WHEN EVIL LURKS - The Most Disturbing Possession Horror Ever Made

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[@threeofjays6420]

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[@fearofthechippan]

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[@darthheisenberg5983]

Can you watch the mean one. Its a great film with evil grinch.

[@couchgamingtv9593]

dog, it's the 20th today How much are those guys paying you XD

[@czajniknt8331]

I love how every time elvis watches something with gore or something like this he has his wife with him and she is just disguisted to the bones

[@davialmeida4442]

The weirdest part is that she keeps coming back. Relantionship goals right there

[@OrgBobaFret]

It's the only thing she won't fall asleep too😅 Oh and it none of our business but I did hear she was pregnant if so congratulations

[@SaintShion]

​@@davialmeida4442Nah its the eating food for me lol. Im in the hospital so I told my husband watch this 1 with out me I got enough depression lmao but it looks really good ngl.

[@ryomen_sukuna-m6h]

and he just laughs 💀

[@Temette13]

fr, I love seeing her reactions

[@7DeadlyButterflies]

I like how they have his son put on a sheepskin while talking to the grandmother. Literal wolf in sheep’s clothing

[@7DeadlyButterflies]

And maybe a nod to little red riding hood since he ate his grandmother

[@ChuAlready]

He ate her

[@choeeeeeee]

that's my favorite symbolism from the movie !!

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

oh shit good catch!

[@controversa2282]

One of the most ironic moves is that in Argentina they have a wine that translated is called "Sheep in Wolf's skin" (i am from a brazilian region nearby argentina)

[@FelarofTheMearh]

17:57 Fun fact! In Argentina we have very restrictive laws regarding child actors and the kids cannot witness violent scenes, so they had to paint the child blue and edit the color of the blood in post prod 😂

[@ramiropiwnicki5970]

Gracias por el datazo

[@FelarofTheMearh]

Another fun fact is that they used real dogs for all the scenes. One of them was a sweetheart and a couch potato, but the other one really disliked kids 🤣 So they had to remove all the kids from the set when it was time to shoot with the more aggressive dog to prevent what we see in the movie from actually happening 🐶🤭 I guess the dog was a method actor 😂

[@ramiropiwnicki5970]

@@FelarofTheMearh 🤣

[@SaintShion]

​@@FelarofTheMearh i grew up with a friend who was mauled by a dog at that girls age and it left terrible scars all over her. Dogs kinda freak me out but I felt kinda bad for that big dog lol.

[@noelramirez1551]

​@@SaintShioni remember in my neighborhood this family had an aggressive pug ..... scared the sh*t out of this girl and she punted that thing like 50 feet away

[@stevengosnell7034]

That absolutely bone chilling moment where the non-verbal son comes in to ask the grandmother for a warm drink, noticably he grabs and drapes himself in a sheepskin throw. Which i think is an undoubtedly clever and artistic reference to his full transition into posesssion or becoming a "wolf in sheeps clothing" so to speak. Brilliant symbolism that adds to the occult horror aspect.

[@lautaroasis60]

"The movie where the main guy is SUCH a country guy, he would rather listen to the devil than to a woman" is a way its been described. Accurate

[@telescopia_]

​@kevalyarathore223 pibe de campo

[@martygrale]

@kevalyarathore223 I guess he means a hillbilly.

[@rafaelferfer1332]

​@@martygralea Texan if you will

[@KingOfGaymes]

@kevalyarathore223red neck

[@aliway4136]

​@@rafaelferfer1332oh nice casual bigotry 🙄

[@Lowbrass64]

I’ve watched this twice so far. I had thought that the land owner’s wife was instantly possessed when the goat was killed. That’s why the axe to the head was so shocking because it came just a split second after the gunshot. Same with his ex’s husband: he was possessed immediately after shooting the dog.

[@BishopGG]

I thought the same (or the baby would be possessed but it never got that far lol)

[@TaiNatsu]

You're right. Sometimes Elvis doesn't understand some scenes

[@serenacelestine]

Agreed, I think it’s pretty clear that she was possessed. No one would be able to willingly chop into their own face multiple times like that. Same with the ex-wife’s new husband. He wasn’t forced off the road, he was possessed after shooting the dog and deliberately drove into + killed his wife.

[@stanczyk03]

He also left out how the rotten’s brother ate his mom too

[@TNTGFX]

That kinda irked me though in a way, why would she kill herself with an axe if she was possessed? Weren't the possessed/rotten supposed to be killed by an axe or non gunpowder weapons to stop the spread?

[@wickedcita]

Interesting to learn that they translated "embichado" as "rotten". You call "embichado" to an animal that has wounds with maggots in them. It's a term used in rural areas.

[@imannam]

"bugged" suena más bien ridículo aparte de tener un significado completamente distinto. creo que "rotten" funciona decentemente pero embichado es muy específico y básicamente perfecto

[@gerardocruzzumaran206]

Creo que embichado queda muy bien para el regionalismo latino o argentino. No se. Me encantó que fueran los embichados.

