Demián Rugna's unrelentingly grim tale is easily one of the year's finest horrors.

Demián Rugna’s possession film “When Evil Lurks,” is one of the most disturbing and original horror films we've seen in ages.

Powerless in the face of hellish evil and earthly bureaucracy

When Evil Lurks TIFF Review - a gnarly, violent possession shocker from writer/director Demián Rugna, the mastermind behind 2017's Terrified.

"When Evil Lurks," the Argentinian horror thriller titled "Cuando acecha la maldad" in Spanish, drops the viewer into a world where "evil" is recognized, accepted and somewhat understood. Even if the locals in this corner of rural Argentina can't figure out why they're dealing with a demonic possession outbreak, as such things are mostly in…

Argentinian director Demián Rugna outclasses the competition, including that new high-profile 'Exorcist' sequel, with his own unpredictable demon thriller.

Gross and also grimly amusing, the new movie about a demon-affected man who terrorizes two brothers is an excellent kickoff to spooky season.

It’s an admirably vicious piece of work when it wants to be.

'When Evil Lurks' reaches a disturbing level of truth as it traces the fallout of human failures to their absolute extreme.

Argentinian horror pits farmers against Hell and an uncaring government

Our review: Demián Rugna (Terrified) offers a possession movie scarier than Exorcist: Believer and more shocking than Evil Dead Rise. In theaters Oct. 6, on Shudder Oct. 27.

Gather around, sickos! Horror filmmaker Demián Rugna (Terrified) returns with a tale of rapidly spreading demonic possession in When Evil Lurks.

This year seemed to mark the end of a film era. Has another exploded out of the box already? Here are the movies our critics loved in 2023, from one half of ‘Barbenheimer’ to ‘Passages’ to ‘May December’ and more.

One of the meanest, most sadistic, unrelenting depictions of evil you’ll see all year.