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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Original-CinThom ErnstOriginal-CinThom ErnstThere is plenty wrong with Prey for the Devil, but despite cringy moments of profound seriousness around a rather silly conceit, I was on board. It’s been decades since an exorcism film left me feeling unsettled. Prey for the Devil’s tactics might be cheap, but they worked on me.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyRather good actors do indeed keep a straight face, as does the film overall. And Stamm’s jump scares aren’t bad, as they go. He hasn’t made a very suspenseful movie, but he’s avoided both dullness and unintentional laughs.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe effects are decent, the acting desultory in “Prey for the Devil,” a School for Exorcists thriller that promises more than it delivers.
- 25ColliderMarco Vito OddoColliderMarco Vito OddoMore often than not, we can ignore the message if we’d like and just enjoy a scary movie. Prey for the Devil, however, seems to have been developed as deliberate propaganda.
- 25The A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonThe A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonThe most frustrating thing about Prey For The Devil is that there seems to be a good movie somewhere in this patchwork of themes and pastiches.