The U.K.’s Jinga Films has acquired world sales rights to Brazilian first time filmmaker Samuel Galli’s supernatural horror flick Our Evil, Variety reports.
“Our Evil takes place in the underbelly of Sao Paolo, telling the story of a spiritualist who after receiving warning that a demonic power is coming to destroy his daughter’s soul, employs a serial killer in an effort to protect her.”
The film begins as a standard slasher shock piece, says the site, but takes a sharp turn as characters actions are given explanations and a more supernatural element, only hinted at in the first half of the film, is properly introduced and developed.
Galli uses the change in direction of the film to keep the audience guessing. “I think when you mix things up, you keep the audience always guessing and uncomfortable, like a violent scene and a soft song or a dark scene with elements of innocence,” he said.
Julian Richards at U.K. based Jinga Films said the film “combines the brutal realism of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer with the supernatural shock-tactics of The Exorcist. The film uses Brazilian religious sentiments to elicit a style that Richards compares to the Coen Brothers 1984 classic Blood Simple.” Said Fright Fest’s Alan Jones: “Our Evil is shocking, surprising, gripping and always keeps you guessing.”
