There are some interesting themes at play, but sadly they aren’t explored with much inventiveness.

Deliver Us From Evil, after a taut, thrill-filled start, goes slack, gory and repetitive till finally ending in an over-the-top, extended exorcism that leaves us none the wiser on what the fuss was all about.

The only fun bits in the film are when it tricks you that there is something sinister at the end of a dark scene, but sadly it’s just a series of false promises all the way.

Senseless story, uninspired acting and lack of any scares whatsoever make this film another entry in the long list of failed horror movies.