Review of Deliver Us from Evil (2014) by Arpan M — 11 Nov 2014

Some day, hopefully soon, horror filmmakers will realize that certain tropes are not scary anymore. One of these tropes is checking under the bed. "Deliver Us From Evil" leaned heavily on this scare in their marketing campaign.

Even messing with expectations after checking under the bed is now an overused motif. If there was nothing under the bed, something will provide a scare following the mislead. Obviously, horror tropes exist for a reason and can still be achieved with brilliance, but when films are as lazy about them as "Deliver Us From Evil," one prays for the day that filmmakers exorcise their own bad habits.