Accidental Exorcist (2016)

Accidental Exorcist: Directed by Daniel Falicki. With Daniel Falicki, Faye Sills, Sherryl Despres, David Higbee. Fate has dealt Richard Vanuck a very strange hand; he’s a natural born exorcist. In fact, he’s the best there’s ever been, and with possessions on the rise across the city he’s booked solid. Eventually he comes to realize that performing exorcisms is the only thing he’s truly good at, even though his daily battles with Satanic forces are wearing him down. “Riveting, a master piece.” – Awesome Mag “Epic in its scope and message.” – Flatlands “Melancholy tale of possession that felt more Evil Dead than Shaun of the Dead.” – Scream Horror Magazine

“We follow an alcoholic exorcist who lives in extremely dingy conditions as he goes out on his daily routine visiting various possessed individuals and carrying out exorcisms.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a very low budget film indeed. Its primary actor Daniel Falicki, also is the director. Falicki puts in a pretty fearlessly intense performance here, portraying a highly unglamourized character. I found this film to be impressive in some respects but hard going in others. On the positive side of the fence, this truly is a new take on the possession film sub-genre, with the methods used entirely at odds with what we have become accustomed to. There are a number of these encounters and I have to say that there was a certain atmosphere generated for many of them which was pretty effective too. On the negative side, it was an excessively grimy and grungy film to endure, with a great deal of puke, spittle and sweat. When the main character isnu0026#39;t getting filthy as part of his day job heu0026#39;s hitting the booze in sweaty locations – it all gets a little much after a bit. The sheer rawness of the production values also ensures this is rough stuff technically which isnu0026#39;t necessarily a deal-breaker but it does mean you need to be willing to accept a very lo-fi product. With all this in mind it did feel like the movie itself might have benefited from being about twenty minutes shorter as well, as the material is also a little repetitive as well as very raw. I do have to give Falicki some credit though, as he has put together an original take on this type of material, with the exorcisms especially being extremely far removed from what you will have seen before. For such a micro-budgeted movie, I think it is commendable that he has decided to venture out into such unforeseen territory. So, while I think this production has some definite problems, I also appreciate that was not afraid to at least try something new.”