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When Evil Lurks

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When Evil Lurks	comment	''When Evil Lurks" is a 2023 Argentinian supernatural horror film written and directed by DemiÃ¡n Rugna.In a remote farming village in Argentina, the Yazurlo brothers discover that one of their neighbours has been infected by a demon. After dumping him far away from their land, the eldest brother, Pedro, convinces the younger, Jaime, to collect their family and make a run for it.
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When Evil Lurks / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
When Evil Lurks / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: The contaminated brothers leaving their land against advice and bringing their family members into contact with the demonic infection might bring to mind the people who broke lockdown restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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When Evil Lurks / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
When Evil Lurks / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: Pedro's first priority once it is clear the demons have been let loose is to save his children. It is also a deconstruction, as Pedro's efforts to save them ultimately result in the deaths of most of his family.
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When Evil Lurks / int_1f6983f7	type	Ambiguous Situation
When Evil Lurks / int_1f6983f7	comment	Ambiguous Situation: The reason Pedro is both viewed with suspicion by the police and has a restraining order against him is because, according to Sabrina, he tried to kill their son Jair supposedly for being autistic. That being said, we only have Sabrinaâ€™s word to go by it, and one of the times she says it is after she was possessed. Jaime also responds to Mirtaâ€™s comment on these claims by saying Sabrina made them up. But Jaime has just as much of a reason to lie as Sabrina does, given that heâ€™s loyal to his brother, and it being implied that part of his loyalty stems from guilt over a possible affair between him and Sabrina.
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When Evil Lurks / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
When Evil Lurks / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: Being possessed seems to cause a hankering for human flesh, among other symptoms.
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When Evil Lurks / int_269e82c1	type	Death of a Child
When Evil Lurks / int_269e82c1	comment	The Yazurlo brothers drop by the house of Pedroâ€™s ex-wife, Sabrina, to pick up Pedroâ€™s sons in an effort to get their family away from the spreading rotten. But Pedro not paying attention to his infected clothes as heâ€™s stripping them off results in the family dog, Roger, getting possesed and mauling Sabrinaâ€™s daughter. And as Adults Are Useless shows, neither he, his ex-wife, nor his ex-wifeâ€™s current husband notice the brutal mauling thatâ€™s happening beside them. Itâ€™s also likely that had they stayed put and not try to collect their relatives, the whole thing wouldnâ€™t have spread as fast as it did.
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When Evil Lurks / int_27ab0123	type	Offing the Offspring
When Evil Lurks / int_27ab0123	comment	Offing the Offspring: The possessed Sabrina kidnaps her youngest son, Santino, and is later seen wandering on the side of the road eating his brains. Earlier in the film, there are mentions of Pedro having attempted to kill his older autistic son, Jair. It explains why he has a restraining order against him ad the policeâ€™s distrust of him. Jaime, however, claims that Pedroâ€™s ex-wife made up the story to gain custody.
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When Evil Lurks / int_287694ed	type	Disability Immunity
When Evil Lurks / int_287694ed	comment	Disability Immunity: For some reason the demons have great trouble with autistic individuals. Jair spends hours possessed before the demon works out how to control his body, and when it does, it can't act like him at all and gives the game away instantly. Unfortunately, the only person who sees him acting strangely is his elderly grandmother. By the time Pedro and Jaime return, the demon has perfected its Jair impression.
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When Evil Lurks / int_38e4b69d	type	Mister Seahorse
When Evil Lurks / int_38e4b69d	comment	Mister Seahorse: The possessed Uriel is spoken of as being pregnant with a demon child. When Pedro eventually kills Uriel, a demonic child rises from his corpse and walks off into the sunrise.
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When Evil Lurks / int_45cd286c	type	Corrupt Politician
When Evil Lurks / int_45cd286c	comment	Corrupt Politician: The reason for the the police being useless is chalked up to the Mayor wanting a way to drive Ruiz and the residents of his farmland away, so that he could sell it off to the highest bidder afterward. It's also hinted that he may have some involvement with the murder of the Cleaner sent to deal with Uriel in furtherance of this goal.
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When Evil Lurks / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
When Evil Lurks / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: The demons have no qualms about possessing or harming children.
