Incarnate – Teuflische Besessenheit (2016)

Incarnate – Teuflische Besessenheit: Directed by Brad Peyton. With Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz. A scientist with the ability to enter the subconscious minds of the possessed must save a young boy from the grips of a demon with powers never seen before, while facing the horrors of his past.

“The plot: a bitter scientist who can enter other peopleu0026#39;s dreams becomes an exorcist to hunt down the demon that killed his family.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re a fan of Aaron Eckhart, how could you not find this concept exciting? The problem is that the film gives you all kinds of promises and fails to deliver on any of them. Every step of the way, youu0026#39;re left thinking to yourself, u0026quot;This movie could have been awesome.u0026quot; With such an over-the-top, absurd premise, you could have really gone crazy. Instead, itu0026#39;s by-the-numbers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dream sequences in particular could have been memorable. Remember The Cell by Tarsem Singh? That wasnu0026#39;t a great movie, but the dream sequences were great. Imagine what someone like David Cronenberg could have done with this concept! Instead, what do we get? A generic nightclub. A generic carnival. A generic park. When music videos from the 1990s look more visionary — and disturbing — than your horror movie, thatu0026#39;s a problem.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePerhaps one of the more perplexing aspects of the story is that our hero rejects spiritual mumbo jumbo when it comes to demons, but he uses psychic powers to fight them. I suspect this was done to explain why he must fight the demons personally. But given that heu0026#39;s already obsessed with vengeance, why canu0026#39;t that be enough? Why does he also need superpowers?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is OK, but it often feels like it could have been so much more. Despite throwing several interesting ideas at you, it never rises above the pedestrian elevator pitch: u0026quot;Fallen meets Inceptionu0026quot;. However, itu0026#39;s not boring, which is truly the only unforgivable sin in a horror movie.”