Synopsis
When a single mother and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence in their quiet suburban home, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to take on the violent forces that paranormal experts are too frightened to face.
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Cast
- Ali LarterMadison
- Arjun GuptaNikolai
- Chloe PerrinHaley
- Joe EgenderCarl
- Patrick FischlerAustin
- Wilmer CalderonMiguel
- Tom WrightCurtis (as Thomas Wright)
- Merrin DungeyMrs. Wallace
- Max RoseJacob
- Kurt CarleyThe Prisoner
Recommendations
- 50
RogerEbert.com
Only trouble is, none of the elements — the scary stuff, the psychological drama, the family-dynamic crises — really deliver the wallop necessary to provide truly memorable horror fare. - 30
Los Angeles Times
The Diabolical is a tepid horror-thriller that never manages to sell, much less clarify, its potentially ambitious concept. - 25
Movie Nation
That lets Diabolical join the burgeoning ranks of half-hearted horror films that most of us don’t get around to watching because there’s not much reward for doing so. - 20
Village Voice
It might be asking too much for The Diabolical to fully live up to its cheesy-ominous title, but the sheer unadulterated inanity of these proceedings suggests that it'll soon be teleported to the far corners of the B-movie streaming-video abyss.
