The Irrefutable Truth about Demons. (2000)
Karl Urban stars in this horror from New Zealand. A film about a professor who debunks myths regarding satanic cults and how his life changes for the worse when he receives a video tape from a cult calling themselves the Black Lodge. The tape seemingly shows his recently dead brother amid scenes of demonic ritual.
This was quite an enjoyable watch. Urban is quietly effective as the professor and nailed his performance as a man losing his grip on reality. The cult are a bit too cyber goth which was the only thing that placed this film in this century as it really belonged in the demonic haze of the early seventies, but it's leader Le Valliant comes across as Anton LaVey crossed with MTDS and certainly has that pointy beard twirling seventies vibe.
The abstract realities blur with real life and leave us with an often gory cornucopia of general wierdness, although Anton LaSlowly is never too far away from proceedings.
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