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THE IRREFUTABLE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS

2000 • NZ HMDB
May 1, 2000

In the place between what you know, and what you fear, demons rule. All hope is stripped away as demonic forces overcome you. Dr. Harry Ballard has just unearthed the essence of evil. He’s a marked man, a living sacrifice, thrown to the depths of the demon world. At his side is a beautiful young woman – an ex-cult member who’s experienced their immeasurable power.

Directors

Glenn Standring

Cast

Karl Urban, Katie Wolfe, Sally Stockwell, Tony MacIver, Phil Grieve, Kelson Henderson, Neill Rea, Danny Mulheron, Jonathon Hendry, Adam Brookfield
Horror

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Harry Ballard, a young anthropologist who specializes in the occult and in particular the myth of demons, loses his brother under mysterious circumstances after the latter publicly denounced the followers of some fanatical-religious cults. Harry decides to investigate but ends up being kidnapped and tortured by the members of a powerful satanic sect. The young man's situation worsens when he is accused of the murder of his girlfriend: he has no choice but to flee from everyone (demons and police) in search of the truth in a hallucinatory journey where he will no longer be able to distinguish reality from hallucinations… Arrived (strangely) in Italy after being presented, before its official release, at several fantasy-horror festivals and competitions where it participated without ever winning anything (and for those who have seen it, it is not difficult to understand the reason…), this New Zealand-produced film directed by Glenn Standring is the usual no-frills horror, which unfortunately has all the defects of low-budget productions without having their qualities (originality and desire to surprise). The film is indeed a collection of stereotypes and clichés and borrows not only sequences but sometimes entire settings and specific lines from important milestones of the genre (among many "Hellraiser", "Stigmata", "An American Werewolf in London", "The Lord of Illusions", "Creepshow" and "Angel Heart"). Good, however, the performances of the two protagonists and well-made some special effects. In short, a real disappointment, rather predictable but not for that any less painful because every time one is about to watch a movie, one hopes at least to have fun or feel emotions and instead with this "The Indisputable Truth about Demons" one only gets bored.