What’s the big problem with movies that aim to share a message of faith or come from a right-leaning perspective? With the exception of some standouts like Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” they’re just not very good. The message is there and we want to support them, but they’re just not all that well-made or interesting to watch.
That’s what actor Sean Patrick Flanery wants to change in the new, faith-based horror movie that he’s starring in: “Nefarious,” a movie about a serial killer who might be possessed by a demon. Flanery, speaking to Breitbart about the movie, said that it’s meant to both force introspection and be well done. In his words: “It is such a well-executed story that doesn’t ask you for introspection, it forces introspection.”
Continuing, he went on to say that the problem with most faith-based movies is that they’re not very good, saying, “A large percentage of faith-based films and right-of-center films, in my opinion and I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, but they’re just not good. I believe and support the content, but just because you have good morals doesn’t mean you can play the guitar like Eddie Van Halen.”
He then said that Nefarious will be different than those, saying, “When I read the script, I said this script is worthy of everything the best Hollywood has to offer. I think it stands on its own, across party lines and across religious lines. There’s a place for really every demographic to enjoy this film.”
Watch the trailer for “Nefarious” here:
The IMBD quick summary of “Nefarious” describes the plot of the film by saying, “On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.” It has so far gotten 7.2/10 stars on IMBD reviews.
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The Saturday Evening Post, describing the plot of the film and providing clues about how faith is worked into the film, reported:
The movie’s premise holds all kinds of promise for a nifty nail-biter: Dr. James Martin (Jordan Belfi), a young, smug psychiatrist, is buzzed into the Oklahoma State Penitentiary to interview Edward (Sean Patrick Flanery), a mass murderer scheduled for execution that very night. James’s task is seemingly straightforward: To determine if Edward is sane enough to be fried in the electric chair.
The warden warns the shrink that Edward is a master manipulator: “He’ll have your head so twisted around you’ll think you’re the killer.”
And as if to prove the warden right, the moment James sits down across from Edward at a metal jailhouse table, Edward issues an ominous warning: “Before you leave here tonight, you will have killed three people.”
Oh, and by the way, Edward adds, he’s not really Edward. He’s a demon named Nefarious. Edward is just the current meat bag in which he resides.
And so, for most of the next hour, we find ourselves flies on the wall as the initially self-satisfied atheist doctor sees his certitude steadily chipped away by this supposed entity who instinctively knows his every weakness; every dark secret.
So, in the faith-filled story, an atheist confronts the supernatural and is forced to reckon with his non-belief and the existence of good and evil. Sounds interesting!
Featured image credit: screenshot from embedded “Nefarious” trailer by