{"id":22295,"date":"2017-04-21T08:29:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=22295"},"modified":"2017-04-21T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:29:31","slug":"holy-terror-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=22295","title":{"rendered":"HOLY TERROR &#8211; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coverholyterror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coverholyterror.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/coverholyterror-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Directed By:<br \/>\n<strong>Rich Mallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starring:<br \/>\n<strong>Kristine DeBell, Lisa London, Mel Novak, Vida Ghaffari, Kelly Reiter, Bogdan Szumilas, Jesse Hlubik, Scott Butler, Joseph Kelbie Williamson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Storyline:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBelieving the strange disturbances in their home are their deceased son reaching out from the other side, Molly [Reiter] and Tom [Hlubik] ask a medium [London] to make contact. But instead of their child, the three accidentally invite a vengeful demon to cross over. After the demon violently possesses Molly\u2019s younger sister [Olson], the couple enlists the help of a disgraced priest [Butler] and his mentor Sister Catherine [DeBell] to attempt a dangerous exorcism.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HOLY TERROR opens up with a bloodcurdling scene of Father Murphy (Mel Novak) and Sister Catherine (Kristine DeBell) performing an exorcism on Halley (Vida Ghaffari).\u00a0 Satanic exorcisms typically frightens most and Halley\u2019s exorcism did just that as it set the eerie mood of the film.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vida-785x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vida-785x442.jpg 785w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vida-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vida-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/vida.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghaffari\u2019s role as a possessed Halley was intense her acting provided the perfect amount of evil coming out of her to make her the scene spine-chilling.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;I did my research by watching countless real exorcism videos and reading about it,\u201d<\/em> tells Ghaffari about her role as Halley. \u00a0She was also thrilled to work alongside a couple veteran actors in her scenes, <em>\u201cI was honored to work with Mel Novak, who is a real legend, from Bruce Lee&#8217;s &#8216;Game of Death&#8217; and Chuck Norris&#8217; &#8216;An Eye for An Eye&#8217; and countless other films. It was also great to work with iconic actress Kristine DeBell, from &#8216;Meatballs&#8217; with Bill Murray and &#8216;The Big Brawl&#8217; with Jackie Chan.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the traumatizing and tragic exorcism opening scene, we then meet Molly (Kelly Lynn Reiter) and Tom (Jesse Hlubik) a married couple that is in obvious sorrow and suffering.\u00a0 It\u2019s soon learned that they lost their son Joshua at a young age and they struggle to move forward in life.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in the film, Director and Writer Rich Malleryhas adequately set up the story.\u00a0 He raised the main question and set up Tom and Holly\u2019s goal while including moments of tragedy, evil, and heartbreak all within the first ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/seance-785x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/seance-785x442.jpg 785w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/seance-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/seance-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/seance.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Tom and Holly struggle with the loss of Joshua, Tom tries to keep himself together and help Molly keep her sanity.\u00a0 However, he\u2019s obviously hiding his pain, but won\u2019t show it in front of her. Strange incidences happen in the house and Tom keeps dismissing them and coming up with logical explanations.\u00a0 Soon the occurrences become more frequent and aggressive, which includes injuries to Holly\u2019s sister Billie (Nicole Olson) who is staying with them.\u00a0 The evil presence apparently in Billie is tough for Tom to believe due to her drug addiction and both Tom and Holly believe Billie\u2019s sickness is due to severe withdrawal symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Holly then starts to thinks that Joshua\u2019s spirit is still in the home.\u00a0 Once Holly physically starts seeing Joshua and experiencing more frightening happenings she believes her son is stuck in a bad place and she needs to help him. It\u2019s time for Holly to bring in help and Tom and Holly attempt to contact Joshua with a s\u00e9ance led by Janice (Lisa London).\u00a0 Janice tells them that it\u2019s not their son and that there\u2019s an extremely evil and dangerous presence in their home.\u00a0 After the s\u00e9ance the drama, conflict, terror, and even seduction raises the stakes in the film significantly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism2-785x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism2-785x442.jpg 785w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism2-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism2-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to bring in Father Murphy and Sister Catherine (now just Catherine) to help Tom and Holly.\u00a0 Father Murphy and Catherine are reluctant at first due to the tragedy during their last exorcism.\u00a0 Knowing they\u2019re Tom and Holly\u2019s only hope, they agree to perform the exorcism, but proceed with extra caution and fear.<\/p>\n<p>During the climax the exorcism is exhausting as the possession brings out the worst, including it exposing a little secret of Billie and Tom, which more than likely will put a little hamper on Tom and Holly\u2019s marriage. \u00a0The battle with evil continues and the violence escalates.\u00a0 Will the exorcism outcome end better than how it did for Halley and what sacrifices will be made to rid the evil in their house?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism-785x589.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism-785x589.jpg 785w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/exorcism.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The acting, directing, eerie settings, and nature of the film makes HOLY TERROR an entertaining, and scary film.\u00a0 It does have a bit of a 70s\/80s feel to it as Mallery did a good job implementing some of that era\u2019s style into the film.<\/p>\n<p>HOLY TERROR currently is available on Amazon and for more information and to connect with the HOLY TERROR community, check out the Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>www.facebook.com\/holyterrormovie<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directed By: Rich Mallery Starring: Kristine DeBell, Lisa London, Mel Novak, Vida Ghaffari, Kelly Reiter, Bogdan Szumilas, Jesse Hlubik, Scott Butler, Joseph Kelbie Williamson Storyline: \u201cBelieving the strange disturbances in their home are their deceased son reaching out from the other side, Molly [Reiter] and Tom [Hlubik] ask a medium [London] to make contact. 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