This might give you the creeps

Eric Bana as an NYPD cop faced with the inexplicable in ‘Deliver Us From Evil’

Some films are made-up scary but there are those that come from real-life darkness. One such movie is “Deliver Us From Evil,” based on the best-selling non-fiction book “Beware The Night” by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool.

A supernatural thriller, the movie brings a blue collar NYPD guy, Sgt. Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana) out of the mean streets and into a world of bizarre incidents that darkened his soul. That the film meshes together a tale of the paranormal based on real events and the classic New York police story makes it compelling.

“The movie is not based on a true story in the full sense of the word, but rather inspired by paranormal cases in Ralph Sarchie’s book, strung together in a single narrative,” says director and writer Scott Derrickson.

Here are ways that even the people behind the film, as well as its lead Bana, weren’t spared the creeps:

Battling evil

Edgar Ramirez, who plays the exorcist priest Joe Mendoza, prepared for his role by talking to several priests who were open enough to share their feelings and anxieties. “I also researched exorcism, and the psychological and emotional consequences that come from performing such a rite. The interviews that I did and the information that I collected indicated that it’s very close to post-traumatic stress disorder, because when you face the devil, you are going to war.”

Shouldn’t have read it at night

Chad Oman, executive producer and president of production for Jerry Bruckheimer Films, one of the companies behind the movie, first came across the story as a six-page book proposal from Sarchie, who was then still an officer in the Bronx’s 46th Precinct. The book would become “Beware The Night.” Oman recalls, “I took it home and read it one night at about midnight after my wife and kids went to sleep. I got about three or four pages into it, and had to stop. I went into the room where my wife was to finish reading the proposal, because it was that frightening.”

Researching exorcisms

“I really don’t want to talk about it too much, but other than to say I saw some materials that, some I am glad I saw and some I wish I hadn’t seen,” says star Bana. “I 100 percent believe that there are people who, no matter what you want to call it, who are suffering immensely because of what they are experiencing. What you call it, how you describe it, how you paraphrase it, I think that’s the right of every individual. But I saw enough to be very moved and very scared.”

Dealing with demons

Derrickson, whose other creepy directorial work was “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” notes, “Exorcisms are real. They happen often. And no matter what you think about them, they’re fascinating and they’re frightening. I’ve read a lot of documentation of cases and seen a lot of case videotapes, and they’re incredible disturbing and compelling.” He adds, “I’m not really interested in trying to propagate people’s belief in the reality of demons or not, but I do think that the phenomenon of exorcism is something that people need to take seriously.”

Check out “Deliver Us From Evil” if you agree. It opens in local theaters on July 2.

This might give you the creeps

Source: Mb.com.ph (June 28, 2014 at 09:26PM)

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