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Hostage to the Devil

Play trailer Poster for Hostage to the Devil Released Oct 31, 2016 1h 30m Documentary Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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Father Malachi Martin, an Irish Jesuit, penned numerous novels and performed many exorcisms as he battled the devil throughout his life.
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Andrew Gaudion THN Hostage to the Devil never sinks in its hook. Rated: 2/5 Aug 30, 2020 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed ... a very even documentary that does not offer a lot of excitement but it does have its creepy moments which are worth seeing. Rated: 3/5 Apr 19, 2020 Full Review Jorge Loser Espinof The fascination that gives us the possibility that everything is real, or even as a very well-documented "mockumentary", it is perfectly enjoyable. Aug 16, 2019 Full Review Charlie Oughton Starburst Hostage to the Devil fascinates with its focus on a renegade, dinner-party darling exorcist and the social factors that made him a star. Rated: 8/10 Sep 6, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Absolutely terrible! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member i found this to be super interesting; how do people not believe in this stuff? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought this documentary was fair, in that it showed someone that was insanely jealous of Father Martin as the antagonist. Looking at the rating right this moment (31% liked?) I laugh. Watch it yourself, and decide instead of basing it on what people say it is. There's obvious biased reviewing going on here. I thought the producers did a very fine job of researching and interviewing. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting for archival footage of Malachi Martin and interviews with his friends, but unfair to Martin in that the creators should not have given any airtime to Kaiser, whose paranoid schizophrenia made him delusional about Martin and his wife having an affair. Also, doc did not make clear that while Martin did leave the Jesuits, he remained a priest in good standing, and had faculties from Cardinal Cooke. The ending was bad, quoting Martin as saying we have no protection from the devil - except Christ, but they deleted Christ from that quotation! Bad bad bad film making. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Awesome documentary !!! Watched it 3 times ?? a job well done causeway pictures and of course marty and chris ?? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a tough one. The concept of this documentary was interesting enough, I was intrigued, but by the end of it, I had no idea what this piece was truing to say. it was all over the place, first this guy is saying that the priest had am affair with his wife, then he's interested in helping, then he isn't really a priest anymore, and then this and then that. Without a narrative, it was sort of confusing. At the end, I don't know what the point was. What is is that he did exactly, was it real? there was no real ending. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Father Malachi Martin, an Irish Jesuit, penned numerous novels and performed many exorcisms as he battled the devil throughout his life.
Director
Marty Stalker
Producer
Rachel Lysaght, Paddy McCarney, Margaret McGoldrick
Screenwriter
Marty Stalker, Rachel Lysaght
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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