As we approach the year’s end and look back in hindsight, 2014 served up some great new entries into the horror genre as a whole. Films like Annabelle, The Badabook, As Above, So Below along with another new entry into The Purge franchise ensured that genre fans had plenty to keep them up at night in petrified fear.
One such title was Scott Derrickson’s Deliver Us From Evil, the supernatural-infused crime drama that took its inspiration from real-life events. In fact, the film is said to be based on the bone-chilling personal accounts from Sargent Ralph Sarchie’s own NYPD experiences.
For Derrickson’s rendition, Eric Bana steps into the shoes of Sarchie — a detective who must wrestle his own personal demons while stalking the streets of the Big Apple to solve a series of gruelling murders. Joining Bana in Deliver Us From Evil are Édgar RamÃrez, Olivia Munn, Sean Harris and Community’s Joel McHale.
To hype up the upcoming home video release, Sony have released a new promotional trailer for the Blu-ray, detailing exactly why we should be getting excited for it to hit store shelves.
Deliver Us From Evil will loom onto Blu-Ray on October 28th. In the meantime, you can check out the eerie trailer above and let us know in the comments section whether or not you’ll be picking up the film next week.
In DELIVER US FROM EVIL, New York police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana), struggling with his own personal issues, begins investigating a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest (Edgar Ramirez), schooled in the rituals of exorcism, to combat the frightening and demonic possessions that are terrorizing their city. Based upon the book, which details Sarchie’s bone-chilling real-life cases.