[@CabezasDePescado]

Dificil de traducir

[@FargonNemeloc]

​​@@imannam I think the closest to a correct translation would be infested (infestado) or plagued (plagado) The demon/creature/entity isnt rotting the person, its saturating its influence on the soul and body of the victim, just like an oversaturation of bacteria, maggots, cancer or other fauna that's parasitic to its host

[@Luckypants2113]

ya alot of people have said the translations in this movie could be better.

[@stillhammered3060]

I think Pedro being so incompetent and broken at the start of the movie is kind of the point. There never was any hope of stopping the infection and final birth of the evil. How many of us would be heroes in such a horrific situation?

[@mephistopheles2508]

The point is most of us would have done nothing, that's all he had to do, NOTHING.

[@cynxmanga]

Such a character only turns the whole movie into misery porn. Yes I get it, "we're all doomed and nothing can be done to save us bc we are just fucked up useless humans that never do anything good in life". What's so fascinating in it?

[@DamnitMan88]

Most people would've just ran away... and those who willing to try and stop it, would most likely listen more actively to the rules. No one will make such irrational decisions.

[@spinyslasher6586]

Idk man I will. What Pedro had to do wasn't exactly rocket science.

[@Chiefteeth1]

@@spinyslasher6586anybody can say what they would’ve done. The truth is that you have never been in the presence of an actual demon. 99 percent of people on earth would not agree to go inside of a room with a bear let alone a demonic entiry

[@Gdub33]

This is arguably the best horror/demonic possession film I've seen in years. So original. No jump scares, it doesn't even need them. Thanks so much for turning me onto this film!

[@d347hw15h]

You can also try The Wailing (2016), it has similar atmosphere

[@Gdub33]

@d347hw15h I'll check it out. Thanks so much, it was really nice of you to go out of your way to recommend it!

[@C0wy_]

as an autistic person, i can confirm that the evil inside me hasnt worked out my mind yet

[@PeterFrikadelle]

I'm dying over here 🤣

[@SuperMaster000X]

Autistic demon shield¡

[@HannaKrupnik]

Samee tbh, can't wait though

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

Well I'm sure after it has worked out you'll start talking normally 😂

[@TRKJSR]

Hey that sounds an awful lot like a joke! 😂👍

[@koanikal]

Jair's quick glance at Pedro, right before the end, is one of the creepiest things I've seen in a long time.

[@TheFantasticFox822]

Yep. And it shows Jair is still possessed at the end of the movie - the demonic spirit inside him is pretending Jair is back to normal, but it’s actually just waiting and playing along for the moment.

[@koanikal]

@@TheFantasticFox822 yeah, pretty much the perfect coda to this movie. Love me some unhappy endings in horror :)

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

​​@@koanikal I wouldn't expect a movie with a plot like this to end on a happy note, but I wish more horror movies had happy or bittersweet endings instead of ending on a bad note. Again, I'm not saying every single horror movie should, especially ones involving demons and incompetent protagonists like Pedro.

[@KingOfGaymes]

That actors blank stare is super creepy, fits the movie real well

[@alexthecreature]

it made me laugh out loud so hard when i saw it for the first time

[@FelarofTheMearh]

11:17 Oh no, this wasn't Pedro's fault. The ex wife's husband had killed the possesed dog with gunpowder, so he was already possessed and in his way to kill his wife.

[@koanikal]

That's been my take on it as well.

[@lPunketSlyl]

yup he was obviously going for the wife as you see him speeding as soon as he sees her

[@Hush_Hushly]

I mean doesnt the kid practically say the cars gonna crash into her anyway so it was def the 'demon'.

[@stephengarforth2753]

your talking to an american that kinda stuff is gonna go over their head

[@xChikyx]

exactly!

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

The wife self-axing is very convincing. Each stroke of the axe is weaker as she gets more damaged, but her will to die is so strong she continues until she cannot do it anymore and just dies. I have NOTHING BUT PRAISE for this movie! It's a masterpiece!

[@nihiqallam5616]

She possess

[@amym3780]

She wasn’t possessed. She was trying to make sure the evil “spreading” ended with them

[@nihiqallam5616]

@@amym3780 if the body die the possession is free to take new form so no that dumb

[@TheFurnace69]

@@amym3780 She looked pretty possessed to me. The man had just shot the animal which we are told is not good to do. This caused them to get possessed in the same way the husband did when he killed the dog.

[@hawtdawg3823]

She was 100% Possessed.

[@MatiasEzze]

I’m Argentinian and I’ve been in some of the places this movie was filmed. I’m glad it got the attention it deserved.

[@TinyToadSage]

Oh cool!! Did you get to see any of the specific places like the house or school? The suburban neighborhood was creepy to me because it's the last place you'd expect to have a big possession event happen.

[@MatiasEzze]

@@TinyToadSage the scene where he throws his phone after the phonecall of his death ex wife for example. It’s a very iconic place where many films have been shot. I actually made a photoshoot in that same spot. Is like an old gas station. You can google it as “Villa Ruiz” in Buenos Aires And most of the countryside shots have been filmed in the rural area of San Andres de Giles, also in Buenos Aires.

