Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Chasing the Devil’

Written by Scott Edwards

Everyone always wants answers, but there are only a few people out there that are willing to do the work to find them. With nothing being handed out in any aspect of life, if you are not willing to find the answers, you may never know what they are. You can ask all of the questions you want and be content with what is handed back to you, but most of the time it is not the answer you have been looking for. It is hard to know what the correct information really is when someone else is delivering it to you, but most of the time something is left out and if you really want to know it, you have to find it for yourself.

Since Patrick is not happy with the explanation of what happened concerning his sister’s death, he turns to a ghost hunting group that might be able to help shed some light on what actually happened. With his friend Frank looking to shoot a documentary on the subject of possession, Patrick meets up with the ParaShooters group and quickly finds out that their psychic Thomas is not a fake. Returning to the room where his sister supposedly killed herself, Thomas is able to pinpoint what happened to her without knowing anything about the situation. With the group being attacked by a powerful spirit, they quickly realize they need to learn more about possessions and figure out what the spirit wanted with Patrick’s sister.
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Meeting with a professor on the subject, the group finds out that there is really no rhyme or reason to why people become targets, but if it turns out that it is the devil lurking inside of someone, then he will do everything he can to bring about the end of the world. Being told not to get in the evil spirit’s way, the group is on the hunt for someone else that might be possessed by the same spirit. Finding the Tynan family whose daughter Hailey has been acting strange for several weeks, Patrick and his team have found that it is the same spirit that took his sister away from him. Being able to catch the spirit during its ‘dead time’, the group sees the power that it possesses and is forced to deal with the repercussions of messing with something they do not fully understand.  
 
This movie features a slightly different look at how possessions take place by way of a group of ghost hunters trying to figure out the secret behind them. With the loss of his sister, Patrick is determined to find out what really happened and after witnessing the power of the devil that was inside of her, he knows deep down that there is no way of stopping it. I really liked how the spirit is able to jump to whomever he wants to torment at any time, usually there has to be some sort of body contact. Watching as the group slowly falls into the trap that the spirit wants them in, they have no way of stopping it until it gets what it wants and that might be the scariest thing about this story. Stay Scared.
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Five Takeaways

1. When consulting an expert on a particular subject, you should take their advice.
2. When witnessing the power of a spirit in an empty room, you may want to steer clear of anything to do with what you have just seen.
3. Don’t try to overpower a possessed person, because whatever is inside of them has gifted them with super strength.
4. Knowing the devil’s name is not enough, especially when you don’t have a priest on your side.
5. Don’t be around power boxes if you are afraid of being possessed, it is just a silly idea.

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