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When Evil Lurks
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2215
- IMDb #2459
- Google retired #3316
- Metacritic #1410
- Letterboxd #2118
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #303
+6 more
- Metacritic Critics #1063
- Metacritic Audience #2331
- Criticker #1407
- Kinopoisk #4542
- AlloCiné #3882
- Trakt #2344
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 86, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a remote village, two brothers discover a rancher is possessed by a demon. They know the strict rules for disposal to prevent the evil from spreading, but their panicked attempt to handle the situation goes horribly wrong. This failure unleashes the demonic presence upon their community, forcing them to flee as the evil corrupts everything and everyone in its path.
Details
- Director
- Demián Rugna
- Writer
- Demián Rugna
- Studio
- Machaco Films, La Puerta Roja, Aramos Cine, Cine Argentino
- Released
- 5 October 2023
- Country
- Argentina
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $2.1M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2024 | Best Horror Movie | When Evil Lurks | Nominee |
| Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer 2024 | Critics' Prize | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer 2024 | Audience Award | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Platino Awards 2024 | Best Sound | Pablo Isola | Nominee |
| Sitges Film Festival 2023 | Best Feature Film | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Sitges Film Festival 2023 | Blood Window Award for Best Feature Film | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
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6 awards — When Evil Lurks
×| Best Horror Movie | When Evil Lurks | Nominee |
| Audience Award | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Critics' Prize | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Blood Window Award for Best Feature Film | When Evil Lurks | Winner |
| Best Sound | Pablo Isola | Nominee |