It Feeds

There are people all over the world who believe that evil spirits, also known as an entity can attach itself to a human and want to physically and mentally hurt the person it is attached to. Of course there are different evil entities in different religious beliefs, for example in Christianity they belive in demons, fallen angels while in Hinduism they believe in Pishacas ( demonic spirits ) associated with death and decay. If you want to know more about evil entities in different religions there are plenty of web pages giving you information on what they look like and what they are known for. I personally don´t necessarily believe in everything regarding evil entities, i have a hard time believing in something i can not physically see. But i do respect people with faith if they really believe that these entities does exist. In the cinema world we have seen a lot of films about evil entities and how they may affect different people, especially in the horror genre. Since there are a lot of horror films i could easily mention that includes the subject of evil entity, let´s just go with one film that i can highly recommend on Netflix. My personal pick is the 2017 Netflix horror film known as The Ritual from director David Bruckner ( the director who worked on the 2012 anthology horror film V/H/S, highly recommended ). A group of male friends travel to the North of Sweden to go hiking and to honor their friend Rob ( Paul Reid ) who suggested this hiking trip but was brutally murdered by criminals in a store being robbed. During their hiking trip to Kungsleden they decide to take another path than the marked trail, going through the forest instead. They locate a very old house there with strange symbols and on the second floor of the house an effigy of a decapitated human torso made of twigs, with hantlers for hands. In this old cabin they all feel a evil presence surrounding them. The Ritual is a great looking horror film with  great acting, some creepy atmospheric moments and i do like the design of this evil entity . Definetely one of director David Bruckner´s best films so far. Speaking of evil entity i have been planning to watch a horror film called It Feeds for a while and finally got to rent this film on VOD. Is this a much watch this summer or is the horror film It Feeds not as good as i was hoping it would be?

Cynthia Winstone ( Ashley Greene ) is a therapist and psychic trying to get people the help they need. Her daughter Jordan Winstone ( Ellie O´Brien ) is her assistant who makes sure each client feels welcome. One day completely unexpected a young woman named Riley Harris ( Shayelin Martin ) knock on their door in panic, begs Jordan that she really needs to see her mother. Cynthia accept the meeting and she soon realise that Riley have been cursed by a very evil entity.

It Feeds is a horror film that raises several questions after you have watched this film. Even if you may be able to help a lot of people, should you follow certain rules or should you help anyone even if you might push yourself too far? How far are you willing to go if your own child is chosen by this entity, would you risk your own life? This film reminded me of the 2010 horror film Insidious in several ways, there are some differences of course but the character Cynthia can both see and communicate with entities as the character Elise in the film Insidious. One big difference with Cynthia is that shes a therapist who works extra as a psychic, wich means she have helped clients  in different ways than paranormal investigator Elise Rainier ( played by actress Lin Shaye ) seen in Insidious. I feel that actress Ashley Greene ( worth watching in the Scott Adkins action film Accident Man ) gives a great performance as therapist Cynthia Winstone) and i appreciate that this film tries to go deep how difficult it can be working as a psychic. Actress Ellie O´Brien ( who fans of the TV series Murdoch Mysteries might recognize ) plays Cynthia´s daughter Jordan and i do feel it helped the plot of this film by making Jordan an important part of this story, where you can clearly see she wants to be a psychic like her mother helping people. I should mention actor  Shawn Ashmore ( who plays the character Bobby Drake in the X-Men franchise ) who gives a solid performance in It Feeds as the character Randall. The horror elements in It Feeds are for the most part effective and especially the evil entity, i do like the design of this evil creature as well as how clear this entity is to torture souls. While some scenes reminded me of Insidious there are still some nice surprising horror scenes to be found here. Director Chad Archibald have a good past of directing horror films such as Bite, The Heretics and I´ll Take Your Dead and he proves with It Feeds he still knows how to make good quality horror films. Definetely worth a watch this summer if you want a creepy entity horror film, It Feeds knows it´s rightful place in the horror community.

Rating: DDD