[@Icyasmurf]

Does this film not have subtitles he somehow had subtitles and tried searching if the movie had any and only saw some people say to try Spanish subtitles which makes no sense

[@MatiasEzze]

@@Icyasmurf it has subtitles. Even though sometimes the translation can miss some idioms or manners Argentinian accent has. But I assume the movie has been subtitled.

[@florenciacassoni3490]

​@@Icyasmurfit does make sense bc not all Spanish speakers know the same Spanish or can understand every single accent. But yeah if you're from the States you can find the movie on Shudder and get subtitles in English there.

[@wsperingggg]

Did you know this movie is actually an allegory for pesticides ravaging rural farming communities in Argentina? Look it up, gives the whole plot an ENTIRELY different spin!

[@cyrollan]

That's good to know! Thanks

[@sleepyblue8]

Right! Ryan Hollinger’s channel went into this. It’s basically an allegory for the cycle of poverty the Argentinian farmers had to suffer with and the pesticides that impacted later generations. Pedro and Jaime were the perfect protagonists, because it’s a perfect representation of the desperate hopeful who has no control over the system they’re born into

[@DrKritter]

Mild correction on some things. So the evil jumps from target to target if people don't do the specific stuff to prevent it. You can have a possessed person but as long as no on breaks the rules around them, they can be in that body until it dies. The lady near the end says in the city there are possessed people but people know how to deal with it and don't break any of the rules so it's trapped there. So in the case of the new husband running over the wife...the guy shot the dog(which was evil and is another rule you can't break) and it possessed the husband, then he killed the wife by hitting her. Since the wife died/got possessed then she goes after the kids. It all started by Pedro leaving the clothes so the dog sniffs it, gets possessed, kills the girl, then gets shot. The guy who kills the dog gets possessed and kills the wife which the possessed/fake daughter warned her about. I think the order of ease of possession is animals--->kids--->adults. There's a debate on if with the goat scene, if the evil jumped to the unborn baby and made the mom kill the husband and then herself or if the wife was possessed and then kills the husband.

[@FargonNemeloc]

I want to believe the wife knew what was coming and decided to sacrifice following the rules

[@whenallelsfails21]

​@@FargonNemeloc what? So she instantly kills her husband and axes herself in the face bc of "the rules"? What human does that? The demon jumped straight to her from the goat.

[@darkdeifan]

I think the moment Ruiz shoots the goat the evil possess him, but knowing this the wife kills him before he can kill her. Since hurting the possessed is a no-no it makes her kill herself so she can't have her baby? I'm a bit lost there, but maybe her axing her stomach would have make the next killings seem less brutal in comparison.

[@whenallelsfails21]

@@darkdeifan she was possessed not ruiz, the demon made her kill him and herself. You're confusing yourself here

[@darkdeifan]

@@whenallelsfails21 Not sure about that because the rule is that you get possessed when you hurt a possessed. So when Ruiz shoots the possessed goat HE should be the one getting possessed and the wife only after killing Ruiz.

[@newhavencon-py5yy]

There's a sense of certain defeat in this movie. They know the rules, though maybe they really don't, but the rules are impossible to follow. It's like battling the Thing after it escapes the Arctic. You cannot possibly cleanse everything when the infection is rapidly spreading in every direction, so the worst ending is just inevitable.

[@darkdeifan]

you can't hurt the possessed but they haunt you tirelessly, it is a "doom if you do, doom if you don't" situation. All you can do is run away and pray the exorcist arrives.

[@ohc1492]

like a pandemic!!

[@florenciacassoni3490]

The thing is, they mention it in the movie many times.. this rotten thing only happens in the big cities. This is a small town, they're not used to it so even knowing the rules by ear I would understand not fully following them or being unsure about them. Also I find it funny that it's the big cities that suffer it most when legends and myths (the rotten are a legend in this country) are mostly treated as realities and believed in small towns, rather than big cities.

[@PreorderBonus1]

"Ruiz" is pronounced as "Rui" in the movie because, in some places in Argentina, the S and Z at the end of words aren't pronounced, especially in the countryside. Great video, this has been one of my favorite horror movies from 2023

[@Wicked061]

I love learning stuff like that. You never know when you need to know something, ya know? Thanks

[@dub7774]

Soy de argentina y ni yo sabia eso, pero tambien, nunca sali de mi Ciudad aparte de un viaje con la escuela a Carlos Paz y a Buenos Aires de vacaciones. Y eso que soy Ruiz Diaz xD

[@icecreamgenius557]

Mejor explicado, imposible, capo.

[@andrepatri1]

Es como el "Luí" a los "Luis", en algunos lados les dicen que son medio chuncanos los que hablan asi, con expresiones y acento del campo

[@rosswatson3993]

Nobody cares

[@MasonicMafia]

This film does an amazing job of making you feel hopeless dread for everyone involved. The shot of the dog under the table will probably haunt me for life. 10/10 would traumatize myself again

[@Sirodemirra]

Ezequiel Rodriguez (Pedro) was asked about the decision making of his characther. Wich he interpreted as beign a simple farm hand, uneducated and almost a brute. Also based on an argentine archetype of the "crazy rancher" of the town who everyone knows not to trust.

