Directed by Pedro Cristiani
Father Javier lives a fractured existence: on one side, he helps families who've witnessed miracles, and on the other he belongs to a trio of excommunicated priests who hunt the possessed down to exorcise them under their own terms: with Bibles, fire and shotguns.
Бог гнева, Deus Irae - Gott des Zorns, 上帝之怒
Argentina Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata 
Finland Night Visions Film Festival Advance Screening Finland Night Visions Film Festival 
Netherlands Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 
Switzerland Brugggore Filmfestival 
USA 
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One of those rare gem of a films where you're not ever really sure what the fuck is actually happening at any given point in time. An unexpected journey into the occult underworld of christ marionettes, exorcists, and parasitic wasp fucking demons. Or something like that. Plot dump universe that goes all in and it shows. Fun.
Meh.
"You have any idea what's waiting for you on the other side?"
Father Javier is a priest who lives somewhat of a double life, with one aspect including joining a group of excommunicated priests who perform exorcisms but also resort to unconventional methods to get their point across, whether it be through fire or gunplay, all while seeing a valknut symbol spread throughout pages and what eventually leads to Father Javier getting involved with the excommunicated priests.
Based upon his 2010 short film, Deus Irae is the debut feature film from Argentinian writer/director Pedro Cristiani, told through multiple chapters including an intermission and epilogue, and its a bit of a convoluted story to follow at first but things become way…
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¿La película? Siento que toda la construcción del mundo y los monstruos parte de ideas y conceptos interesantes. El mal ya dominante de un mundo corrupto y la fe perdida, reemplazada y hasta diría subyugada al miedo, es algo explorado más en otros formatos audiovisuales como juegos y anime, fuente de donde creo que se inspiró el director, del mismo modo creo que sacó mucho de ahí para encarnar estos monstruos con forma de huesos alargados. Pienso que esta logradisimo todo lo que es prótesis,…
The 2 1/2 🌟 are for the gruesome practical effects that were on display throughout the film. Aside from that this was just a generic exorcism film with unlikable characters. Those effects though...top notch!
Not every exorcism film features gunfire and chases, and I think that makes it different, though not unique. The story is well-crafted and the acting is good. I'd consider it more of an action film than an action film, but I still liked it.
Deus Irae is very atmospheric thanks to crazy bloody visuals that make your skin crawl and your fingernails peel back. As a sucker for Christian imagery in horror films this was right up my ally way. The story feels a little disconnected in parts but I didn't take much issue with that. It almost felt like flipping through a crazy comic book and reading a few pages here and there. Very nice!
Nothing generic about this! If you like religious horror, give this one a shot. I've never seen anything quite like it. There is a puzzle here to be solved, and if they make the second film, hopefully all will become clearer. Really intense and foreboding
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DEUS IRAE – Die Antithese zu CONJURING und Co.
Ergibt DEUS IRAE Sinn oder besitzt der Film eine nachvollziehbare Handlung? Nein, absolut nicht! Dennoch ist die Atmosphäre verdammt dicht, die Gore- und Body-Horror-Effekte sind hervorragend und die Grundstimmung ist erschreckend grimmig.
Leider konnte ich zu keiner Sekunde herausfiltern, was die Motivation der Figuren ist oder wo der rote Faden der Geschichte liegt. Der Film spielt permanent und wild mit Rückblenden sowie vermeintlich willkürlichen Schauplätzen. Das dabei aufkommende Gefühl der Desorientierung trübt den Sehspaß enorm. Dennoch ist DEUS IRAE audiovisuell eine absolute Macht und kann aufgrund seiner zahlreichen Schauwerte letztlich doch überzeugen.
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DEUS IRAE – The Antithesis to CONJURING and Co.
Does DEUS IRAE make…
Brugggore 2025 #11
... that crucifix that serves as a fixer's tool...
A few very nice practical effects and a few mood images unfortunately don't make a good flick. Emotionally, this church-sinner-demon story left me completely cold and didn't grab me at all. The whole thing became an endurance test in the second part, so much so that I didn't even feel like doing the Q&A with the director.
Deus Irae is fascinating blend of Lovecraftian cosmic horror and Catholic possession film that ultimately fails to truly live up to the potential existential terror of that smashup... but it's still a wild, unique horror film that's worth checking out.
The most glaring issue with the film is the non-sequential nature of the storytelling matched with the very unreliable narrator. We'll come back to that. Deus Irae follows a Catholic priest on the heels of discovering the great big terrible truth about existence beyond mere meatspace: there are things, parasites, that burrow into human souls and don't stop breeding. The structure is similar to a Lovecraft story where a professional of some type investigates something supernatural, gets a glimpse of…
This is grotesque, disturbing and fascinating. I'm not sure I understand everything that was happening but I couldn't look away. Some of these visuals will stick with you. The practical FX are excellent and the religious imagery gives the film some of its strongest images.
