When their daughter is possessed by a demon and insists on a sacrifice to vacate her body, the Sellers family decide to rent their dream house to recently single Will (Jon Michael Simpson), a toothpaste customer service guy, who seems to be the perfect host for the resident evil force. It’s not long until strange things start happening and freaking him out. A friend, Patrick (Jeff McQuitty), tries to set him up with Aimee (Olivia Ducayen), who, as it turns out, used to ‘cleanse’ houses when she was younger, so the trio attempt to exorcise the demon.
Sorry About the Demon is a light-hearted spectral romp written and directed by Emily Hagins (My Sucky Teen Romance) that manages to deliver the scares when it needs to. Beautifully shot in a large, creaky house full of ghosts that are restless because a demon demands a vessel to possess, there are a few effective jump-scares, but for the most part, everything’s handled for laughs. It may not be laugh-out-loud funny throughout, but the likeable main characters keep things engaging.
Sorry About the Demon is on Shudder from January 19th.
