The Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray is massive, when you judge it by the price and the running time, but it is filled with low-budget B-movies. Devoid of coherent dialogue or action and punctuated by desultory stabbings and fleeting theological proclamations, it is … The Daughters of the Dawn, the church the girls are a part of, has murdered eighteen other people in the same way in order to create fear and send more people to their religion. We Summon the Darkness was released in digital and on-demand on April 10, 2020. Bev and Mark seem to like each other, yet Bev seems to almost avoid him. Read critic reviews It is rare for a limited-release horror film to reach this milestone under the best of circumstances, so it is really worth celebrating now. He has a great eye when it comes to capturing certain time periods. Watch We Summon the Darkness on Netflix and VOD Marc Meyers is the director of We Summon the Darkness.Prior to making this new movie, Marc Meyers directed My Friend Dahmer which I enjoyed. Butler is still alive and makes himself into a victim, claiming that Alexis was led astray and joined a Satanic cult. Wonky and weird, WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS runs rampant with some crazy concepts, some projected twists, and some fantastically over the top performances. Things happen, if 20 minutes of talking counts. Directed by Marc Meyers. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue Until the pandemic is no longer a serious concern, holidays wonât have a significant impact at the box office. What should be a night of fun and youthful debauchery may instead take a dark, deadly turn. He then berates his daughter for doing a terrible job murdering and covering it up. Susan then discovers Ivan's body and Alexis stabs her to death. theaters, 1.6 weeks average run per theater. Itâs the weekend Butler shoots Mark as he is strangling Alexis. The big twists aren’t all that surprising, but it doesn’t really matter. NEW YORK (CNS) — “We Summon the Darkness” (Saban, streaming on Amazon Prime) bills itself as a low-budget Satan-worship-themed slasher film with a bit … "We Summon the Darkness" (Saban/Amazon Prime) This low-budget Satan worship-themed slasher film was apparently intended partly as an homage to 1980s horror movies. WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS is a film I was fully expecting to hate, given that I've been disappointed so many times by the state of modern horror cinema which goes through the motions without ever offering anything that's not tired, stale or cliched. This could turn out to be the most important weekend for the movie industry in decades. At one point, a small outboard boat motor is presented as a potential weapon, so you're waiting for an unlucky character to be torn up with the propeller, but, frustratingly, that never happens. The pace is fast and there’s plenty of blood. We Summon the Darkness makes the most of its rather pedestrian plot with palpable affection for genre formula, an appealing cast, and a sharp sense of humor. Just before Kovacs dies, he tells Bev to save Mark. After the show, Alexis invites the boys to her father's empty mansion. That is not hyperbole. Mark obtains the keys, but Alexis attacks him and they fight. Alexis is a member of the Daughters of Dawn and the daughter of Pastor John Henry Butler. Alexis Butler is one of the main antagonist of the 2019 horror/thriller film We Summon the Darkness. As for the best releases, it was close race between Never Rarely Sometimes Always on DVD and season two Mob Psycho 100 on Blu-ray Combo Pack. It’s a neat idea that required a better script, bigger budget and more imaginative directing to truly capitalize on everything it had going for it. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. Movie. critics consensus. [5] The film was released on Netflix on August 8, 2020. 762 likes. [4] It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 9, 2020 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. With killers on the loose, can anyone be trusted? Screenshot Courtesy of Saban Films “We Summon the Darkness” won’t win over anyone looking for something more thought provoking, sophisticated or unique, but maybe that wasn’t the point. The killing spree of murderous Satanists has already led to 18 deaths throughout Americaâs Heartland. Alexis is shown to be the most insane and stabs Ivan after he criticizes her religious belief in Christ, and he bleeds to death. Susan, Alexis's soon-to-be ex-stepmother, comes home to retrieve a passport and reveals she has called the police because she saw the strange blue van and the house lights on. The film stars Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, Logan Miller, Austin Swift, and Johnny Knoxville. We Summon the Darkness 2020 R 1h 30m Horror Movies A night at a 1980s heavy metal concert hits a grisly note when new friends find themselves in the middle of a satanic murder spree. The officer finds the injured Kovacs and Mark who pleads for help, but Val sneaks up on him, takes his gun, and shoots him, killing him. More... Another weekend has passed, and The Wretched remains lodged in top spot on the box office chart. All tracks are written by Timothy Williams. It also wasnât the only glimmer of light on the box office front. [6], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 69% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 5.87/10. We Summon the Darkness is hardly taking down ‘elevated horror’ one leather studded jacket at a time but it is an undeniably entertaining way to spend ninety minutes. [8], Owen Gleiberman of Variety magazine wrote: "We Summon the Darkness is a psycho thriller that pulls the bloody rug out from under you, and does it in a shivery sly way. In Indiana, July 1988, Alexis Butler and her two friends Val and Bev are driving to a heavy metal show, when a milkshake is thrown from a blue van onto their windshield. ... We Summon the Darkness … Ivan owns the van and his buddies Kovacs and Mark, who is said to be leaving for Los Angeles soon, are interested in the girls. Once they arrive at the concert, they find the same blue van, and Val throws a small firecracker into it, causing the three boys inside to climb out. "We Summon the Darkness" could have been such a good movie but sadly it failed. For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary. A police officer arrives and becomes suspicious, so Alexis runs from him and back into the house where he chases her, gun raised. This week the film pulled in $176,000 in 75 theaters for a running tally of $836,000 after a month of release. Trolls: World Tour comes out on the home market. Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party. Val attacks Bev and tries to kill her, but Bev lights Val on fire (her hair being full of hairspray). Val and Alexis tell Bev they are doing the Lord's work, but Bev declares she will let Mark and Kovacs go. Off-camera, Bev runs Alexis over. In [We Summon the Darkness], you’re right, this character is using what she has to do something that she believes in, however misguided. 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