[@dantegonza6504]

It seems to me that he was not a field laborer, but rather someone who worked the land, that is, he rented a plot of land with his brother and they grew something and harvested crops, thus earning a living.

[@TheMaginice9800]

No way I actually read this as “when Elvis lurks” and I was actually curious as how would a horror movie about Elvis’ ghost would be so good

[@steflonc283]

Not a Elvis'ghost but there is Bubba Ho-Tep, a mummy haunt a retirement home were the true Elvis is retired

[@Yoruichi_16]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Me hiciste reír pibe

[@ALLCAPSKELL]

Everyone I’ve talked to about this movie compares the brain eating to a popcorn bucket and I’m not complaining. It’s so iconic and brutal. 😂

[@KingOfGaymes]

I mean with how she was digging, it’s accurate xD

[@whinybritches]

Somebody photoshop the Dune bucket in there pleeeease

[@Dradeeus]

There's something awesome and unsettling about the fact that the return of this infection is triggering people, and you never are told what they know, that the viewer doesn't.

[@Zeitgeist6]

I loved this movie. It's messed up but manages to somehow stay grounded and realistic which makes it so effective.

[@danielaxc2900]

That scene with the goat is so good. The goat is the best actor in this sequence.

[@tristanborden0414]

7:25 the evil travels fast, so once he killed the goat she became possessed and killed her husband and herself. It’s confirmed later when Leo turns after killing the dog. Just a little clarification haha

[@sint3640]

No. As already mentioned a few times here. Killing evil with the gun spreads shit. So if she was possessed she would´ve ATLEAST killed herself with the gun rather than the axe. She literally killed her husband and herself because she was scared of what her husband had caused by shooting the goat.

[@darkdeifan]

The thing with the clothes is that they were from the house that was in the affected land, that is why he needed 'new' clothes and couldn't take anything from his house... So Pedro would have had to drive naked... and guess that would have made it harder for him to get pass his ex's front door. Also! About Jair, following what Mirta says, the demon inside him can't do the full possession (yet) BECAUSE Jair is austhistic and when the grandma is naming the demons Jair starts repeating one of the names, so is reasonable to believe he was already possessed by Asmodeus by then. I do believe that from the stress caused by all the horrors of the birthing process of Uriel's demon was that Asmodeus was able to begging the actual possession of Jair.

[@TheBPDFairy]

I'm from Uruguay (tiny country next to Argentina) and a horror movie fan. It was pretty cool to see Elvis reviewing this movie, seeing his and his wife's initial reactions, hearing some names, seeing some nostalgic elements like the kids' school uniforms. And the movie itself seems disgustingly horrifying, building momentum and installing fear not only from the gruesome scenes, but for example changing the behaviour of the autistic kid and showing the terror in his grandmother's face. I would definitely watch it.

[@W0lfenstrike]

The fact that the protagonist is such a moron makes this movie more believable and somewhat relatable, not everybody is built to be a "hero", even if you think highly of yourself, sometimes you're just an impulsive idiot who basically dooms humanity.

[@TheMeanMongoose]

Exactly, this guy is disrtessed, grieving, sleep-deprived and not an expert of the supernatural, obviously. Most everyday people wound't have fared better.

[@SchlauSchafe]

No it really doesn't His mistakes mightve made it feel this way, but the fact that he refused to listen to the people around him gives it the opposite effect to me. Not only is he dumb, but he's actively ignoring people trying to help him, which I don't think is "realistic" it's just irritating to watch.

[@mbn0074]

nah, i still think it's pretty realistic, I've meet people that act exactly like this character in situations of danger or high stress. not willing to listen to anyone and just do what they think is right@@SchlauSchafe

[@richardboguett359]

​@@SchlauSchafePedro is a person who made bad decisions his entire life, when he followed Ruiz's orders (someone who seems to know what he is doing) he thought he was doing the right thing and it didn't work. Pedro has the characteristics that "evil" needs to manipulate him, it needs him to be what he is, a human being.

[@talpho3301]

@@richardboguett359i just don’t understand that logic. I think it absolutely is a flaw in the movie. Him listening to the demon he knew JUST lied over the woman he knows survived the demon before has to have some sort of justification, but it doesn’t.

[@noem.7430]

great movie, Argentinian here. A thing missed, there is subtext about Pedro blocking the exit of the heater, this would kill them by monoxide poisoning, so Pedro isn't the sanest person here. Other detail is that if we hear the arguing with the wife and the restriction order, looks like Pedro has anger issues and violence bursts so yeah

[@Ravensidentity]

The most haunting scene for me was definitely Zair walking and talking normally. I couldn't fathom knowing my relative is autistic (pretty sure he is actually autistic in the film since the grandmother referenced him needing his medicine) in such a way that they can't verbally communicate or walk properly and then all of a sudden they're fine asking for tea like it's a cold Sunday. It was good to watch even though I hated how everyone was so in denial over the possession. I could only imagine how things could have turned out if they were better safe than sorry and took action before letting everything get so bad.

