One of the best movies ever made. In the film Nefarious (2023), convicted serial killer Edward Wayne Brady claims that he is not mentally ill, but is possessed by a demon named Nefarious. Psychiatrist Dr. James Martin is tasked with assessing Brady’s sanity before his execution. His conversation with Edward takes even the self-assured James Martin by surprise.

From the very beginning, Brady has known the exact details of Martin’s private life and claims that his previous psychiatrist, Dr. Fischer, committed suicide under the demon’s influence.

Nefarious explains that he is controlling Edward for certain key spiritual reasons. He demonstrates that Edward is, in fact, merely a “toy” in the demon’s hands: he committed the murders under the demon’s coercion.

The demon claims that Martin will be responsible for three murders before the day is out. His knowledge of the psychiatrist’s past and his mental and spiritual state will prove crucial to the fulfillment of this claim made by Edward.

Martin initially rejects a transcendent explanation, but Nefarious shows him that the things they go through together cannot be understood through natural means. A film about the struggle between good and evil in this world.

Thriller / Horror

USA, 2023, 99 min

Directed by: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon;

Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, James Healy Jr., Eric Hanson, Robert Peters, Tom Ohmer, Cameron Arnett, Stelio Savante, Grifon Aldren, Sarah Hernandez;

Parents’ Guide:

A few instances of the word “damn.” A prisoner claims he drove the victim to suicide. Discussions of demons, possession, and similar topics. A psychiatrist living without a spouse who had his own mother executed via “assisted suicide” and his own child aborted. A few instances of cigarette smoking. An explicit description of an execution. A man self-harms. He breaks a finger. A man is strangled with a chain around his neck. A prisoner is beaten with batons. A psychiatrist signs the execution order. At the end of the film, an execution by electric chair is shown twice. A man attempts to shoot himself with a gun. A priest who does not believe in demons.

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