Also released as
- Коли зло ховається
- وقتی شیطان در کمین است
- Quando O Mal Chega
- Zlo si umí počkat
- Quando o Mal Espreita
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When Evil Lurks
When Evil Lurks is a 2023 Argentine and American possession film directed by Demián Rugna.
Argentinian, merciless, and it establishes early that the film will not spare anybody. It means it.
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Argentinian, merciless, and it establishes early that the film will not spare anybody, then means it.
Two brothers in rural Argentina find a man in an advanced state of demonic possession, called a rotten, and try to remove him from the area. There are rules for dealing with this. Nobody follows them.
Demián Rugna's innovation is that possession here is an infection with a protocol, and the horror is watching people break the protocol out of panic, ignorance or love.
It is one of the most upsetting films of the decade, and specifically because of what it is willing to do to characters that any other film would protect. There are at least two moments where the audience assumes the film will cut and it does not.
The dog. The goat. The scene in the school.
Do not watch it casually.
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The same film, sold as a different film in each territory. Click any of them.
Where to watch
Australia
Germany
Finland
UK
USA
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Checked 9 Aug 2026
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