Demigod (film)

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Demigod
Directed by Miles Doleac
Written byMiles Doleac
Michael Donovan Horn
Produced byJonathan Buchanan
Neil Evans
Nathaniel Upshaw
Ryan Valdez
Starring
CinematographyNathan Tape
Edited byKeith Jared Hollingsworth
Music by Clifton Hyde
Production
companies
Artist Vodka Films
Historia Films
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release date
9 October 2021 (US)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Demigod is a 2021 American horror film directed by Miles Doleac, starring Doleac, Rachel Nichols, Yohance Myles, Lindsay Anne Williams, Elena Sanchez and Rachel Ryals.

Contents

Cast

Release

The film received a limited theatrical release and a VOD release on 15 October 2021. [1]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 16 reviews. [2] Thom Ernst of Original Cin rated the film a "B+" and wrote that it "works because of the movie's dedicated performances, some fittingly extreme (the witches and demons) and others reliably frightened." [3] Jon Mendelsohn of Comic Book Resources wrote that while the film is "not groundbreaking by any means", it is "an unpredictable, entertainingly gory ride that rests somewhere between schlock and quality independent cinema". [4]

Martin Unsworth of Starburst rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and called it an "entertaining low budget shocker that’s worth a look." [5] Cody Hamman of JoBlo.com gave the film a score of 5/10 and called it "disappointingly underwhelming". [1] Kelly Vance of the East Bay Express wrote that while the film "has a writing problem and is too slowly paced for its weight." [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hamman, Cody (13 October 2021). "Demigod Movie Review". JoBlo.com . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. "Demigod". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. Ernst, Thom (15 October 2021). "Demigod: In Horror Movies At Least, There's a Reason Americans Shouldn't Travel". Original Cin. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. Mendelsohn, Jon (18 October 2021). "Demigod Brings Campy Fun In Time for Halloween - But Isn't Groundbreaking". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. Unsworth, Martin. "DEMIGOD". Starburst . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. Vance, Kelly (27 October 2021). "Toil and Trouble: Our Halloween fright-flick sampler". East Bay Express . Retrieved 9 February 2024.