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Daniel FalickiFaye SillsSherryl DespresDavid Higbee
DIRECTOR
Daniel Falicki
SYNOPSICS
Accidental Exorcist (2016) is a English movie. Daniel Falicki has directed this movie. Daniel Falicki,Faye Sills,Sherryl Despres,David Higbee are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. Accidental Exorcist (2016) is considered one of the best Horror movie in India and around the world.
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Accidental Exorcist (2016) Reviews
Unique, interesting; Absolute gem.
Usually within the realm of low budget horror flicks, it's safe to say the assumption thought "It'll suck" comes straight to mind. Accidental Exorcist has flaws, but is surely, surely one of those rare finds when it comes to independent / low budget horror films. Coming from a guy that has watched countless independent / low budget horror films in the past that I've refused to bother to review with due to how bad, boring, or cliché it may of been, this film shocked me. The story-line to this entire film was something else, it was something that's simply hard to come by in a horror movie. May not be the best concept in the world, but is it one that'll entertain? Perhaps have one one in a thought provoked state? Yes. We follow around an exorcist, in a sense a dead beat exorcist. One that has a power, yet drinks, takes drugs, and lives in a disgusting area. Pretty much gets booked to certain areas where apparent possessions are taking place, to where of course he goes, and provoked the demon posing the people. First off, this plot overall is interesting; It sounds boring through the review. But seeing the movie is another story. Would it make sense if I were to say it's a plot that you simply have to see to believe - yet you can't explain overall afterwards? The plot is unique, and something different. However it's also quite flawed. First off, don't you think it's a little convenient a person gets possessed by a demon of what seems to be every day? Throughout the entire movie, pretty much every day he was heading to exercise demon, after demon, after demon - Don't get me wrong, entertaining. Better than boredom ( Which is the route many possession flicks nowadays seem to take ) Second of all, the execution made it across the line when it came to the plot, but there were many, many unexplained holes within it. Without spoiling anything, what can be said is that there is many events our main character Richard is put through that don't exactly seem to make sense, and do absolutely nothing for any future of the film. Overall, however, the plot, as said before was unique, and something that sends the viewer into a bit of a thought provoked state, positively. Another flaw I saw in this film, which I'm sure some saw coming is the acting. Some on the on, and off characters' acting was bad. Since this is low budget, I was expecting this, but some actors just overreacted to an extreme. They tried so hard, and it just seems a bit awkward to watch befall. Overall however, toward the characters we see mostly; Mostly Richard. It could've been so, so much worse. And for what it was? Decent enough not to want to rip your own hair out, and quit the movie entirely. Now mostly toward the positive side of things. Low budget horror films usually have terrible cinematography, if you want to call it that, as well as terrible, terrible lighting. This film however wasn't too bad on that note. Sure, you can obviously see the low budget presence in the lighting, as well as cinematography. But the presentation of both elements wasn't bad at all, looking back on how much worse it gets. Lighting overall keeps it to where we see what needs to be seen, and the cinematography doesn't shake to the moon and back - overall succeeding in the purposes! And finally, a massive, massive positive that took me personally by complete surprise. The dark humor, as well as comedy aspect of this film; This is horror comedy. It's actually succeeding in being funny, if not, succeeding in giving a few chuckles. It's simply unique how the comedy is taken upon in this exorcist / possession genre. The main character / actor takes his character to an interestingly funny level that just succeeds, and is fun to watch as he goes about, while at the same time adding in the dark humor. The dark humor of which succeeds. In conclusion. This film has decent acting, at the same time succeed in making pointless dialog, as well as actions funny; Dark humor succeeds at being funny. The overall acting of others wasn't so great, the plot was unique, and entertaining to say the best. At the same time it had holes, it had unexplained, noticeable upbringings, and some elements were even as far as ridiculous. The film itself also dragged on for a good amount of time, lowering the rating, and charm further. Overall however; Imagine an Adult Swim horror film, this would probably fill in that spot, despite it's 20 or so minutes of seriousness. This film was an overall ride, definitely not for all horror fans however. Take it with a grain of salt, see if it deserves your attention. Overall this was a gem for sure, however. Unique executions with typical flaws.
Lacks basic film-making qualities
Apart from a couple of sequences, ACCIDENTAL EXORCIST is just your usual nondescript low rent horror movie that typically consists of a single actor talking to the camera for long, stretched-out passages of time. There is a plot of sorts, but it's a very boring plot and full of too much chatter. There's the occasional energetic moment but otherwise this is a film lacking in the most basic qualities of film-making.
Lo-fi and a bit grotty to watch but it has some originality buried in the mix
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. This 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 isn't getting filthy as part of his day job he'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 isn'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.
Ignore The Bad Reviews - Interesting and Darkly Funny in a Shaun of the Dead Kind of Way
I read a few initial reviews on pure horror sites that gave this film low scores for the most part. The film is an interesting concept whereby the main character, Richard "Rich" Vanuk (actor Daniel Falicki) is gifted with the ability to easily (for the most part) cast demons out of the possessed. I will not spoil the how, but I actually enjoyed this overall plot device, even as Rich is a tragic and conflicted person, caught up in his own personal "demons". My wife and I are big fans of Shaun of the Dead, as well as pure zombie films that are not comedic (think 28 Days Later, the Resident Evil series, etc.). Where Accidental Exorcist worked for us both is in its intended or unintended dark humor, especially the moments during the scenes of exorcism. Each of the exorcism characters are vastly different, from a young woman, to a black minister in a bathtub, to an obese, long-haired hippy guy, to a devoted Catholic man and his brother. The humor comes from a number of places that resonate well, at least for me. The deadpan conversations that Rich has with the possessed, prior to helping them, are hilarious, as are the exorcism scenes. And there are some more serious moments that work as well, such as the post-exorcism conversation Rich has with Jeremiah, the fourth possession. And then that scene ends badly, breaking the touching moment, but in an almost expected way for a guy like Rich who just cannot seem to catch a positive break. When Rich reluctantly takes an office cubicle job in a plastic pigment company the lighting of the scene is so well done, with that horrible fluorescent hue that is so dehumanizing. Richard's on-boarding guidance and conversation with his boss is also hilarious, as is the overall scene, with the conversations of other sales folks on calls wafting around the office. The scene is comically evocative of the movie "Office Space", and even as it is a short scene, it is a nice deviation from the feel and pacing of the movie leading up to it. For a B movie that most people will most likely never see, I give this film a solid 8 out of 10, primarily for the well-executed and well-written dark comedic moments that lift the film from what would be just a campy exorcism film to a movie that I see watching again, and most likely, more than just a second time, as I have done over the years with Shaun of the Dead. And I really enjoyed Daniel Falicki as an actor, and will definitely be checking out some of his other films, as he surprised me (as an unknown actor to me prior to Accidental Exorcist) with his range and abilities.
One of the best horror movies ever!
Amazing work by Daniel Falicki. Well-acted, intensely disturbing and comedic at the same time. For general fans of horror, art and film, make up, prosthetics, animatronics. Accidental Exorcist has it all! It's also psychologically accurate in its dealing with addiction and alcoholism, which adds a flare of real drama and an empathy with the main character. Highly recommended!