When Evil Lurks

Name: When Evil Lurks
Genre: Horror
Released: October 6, 2023
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Demián Salomón, Desirée Salgueiro, Emilio Vodanovich, Ezequiel Rodríguez, Federico Liss

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IFC Films | Release Date: October 6, 2023 | NR

Starring: Demián Salomón, Desirée Salgueiro, Emilio Vodanovich, Ezequiel Rodríguez, Federico Liss, Luis Ziembrowski, Marcelo Michinaux, Paula Rubinsztein, Silvina Sabater, Virginia Garófalo

Summary: In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to give birth to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the man but merely succeed in helping him to deliver the inferno.

Director: Demián Rugna

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: NR

Runtime: 99 min

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Matt Donato

Oct 12, 2023

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. Read full review

Polygon Tasha Robinson

Oct 6, 2023

With this project, Rugna breaks plenty of horror rules and literally writes his own, turning his film into 2023’s most unnerving horror release — and a welcome revival for a subgenre that seemed like it was on its last spindly, clawed, wall-climbing legs. Read full review

The Playlist Charles Barfield

Oct 28, 2023

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. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Sep 17, 2023

Even when you then think it may have all settled down, the film twists the knife even further. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Oct 13, 2023

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

Scott Campbell

Oct 26, 2023

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. Read full review

IndieWire Wilson Chapman

Sep 14, 2023

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. Read full review

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