[@skylarkblue1]

Autism doesn't have medicine

[@darkdeifan]

well, their "better safe than sorry" was taking Uriel in the truck and moving it. After all they had done what they could before (report to the police) and knew if the possessed died close to their land they would be fucked, they just... underestimated the range the evil could cover.

[@esterbun9356]

he is autistic. Its confirmed pretty clearly in the movie & outright, when they go to the old womens house for refuge she keeps saying 'he's a possessed' to where one of the brother replies, 'no, no. he's just like that. he's autistic'. when the boy is in the car and his hands start contorting, the elderly women again reiterates they have autism by saying: 'i have seen this before. they get trapped and disorientated in the (autistic) mind'.

[@Snordix]

Having grown up around rural Argentina, the one thing that stuck out to me is that if the protagonists are supposed to be from rural labor lower class, the houses they live in look pretty much like the ones the rural upper-middle to upper class would have; like the owners of a quinta or campo.

[@darkdeifan]

Ruiz was certainly upper class

[@Snordix]

@@darkdeifan yeah, except he looks nothing like what upper class rural people look like here. He has more the profile of the local bar/almacen owner, and the main dude Pedro looks like the town drunkard or drug addict that's bumming around.

[@Snordix]

@@darkdeifan Yeah, except he looks nothing like what the rural upper class looks like here, he's more like the local bar/almacén owner. Same with the main dude, he has the look of the town bum/drunkard/drug addict.

[@trollingboy9729]

This is the only horror movie that has the balls to be an ACTUAL HORROR MOVIE 😂😂😂 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Especially since it involves actual children being harmed

[@joydansterlingfranciscomar226]

Right? Like step it up Blumhouse sheeesh

[@reesewild2988]

Sadly the US apparently may get too offended by this movie even though we may be one of the most vulgar countries to exist, you would think americans should handle it all and toughen up and stop catering to the lower demographic for money

[@Belial289]

what, are other horror movies lesser because they're less gratuitous? personally, i'd never watch this because im not into being disgusted...that isn't my idea of entertainment. i think most people relate to that.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

@@reesewild2988 it used to be....but honestly Americans have gone soft....atleast in Russia we have the nerve to make kids in movies suffer....you don't want to know the movies here

[@jamesbillingsby8043]

This movie made me feel awful at times, the family arguing and the stress. It's just so good though, really unnerving. The dog scene was horrifying as well and I made my dog leave my room while watching it.

[@mmw101dove]

YEESSSSS! I've been waiting for one of my favorite yt boys to review this film. finally getting the recognition it deserves. Also fun fact Argentina has very strict child actors laws that prohibit child witnessing any violence will filming (making the film very difficult for the director). All the shots with blood including the kid demon covered in red paint is actually blue paint/ liquid and color corrected in post :)

[@elizabethmcfadden466]

I love when Elvis covers stuff I don’t want to see but I want to see. Like Martyrs. Thanks for taking one for the team, bud!

[@pkshowsupnoobsallday]

Duuuude. I've been singing the praises for this movie since it came out. It's not often a movie keeps me glued to the screen like this crazy flick. Terrified was absolutely phenomenal too.

[@PickledThyme1]

I gotta say I really love how the movie handles the autistic kid. For one, having him be somewhat resistant to the demon because it needs time to figure him out is awesome. Then the way his grandmother reacts with fear when he starts talking "normal" because that isn't her grandson, it's almost heartwarming to see. And finally him returning to how he always was at the end, it just feels like an affirmation that he's better the way he is than as a "normal" person.

[@JanssenOlthoff]

damn that part with the mom chowin on the kid like a bag of chips was fuuuuuukt

[@thomas-w8948]

Watched this one in the cinema at Norcenter in Buenos Aires. No expectations. Was impressed by it and still got some scenes stuck on my head, like where the dog grabs the kid. Gruesome. Wild you reviewed this. Mad respect.

[@paulvictor7489]

The idea of a pro exorcist that can just deal with these horrifying demons with no issues is kind of sick. Just like, 0 fear, knows all the rules, equipped with all kinds of demon weapons. Would be like the super scary and gorry version of Buffy the vampire slayer or something.

[@Randuski]

we watched this on a whim without knowing anything and i was so stoked. loved it. the effects are amazing.

[@grymreefer420]

Omg I’m so glad you covered this 😩 I’m glad you liked it

[@facundogasparcollueque7873]

Argentina is a country that has managed to create cinematic wonders in recent years, a nation that is producing great films in the genre. I am proud of them. Greetings from Argentina.

[@justinholtman]

This movie is wildly underrated

[@thatergitherrel]

I saw this when it was going around in theaters and the scene with the dog damn near gave me a heart attack. I didn't want to acknowledge what I knew was going to happen and it just *did* out of the fucking blue. This is absolutely my favorite possession film, and I can't wait to show my bf for his initial reactions when the bluray comes out.