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When Evil Lurks / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
When Evil Lurks / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Both the brothers survive, but Jair is possessed and pretty much everyone else is dead. What's more, a demon child has been born thanks to Pedro's rash actions, and who knows what chaos and terror he will bring. It's little wonder that the final shot is Pedro kneeling in front of his house and screaming in anguish.
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When Evil Lurks / int_50ed1af4	type	Our Demons Are Different
When Evil Lurks / int_50ed1af4	comment	Our Demons Are Different: For one, theyâ€™re referred to as â€œThe Rottenâ€� and operate much like a virus. They arenâ€™t given any physical form, save for the demon child at the end, unless you count the bodies of the various people and animals that they possess. The possession process can also spread from one individual to another, if the rules are broken, such as if someone were to shoot a Rotten with a gun. It also appears that they make use of psychological torment, as they repeatedy taunt the uninfected people around them into killing the current host through ineffective means (such as with guns) in order to make the possessions spread.
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When Evil Lurks / int_5859124f	type	Gruesome Goat
When Evil Lurks / int_5859124f	comment	Gruesome Goat: One of Ruiz' goats becomes infected, and taunts him into shooting it.
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When Evil Lurks / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
When Evil Lurks / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: The Yazurlo brothers appeal to the local police for help, but they dismiss it as "not their problem." They don't even seem to care about an unexplained dismembered body on the possessed man's land, nor the unexplained gunshots heard the night before. As mentioned above, it's likely the mayor is paying them off to ignore the problem until the locals are driven out. When Pedro later flags down the police lieutenant and tells him that Vicky has been attacked by a dog, the officer's response is "you called us about a dog?"
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When Evil Lurks / int_59fe174d	type	Devil, but No God
When Evil Lurks / int_59fe174d	comment	Devil, but No God: Demons appear to be free to rampage with no fear of divine intervention. It's indicated the church's influence has collapsed as a result of its impotence in the face of the demonic threat.
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When Evil Lurks / int_71e8a5c5	type	Trauma Conga Line
When Evil Lurks / int_71e8a5c5	comment	Trauma Conga Line: Pedro has to deal with losing his ex-wife, both his sons, and his mother. Made worse by the fact that they probably would have been safe if he'd stayed put in the first place.
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When Evil Lurks / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
When Evil Lurks / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Happens so many times it might as well be a theme. In the beginning, Ruiz becomes so determined to ensure that the Rotten doesnâ€™t take over his land that he has a possessed Uriel transported to a different place. This is despite protests from the people around him, including his own wife, Jimena. Not only does the plan go awry when Uriel falls off the back of the truck and disappears on the road, but the possession even returns to his land through one of his goats that had been previously killed. Even while Jimena pleads with him not to shoot the possessed goat because of the rules, he does so anyway and it results in both him and Jimena getting an ax to the face. The Yazurlo brothers drop by the house of Pedroâ€™s ex-wife, Sabrina, to pick up Pedroâ€™s sons in an effort to get their family away from the spreading rotten. But Pedro not paying attention to his infected clothes as heâ€™s stripping them off results in the family dog, Roger, getting possesed and mauling Sabrinaâ€™s daughter. And as Adults Are Useless shows, neither he, his ex-wife, nor his ex-wifeâ€™s current husband notice the brutal mauling thatâ€™s happening beside them. Itâ€™s also likely that had they stayed put and not try to collect their relatives, the whole thing wouldnâ€™t have spread as fast as it did. Jaime ignores Mirtaâ€™s warning on his nephew Jair being possessed, thinking that the warnings are just because heâ€™s autistic. Though to be fair, Mirta doesnâ€™t elaborate on the warnings until the second time, which is just as theyâ€™re looking for an abducted Santino. Still, he doesnâ€™t inform Pedro of this and they leave the possessed Jair alone with their mother, resulting in her being eaten by her possessed grandson towards the end. Pedro follows a possessed girlâ€™s instructions on where to get an ax, so that he could more easily, bring Uriel out from within the stage. This is despite Mirta desperately shouting at him not to listen to the possessed girl, the impending birth of a demon child, and having every reason to both heed Mirtaâ€™s warnings and doubt the possessed girl. What this ultimately results in is Mirtaâ€™s death and the demon child rising from Urielâ€™s corpse, which may as well bring about The End of the World as We Know It.
