A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film, leading his estranged daughter to wonder if he's slipping back into his past addictions or if there's something more sinister at play.
Russell Crowe
Anthony Miller
Ryan Simpkins
Lee Miller
Sam Worthington
Joe
Chloe Bailey
Blake Holloway
Adam Goldberg
Peter
Adrian Pasdar
Tom
David Hyde Pierce
Father Conor
Tracey Bonner
Regina
Marcenae Lynette
Monica
Joshua John Miller
FX Guy
Hallie Samuels
Hayley / Makeup Person
Samantha Mathis
Jennifer Simon
Anna Maria Reyer
Hair Stylist
Jayden Fontaine
Young Anthony
Zach Padlo
The Dark Figure
Josh Warren
Donnie
Hannah Black
Crew 2nd AC
Joya Joseph
Restaurant Host
Scott Rapp
Office Worker
Jobie James
Pedestrian
Robert Fortunato
Second AD
Drew Broderick
Producer
Chris TC Edge
Anthony's Actor Friend
Chandler Lane
Delivery Guy
William Hutchings
Film Crew
Veronica Russell
Pedestrian
Director, Writer
Joshua John Miller
Writer
M.A. Fortin
June 20, 2024
5
Clearly the Pope wasn't so impressed with Russell's last outing as his exorcist so abandoned the project to some new producers who have decided he might do better as an dissolute actor ("Anthony") cast to play a priest who is an exorcist. Unbeknown to him, though, we know that the studio set is home to a malevolent spirit - who saw off his predecessor (or perhaps he just volunteered) - and is now determined to cause more mischief. Luckily, director "Peter" (Adam Goldberg) has engaged the services of a real priest (David Hyde Pierce) to authenticate the clerical aspects of the film as "Anthony" and co-star "Joe" (Sam Worthington) find their efforts constantly disrupted by his increasingly vivid dreams, lots of bursting light bulbs and the tiniest bit of Satanic body-bopping. There's really nothing at all to recommend this to anyone. It's not original, nor is it funny. The acting is wooden and it appears to have been written by someone who extensively studied the Janet & John book of dog-collar horror and thought it would make an entertaining film. Neither big name here do themselves any favours, and it ends, weakly, not a moment too soon. Perhaps an October/Halloween release might have served it better, but otherwise this is just a derivatively poor exercise on how the mighty have fallen.