Welcome, one and all to yet another abject lesson in what should be called Cinematic Séances Are A Bad Idea For Everyone Involved. As if we didn’t already have last year’s Ouija to point this out, along comes the first trailer for horror thriller Demonic to remind the world that nothing good happens when stupid people decide to try to dabble in dark forces.
This time around, those trying to figure out what happened when one of these ill-judged ceremonies turns deadly include a psychologist (Maria Bello) and a detective (Frank Grillo). Naturally, they start to dig into the case and the foreboding old house that it all went down in, trying to piece together what really happened. Was this an incursion from the Great Beyond? Or are the participants just run-of-the-mill killers trying to cover their tracks? The trailer leaves little room for doubt on that front...
With Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan, Megan Park, Scott Mechlowicz and Aaron Yoo also among the cast, Demonic is directed by Will Canon, but the trailer goes to heavier pains to point out the presence of James Wan as its producer, hoping that the Insidious/Conjuring man’s magic touch with horror movie success makes audiences more willing to lay down their dosh. It’ll spook the US some time this year, but has no official release date on either side of the pond.