''Exorcismus'' ( es, La posesión de Emma Evans) is a 2010 Spanish-British

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directed by Manuel Carballo and written by David Muñoz, it stars

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and

Stephen Billington Stephen Billington (born 10 December 1964) is an English actor, best known for playing Greg Kelly in ''Coronation Street'' (for which he won the 1999 British Soap Award for Villain of the Year). Career Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Billing ...

Plot

Secluded, home-schooled teenager Emma's uncontrolled behaviour causes her to believe she is

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by the

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. When terrible things start to happen to her friends and family, her parents grudgingly call in the help of her uncle, who is a priest, to drive out the evil spirits.

Cast

as Emma Evans *

Tommy Bastow Thomas Derek Bastow (born 26 August 1991) is an English actor and musician from Epsom, Surrey. He is best known for playing the character Dave the Laugh in Paramount Pictures' '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', as Joe in the British Telec ...

as Alex Evans * Richard Felix as John *

as Christopher *

Doug Bradley Douglas William Bradley (born 7 September 1954) is an English actor and author, best known for his role as the lead Cenobite "Pinhead" in the ''Hellraiser'' film series and for narration on various Cradle of Filth albums. He is also starrin ...

as Priest * Isamaya ffrench as Rose Evans * Lazzaro Oertli as Mark Evans (Emma's brother) * Cristina Cervià as Sofia Salgado

Production

In November 2008 Luis de la Madrid was set to direct the exorcism film, but on 22 September 2009 he was replaced by Manuel Carballo. The Spanish director David Muñoz wrote the script, and shooting began on 5 October 2009 in the Studios of Filmax.

Release

Screening rights were secured in the UK by E1 Entertainment, in Australia by Vendetta, in Brazil by Playarte, in Italy by Mediafilm, by Gulf Film for the Middle East, Lusomundo for Portugal and CDi acquired the screening rights for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. The film was released in the United States as ''The Possession of Emma Evans'', in 2011.

References

External links

* *{{Rotten Tomatoes, exorcismus 2010 films 2010 horror films 2010 psychological thriller films Films about exorcism Religious horror films Spanish supernatural horror films Films scored by Zacarías M. de la Riva 2010s English-language films 2010s Spanish films 2010s British films British supernatural horror films