Incarnate (2016)

From my favorite movies..

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I mean this movie was just terrible. I saw the previews for this movie almost a year before it came out. I was sooooo excited I kept checking the date to see when it came out... I even saved it on my calendar...every time a scary movie comes out I want that same scare the exorcist gave me years ago and I thought this was gonna be it...the movie had an awesome concept but the plot and the point was completely missed...the guy went into the boys' mind once and then everything else was all over the place...I was ready to see some scary stuff once he went into the little boys mind but no all we got was the boy with pale skin and black eyes and loud scary music whoever wrote this should be fired as a writer!

This has a very interesting concept about evil/possession/exorcising within the subconscious realms and Aaron Eckhart puts everything he has into the character he plays. The horror cliches however are some of the worst I've seen. The unconvincing demonic effects like black/red eyes with pitiful cgi and the demonic voices that sound like funny drag queens are 2 of the dumbest aspects of this already very poorly written film. At least put more thought into your production value than what scares 5 yr olds. The twists are ridiculous and the scenes meant to be terrifying are laughably bad especially the one in the park. At least Overall this was a pretty abysmal film but Eckhart deserves some praise.

Some really intense scare scenes in the beginning, but ultimately the film is one of the less interesting possession films. Aaron Eckhart's character was the only active character in the fim, as the rest were very passive, including the demon Maggie. This demon simply sat waiting in a room the entire movie, and didn't really do anything. Once the boy was possessed within the first few minutes, the rest of the film became bland with no scares whatsoever. Matt Nable's character as the boy's father added a bit of interest, as well, but in general this was a dull and slow ride.

I'll simply say this about Incarnate, if you're looking for a film that is in the vein of Insidious or some other horror film that relies on the viewer actually paying attention to the story over the typical guts and gore, then you're in luck. However, if you're looking to just kill an hour and a half with something mindless, look elsewhere. This movie, while by no means perfect, is also highly underrated and at least tries to put its' own twist on the whole possession sub-genre. Don't let the negative rating or reviews put you off, this is one film that you'll regret not viewing several years later. In this viewer's opinion, this is a future cult classic.