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Demons. The possessed. Alien bugs. The Rotten. These things always seem to have a lot of rules around them but I'll bet on FIRE each time. The great equalizer. Fire goooood.

[@Nelkhael1]

The ONE thing I never understood from this movie is just how everyone knew all these rules about the Rotten and how to handle them. Like it was a common thing at some point and it is a rare occurrence now. But they don't really explain that.

[@PemaMendez990]

yeah they don't really explain, but I think it's implied that rottens and the exorcist people (like Mirta and her deceased husband) have been around for probably decades. Like the mom knowing the rules from what's apparently a commonly known jingle.

[@CrankyB1tsch]

my opinion is that it was common before "god died", so when people were more religious and fearful of demons. and yeah the movie makes it looks like it was common knowledge, which is probably kind of true since south america is a very religious and superstitious place

[@agusooo]

In the campo where this movie takes place a lot of people are very religious and spiritual and know a lot about this sort of stuff + witchcraft even if they’re catholic. It’s a cultural thing

[@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle]

@@agusooo No, it was implied this has happen before, because they even have protocols in city to shut down electricity in case of infection\possession going rampant. So it has happen before and we can assume it wasn't rare cases, because they wouldn't have protocols to prevent it otherwise. It's just that possessions were far more common in cities then countryside.

[@leandrotarsia7212]

@Nelkhael1 To me it's talking about something else. It's Argentina, there's a story to this country, to the horrors it harbours. The horrors people dare not to speak about and that don't want to remember. Yet everyone here knows about the horrors of this land. It's not supernatural tho', but it's there. Look up Argentinian history in the 70's. You'll see.

[@Smartalic10]

I love the concept of something similar to creature from John Capenter’s “The Thing” but instead of a science fiction alien it’s a supernatural demon

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodUnclePete]

This was my favorite film of 2023, right next to Godzilla Minus One. When Evil Lurks was Amazing!

[@SmartyPoohBear]

Is pedro as infuriating to watch as he describes?

[@Brxan44]

Even Elvis' ad plugs are entertaining. I love this channel, man.

[@ryandeeg2538]

Movie was dope. The dog taking that little girl was brutal

[@ryandeeg2538]

And I thought that his ex wife’s new husband ran her over cause he was now possessed from shooting the dog not cause he got ran off the road

[@HorseJoint]

This movie NEEDS. More recognition. Seriously. 10/10 Horror Movie👍🏾👍🏾

[@joeyc9418]

Maybe I'm dumb but didn't this movie imply they were in some sort of post catastrophe world? Mitra mentions something along the lines of bringing the evil and "killing the faith", earlier in the film Pedro says the churches are dead. So it seems like some big status quo changing demonic event happened which would also explain why everyone seems to have some understanding of possession and there's some sort of league of professionals to deal with them, also the cops were quit to say it was outside of their wheelhouse. Am i crazy, did anyone else get that impression?

[@florenciacassoni3490]

Well both Mirta and Pedro have been through rough stuff. Maybe hers is more towards your point but Pedro's called a murderer and it is hinted that he did a lot of bad shit from his ex wife too, so maybe his loss of faith has to do with him losing everything before? Yes the wife wasn't perfect, mind you, but you know what I mean. Still I haven't thought about it either, it's a very interesting theory tbh. Makes sense.

[@justokayemilay6029]

I've seen multiple recaps for this film, and I learned more nuance from this alien than any other recap channel.

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

You have such an infectious laugh dude its great

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

His wife: 😐 Him: "ha ha ha..."

[@wjr4700]

I absolutely HATE that we never get to see the tools in action. The subtle world building in this was amaizing. It made you want to see what the rest of the world was going through.

[@onewinter9411]

Me, throughout the movie: "GODDAMNIT, PEDROOOO!!!"

[@YTNFSCC]

10:27 I love the obvious VFX here where the carpet is not being dragged with the kid but "grows" in the direction it's supposed to move.

[@NumbersToThePowerOf2]

Most of my fellow horror loving friends loved this, I haven't had anyone write it off just because you gotta read. I've had a few say it's too gory for them and they aren't interested and that I 10000% understand intense/extreme films like this are not for everyone.

[@EdHadder]

I Love Elvis The Alien Videos 👽💛

[@tmamone83]

Oh man, I love "When Evil Lurks!" That and "Skinamarink" were my favorite horror movies of 2023.

[@Gercho-san]

Look at that, something for my homeland made it here. I've never been so proud.

[@florenciacassoni3490]

📣📣📣🗣🗣🗣🗣🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🏆🏆🏆🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[@michaelj1729]

The only thing i hated abt this is the lack of logic from some of the characters. Like damn, they literally kept reminding each other not to kill it but they kill it the moment they see it SPECIALLY that last scene like come tf on???? All you had to do was freaking listen. The main character got me so mad and the devil is literally in this movie. 😭😂

[@MaeyiQuinn]

I usually pick videos like these to just listen to while playing my games, but I am so happy to witness the editing! Pedro's face took me out hahah

[@MissTFFan101]

The best horror/scary movie I've seen is called Veronica - it's a Spanish film but 100% worth a watch!

