When a hospice nurse finds herself trapped with a dementia patient, she begins to suspect something else is wrong with the woman, something otherworldly, and must fight to survive the night.
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- Mark GreenSeptember 13, 2026Superb movie... simple effective plot, short runtime... perfect!
- Casper HørningSeptember 4, 2026It is more fun to burn a pizza, than to watch this 🥴
- DarioSeptember 1, 2026This went into my viewing queue after I saw it mentioned by a horror account on Facebook. I went in completely blind and, despite it being only around 85 minutes long, I still couldn't get through it in one sitting. The main selling point is the apparent continuous take. The camera follows hospice nurse Julia around a large isolated house while she cares for Evelyn, an elderly woman whose dementia may be masking something supernatural. It is technically ambitious and there are individual things I like. The blue-green photography gives the house some atmosphere. Dawn Ford gets increasingly unhinged as Evelyn. The late practical-effects work is pleasingly physical, particularly the hand emerging through Evelyn's mouth. And the final idea — that the demon can only be destroyed by dying inside a living host — gives the ending a nasty little turn. But almost everything I responded to arrives late. Most of the film felt like walking: across rooms, up stairs, down stairs, around corridors, looking for Evelyn and waiting for the next event. The refusal to cut is supposed to make the experience immersive. For me it simply removed one of cinema's most useful tools for controlling pace. There is probably some rewatch value for anyone interested in studying how the camera moves, where the hidden edits are and how the practical effects were organised. As a horror film I wanted to experience again, though, almost none. Worth keeping only if the technical experiment interests me later.
- Divo87August 22, 2026this movie was terrible the story was lame. the graphic effects were terrible and I wouldn't even associate a letter with how bad the acting was a b c or d.. it was not a good movie waste of an hour and a half of my life that I will never ever get back. save yourself the time and just don't!
- jackmeatAugust 30, 2026My quick rating - 4.8/10. We open on what appears to be a lakeside mansion slowly smoldering away, accompanied by the faint sound of a woman's scream. So, yeah, things seem to have gone slightly off the rails. Then Bury the Devil jumps back 75 minutes to find out exactly how we got there. Evelyn (Dawn Ford) is an elderly woman being cared for by Sarah (Isabella Gonzalez), a hospice nurse looking after her during a rather unpleasant thunderstorm. Evelyn brushes her hair while Sarah tends to her, and before long it becomes apparent that dementia may not be the only thing Sarah has to worry about. Ford is the standout here. Her performance as Evelyn basically makes the movie. There is something genuinely unsettling about watching her switch between moments of vulnerability and something more sinister. Gonzalez holds her own alongside her and even manages to sneak in a little humor, which is welcome because this is a very dark movie. And I mean that literally. The entire movie takes place inside this enormous mansion during a thunderstorm, so the lighting is appropriately moody and atmospheric. Unfortunately, there were also times when I was wondering what exactly I was looking at. The darkness absolutely fits the movie, but sometimes it feels like the house swallowed the cinematographer. Writer/director Adam O'Brien doesn't spend much time getting bogged down in mythology or complicated explanations. The basic pitch is essentially - here is a possessed old woman, she's dangerous, and let's see what happens. There are a few ideas tossed into the mix, but they never really come together into anything substantial. Then, about an hour in, I realized something else. This appears to be playing out as one continuous take. Surprisingly, it works. Once I noticed it, I started paying more attention to it, but I never found myself trying to pick apart every transition. It felt natural enough that the technique became part of the experience rather than the entire experience. Considering the movie was shot in just six days, I'm guessing there weren't exactly unlimited opportunities for everyone to say, “Let's do that again.” There are a couple of genuinely cool moments, including that opening shot of the burning mansion and one particularly nasty throat-ripping scene. And yes, that image from the poster? Yep. When it happens, it is every bit as spooky as you were hoping. Unfortunately, some of the kills happen off-screen, which takes a little of the fun out of things, and the story ultimately doesn't come together as well as I'd hoped. Still, Bury the Devil gets a lot out of its simple premise, largely because Ford absolutely commits to Evelyn. There isn't a deep supernatural mythology to uncover here. It's mostly a crazed older woman, a nurse trying to survive the night, and a mansion that really needs better lighting. Ending on the same scene that opened the movie was also a nice touch.
- macaronzAugust 29, 2026Below Average Horror, That Takes Too Long to Get Good. Bury the Devil doesn't offer anything new if you've seen a few possession and devil-themed movies before. The acting is very average too. While it lacks genuine scares for most of its runtime, the second half improves, leading into an entertaining final 20 minutes.
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Bury the Devil was released on August 22, 2026.
Bury the Devil was directed by Adam O'Brien.
Bury the Devil has a runtime of 85m.
Bury the Devil was produced by Benoit Beaulieu, Adam O'Brien, Philip Kalin-Hajdu.
When a hospice nurse finds herself trapped with a dementia patient, she begins to suspect something else is wrong with the woman, something otherworldly, and must fight to survive the night.
The key characters in Bury the Devil are Julia (Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez), Randall (Bill Rowat), Father Thierry (Mark Antony Krupa).
Bury the Devil is rated R.
Bury the Devil is a Thriller, Horror film.