work’s mythology without providing any explanation makes the film extremely confusing. Furthermore, several of these mythological elements are introduced but either aren’t used in any way or are quickly contradicted by the movie itself. The only good thing I can point out are some daring scenes, but that doesn’t carry the movie at all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fui enganado. Me venderam esse filme como se fosse um grandessíssimo filme de terror, porém, não é bem assim. O roteiro e o desenvolvimento da trama e dos personagens é péssimo. Os personagens tomam decisões objetivamente burras em vários momentos e cometidos por vários personagens. O filme apresenta várias coisas mas não explica nenhuma delas de forma satisfatória, entendo que nem tudo precisa ser explicado, mas também jogar várias coisas, vários elementos de mitologia da obra e não dar qualquer explicação sobre elas faz com que o filme se torne extremamente confuso. Além disso, vários destes elementos de mitologia são jogados, mas, ou não são utilizados de qualquer forma, ou são rapidamente desmentidos pelo próprio filme. A única coisa boa que posso apontar são algumas cenas corajosas, mas isso não carrega o filme, de forma alguma.

i like the concept but it try so hard but failed it has really annoyign sound effects the whole movie fell so messy and not on a good way compare to "28 days later"