[@Kristyybug]

oh Terrified SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME... and that is VERY rare. so of COURSE i have to stop this video to watch this one now :D thanks Elvieeee

[@AbsinthedeLaRochefoucauld]

Watched this movie with some friends and I liked it despite not being a horror fan. Being Argentinean myself I may be biased, but the translations are a bit iffy. "Rotten" makes sense, but nothing beats the original "embichado", it sounds so rural you could say, visceral.

[@king_o_dogs]

I love all the nick cage cameos, great character

[@Felix-xv3wg]

Good lord this movie pulls no punches

[@SaucyXxByn]

That dog scene was tough to watch. Like you knew the whole time that little girl was gonna get got but damn they did not hold back. Looking at this review now it does seem like the kids were the cause of most of the deaths in the movie and Pedro

[@davidtroia8182]

Evil Dead ( new version) is one of the best gorry possession move. I need to check this out bc they haven't had any good horror movies in a long time.

[@queloco18]

You literally said it was good and stuff so i paused the video and went with my mom to see it so thanks for the recommendation man 😂

[@dewberrydave]

I’m a huge horror film fan and loved this film. So genuinely scary and the girl/dog scene totally shocked me.

[@jenh101]

Please cover Planet Terror, it’s so entertaining. I don’t know why but none of the horror/movie channels I watch have covered it. It’s right up your street. It’s like if a gory 70s B movie suddenly had a massive budget. It’s so gross and super weird but has some big actors in it. Josh Brolin, Bruce Willis and a bunch more. It’s soo good and completely disgusting too.

[@anotherboi3476]

elvis explaining what happens in the movie makes me queasy already holy snaps do i not want to know what happens in the movie

[@florenciacassoni3490]

I'm redirecting every friend I've recommended the movie to, to this video, so they can decide for themselves if it is their cup of tea or not 😂 he censors the gore and leaves out A LOT of details that make scenes way more creepy so imagine lol

[@jakubsota2967]

@ElvistheAlien about the suicide with an axe, it is possible, had a chance to see a skull of a person who committed suicide that way, the most gruesome thing was the marks on the skull that didn't penetrate, it showed that even in failed attempts that person didn't stop hitting until they got the job done.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Jesus....

[@florenciacassoni3490]

DUDE WHAT- IT'S POSSIBLE????

[@pablokbs]

Argentinian here! Thanks for reviewing this movie! I really liked it and seems like people are liking it too, lots of people in theaters during this movie, definitely surprising for a local movie. Regarding the Ruiz character, Ruiz is his last name, it's normal to call people by their last name in rural areas. And about the pronunciation of Ruiz, in Argentina, we pronounce the Z as an S, always. So it sounds exactly the same as "Ruis". The pronunciation you saw in KZbin was the Spanish (from Spain) pronunciation, which is really different than latin America. Great review!

[@WinnieTheJew]

9:57 I love it how Mrs The Alien NEVER stops snacking or chewing through child demon dog murder! 😂

[@twenty4665]

This movie was fantastic. The build up and universal was very cleverly crafted. This is by far the best possession movie I've seen in decades.

[@Krusti159]

7:26 I would argue she was already possessed at this point.

[@koanikal]

Yeah, that's the impression I got as well.

[@scragar]

She did it to prevent herself spreading the rotten while she still could. Part of the rule for how it works is if the rotten is not killed properly it spreads, infecting other living things nearby. If she did nothing she'd eventually become the rotten too, and if she used the gun it'd just spread the rotten further.

[@sillyd0g]

i always love when you include reaction footage in your videos because it means i get to see your adorable dogs

[@FargonNemeloc]

Translating "embichado" to rotten is a biiig miss interpretation; if it were, they would call it "podrido", tho' they call it "embichado" which refers as something filled with bugs "bichos" Given the regionalism of Argentina, i believe the closest translation to "embichado" would be "infestado" (infested) or "plagado" (plagued), which would more correctly describe the decaying body close to the beginning of the movie or the way the demon spreads its influence

[@omegaelement]

Watching this video, after watching the video covering "Speak No Evil" and "Funny Game", honestly got me sitting here wondering if we can add a sub-genre to horror films to make it clear if the people who die are innocent victims, or just absolutely weak willed twits who'd walk into a volcano if you told them too firmly or loudly enough.

[@Wolfbane382]

I'd love it if you could review the 1981 movie Watcher in the Woods. ^^

[@JodiGrace-l2z]

Thank you so much for this! People who are not willing to watch movies just because of subtitles just don't know what they're missing. My current favorite horror movies are Korean and boy are they badass

[@darkdeifan]

You may laugh but the moment the possessed's head peaked out of the stage floor HUNTS me. A hard ' you son of a bch could move this whole time!' it was so creepy to me.