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When Evil Lurks / int_906365a2	type	Demonic Possession
When Evil Lurks / int_906365a2	comment	Demonic Possession: This flavour of it acts like an infection, and is dubbed "The Rotten". The setting hints at this being a rare but well-established phenomena, as towns have strict protocols on what to do in the event of a Rotten appearing.
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When Evil Lurks / int_91672d3e	type	Children Are Innocent
When Evil Lurks / int_91672d3e	comment	Children Are Innocent: Played With, as Mirta explains that "Evil is drawn to children, and children are drawn to evil."
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When Evil Lurks / int_95dd3f2a	type	Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred!
When Evil Lurks / int_95dd3f2a	comment	Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred!: The demons repeatedly goad people into killing them, as this only kills one host but lets them spread more easily. Despite knowing this and being warned against it by Mirta, an enraged Pedro kills Uriel, letting the demon child be born.
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When Evil Lurks / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
When Evil Lurks / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The possessed Jair drapes a lambskin rug over himself before cannibalizing his grandmother, indicating that he is a "wolf in sheep's clothing".
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When Evil Lurks / int_a03b1d9f	type	Failure Hero
When Evil Lurks / int_a03b1d9f	comment	Failure Hero: While neither of the brothers are successful Pedro stands out for getting his family killed and/or possessed by bringing the infection straight to them, losing his temper and abandoning Mirta to be killed so he can grab a useless weapon, then finally killing Uriel by smashing his head in (rather than a clean stab through the nape of the neck), letting the demon child be born.
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When Evil Lurks / int_a939d96a	type	Adults Are Useless
When Evil Lurks / int_a939d96a	comment	Adults Are Useless: The adults are so engrossed in their own argument that they don't even register Vicky's vicious mauling by Roger until Santino starts screaming, and even then they drag their feet about it.
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When Evil Lurks / int_b8eb11d7	type	Definitely Just a Cold
When Evil Lurks / int_b8eb11d7	comment	Jaime ignores Mirtaâ€™s warning on his nephew Jair being possessed, thinking that the warnings are just because heâ€™s autistic. Though to be fair, Mirta doesnâ€™t elaborate on the warnings until the second time, which is just as theyâ€™re looking for an abducted Santino. Still, he doesnâ€™t inform Pedro of this and they leave the possessed Jair alone with their mother, resulting in her being eaten by her possessed grandson towards the end.
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When Evil Lurks / int_c2d978fe	type	Car Fu
When Evil Lurks / int_c2d978fe	comment	Car Fu: Sabrina is the victim of this on two separate occasions: a possessed Leo drives into her and pins her against their house, killing her. Then, when she comes back possessed herself, Jaime hits her with a car after seeing her eat Santino.
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When Evil Lurks / int_d71d51fd	type	The End of the World as We Know It
When Evil Lurks / int_d71d51fd	comment	Pedro follows a possessed girlâ€™s instructions on where to get an ax, so that he could more easily, bring Uriel out from within the stage. This is despite Mirta desperately shouting at him not to listen to the possessed girl, the impending birth of a demon child, and having every reason to both heed Mirtaâ€™s warnings and doubt the possessed girl. What this ultimately results in is Mirtaâ€™s death and the demon child rising from Urielâ€™s corpse, which may as well bring about The End of the World as We Know It.
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When Evil Lurks / int_df237522	type	Hellhound
When Evil Lurks / int_df237522	comment	Hellhound: Sabrina's family dog, Roger, becomes this after sniffing around Pedro's contaminated clothes.
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When Evil Lurks / int_eb4ee9eb	type	Guns Are Worthless
When Evil Lurks / int_eb4ee9eb	comment	Guns Are Worthless: Guns might kill a possessed individual, but they also spread the possession further.
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When Evil Lurks / int_f3d5d15f	type	Creepy Child
When Evil Lurks / int_f3d5d15f	comment	Creepy Child: Oh, so many. Little Vicky gleefully tells her mother that her father is about to drive into them, and dances in the street after he does. Uriel is sheltered in a rural school, populated by several possessed children. And then, of course, there's the demon child.
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