Horror/Occult 2016
A woman, Sophia, is driven to the edge of madness seeking vengeance after her young son is kidnapped and murdered.
She searches out an Occult practitioner, Solomon, to guide her in an attempt at a grueling, months-long ritual to achieve her revenge by magic. The ritual is all in, one way out-you succeed or you die, damned.
This is a serious, unnerving and very thoughtful look at obsession, hate fueled sacrifice, the weight of guilt and psychic endurance.
Based on an "actual" summoning ritual(The Abramalin Ritual) to demand a favor from a demon or an angel, depending on who shows up first. This spell forms the framework of the story as Sophia goes through the esoteric steps of purification, focus, mortification, abandoning the world and stepping out of reality. It is a harrowing process of fasting, sleep deprivation, endless recitation, repeated exposure to cold and wet(she'd breeze through NSW Hell Week by the end) that lasts for weeks...and fails. So she starts over and seasons pass. Months go by and reality begins to warp.
The preparations, studies and lore illustrated as Solomon guides Sophia adds a sense of weight and ominous depth to the chilling task they attempt.
There are no jump scares, just a very slow transition from cold reality into an eerie, isolated and frightening state of being.
Very creepy, with a chilling, atmospheric soundtrack.
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