[@florenciacassoni3490]

Lmao that's what my mom said when he did it and my response was, yeah but if he did that before it wouldn't be as scary or infuriating as it is now, would it.. 😂

[@darkdeifan]

@@florenciacassoni3490 yeah! it had great effect! it also felt so uncanny in a way. Completely love-hate it

[@direcircumstances]

Seeing clips of Elvis and his wife having a comfy movie night on the couch is always unironically very cute.

[@stewartfennell8926]

This and Hell House LLC: The Legend of Carmichael Manor were my favourite horror movies of 2023

[@TLtheDude]

I watched this movie right after rewatching evil dead rise, and I still find it hard to believe I flinched more during this

[@masterseal0418]

I didn't know this movie existed until now. If you saw a possessed person cannibalize another before, then Jennifer's Body is a notable example, except the gory kills aren't this disturbing as When Evil Lurks, but the movie's also a comedy and coming-of-rage despite being horror(aside from Jennifer's Body, Ginger Snaps, and to a lesser extent The Exorcist having the profession of representing female adolescence through becoming a succubus, infliction of lycanthropy, and getting possessed by a Mesopotamian/Babylonian/Akkadian demon Pazuzu). When Evil Lurks didn't give a fuck about not toning down it's brutality, and went with making the audience squeamish by the use of grotesque imagery. The movie is one of the exceptions to an oversaturated and now-shit subgenre of horror(due to The Exorcist's success leading to unintentionally hilarious ripoffs/B-movies cashing in) that should've stayed dead, alongside The Taking of Deborah Logan, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and to a lesser extent The Pope's Exorcist(Russell Crowe killed it as Father Amorth, and Ralph Ineson carried 2023 especially his role of Cidolfus Telemon in Final Fantasy XVI, one of the best games of that year), and it's a shame we'll never have good possession movies like them, let alone the one that started it all back during 1973 anymore. Even as someone who's autistic, the son was very smart and aware of the horrors he had to witness, terrorizing his family and sister. Sure, he's still vulnerable, but the boy supported his parents to find a way to get rid of the demon, so they won't suffer anymore. An Argentinian director really sold at the end of last year, whereas Japan did amazingly with Godzilla Minus One, and The Boy and the Heron, and Britain delivered a great sequel with Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget. So good for them!

[@Zucadragon]

I love your reviews. And I really enjoy the fact that you take on creepy, sometimes disgustingly heavy movies that just are intensely visceral. Have you ever seen "The Killing of a Sacred Deer"? It's super creepy and just, the whole tone of the movie just drives a person insane.

[@mcoupe69]

Axe face was possessed when the goat died that’s why she was able to do that to herself

[@damyanognyanov2873]

I went to sleep last night after watching this. mistake. couldn't stop thinking about this movie and how the censored reaction video disturbed me, insane!! Amazing work as always!

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

The first demon possession movie I've heard of that never mentions God(s) or religious traditions/symbols to defeat the demon, despite there being elaborate rules that characters who are not the protagonist somehow seem to know and despite it being set in an rural area and with ethnic groups that are usually Catholic. In general, horror stories once upon the time had a rule that being innocent (like a child) or true in faith would protect you or be able to drive the unclean demon away. But starting in the 1990s, it switched to "demons prefer to prey on the innocent and drag them to Hell" (where in terms of Judeo-Christian mythology they shouldn't be because Hell was meant to house the Damned and punish the sinners until their sins are forgiven or they are cleanst to ascend from Hell to Purgatory to Heaven. So horror movies with devils/demons in them turned into DOOM franchise, basically, where the protagonist has to kill the demon with weapons or magic weapons or spells by being bigger and more powerful than the creature as if it's Dungeons & Dragons.

[@florenciacassoni3490]

It is something that I liked too, they didn't put religion first. Even Uriel's mother says to the brothers when they first see him all rotten that she tried praying to save him and it got them nowhere. Even for the way to kill them, despite never being fully explained or shown in the movie, they use machinery that looks like something made in the Renaissance, not something taken from a church. And when Mirtha mentioned her first encounter with the rotten she says it was in church but that she thought he was "one of the actors we used to hire", which means even that church wasn't all that truthful to begin with.

[@TheJaker5]

Yeah the main character’s idiocy is truly astounding

[@Chocotok]

if they called in Mirta from the very beginning instead of moving the rotten, they wouldn't be suffering LOL but real life ppl would def resort to stupid decisions like these in impulsion

[@Thorax2552]

Saw this movie a few days ago and I loved it. I want to know more of this world because there's a detail you didn't mention. It's when Mirta says "They shut off the power in the city, they're following protocol" and that tells you this is a widespread thing that the world seems to know about that exists. It isn't seemingly confined to this one area and I'd like to see other stories in this universe

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

I don't want this to be a cinematic universe thing but a prequel with that old woman at the end would be cool

[@golge-ejder]

the best horror movie of 2023 and one of the best horror movies of all time imho, hands down

[@gillgill6661]

agreed