Welcome to Mercy

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Welcome to Mercy

Released Nov 2, 2018

1h 44m

Mystery & Thriller

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Stricken with stigmata, Madaline travels to a convent where nothing is what it seems -- and her friend August is seemingly the only person she can trust. Together, they must confront the demons inside Madaline before she becomes the Antichrist.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

The final 15 minutes are explosive.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 5, 2018

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The movie's too slow at the start and somewhat befuddling at the end, but for the most part it's a haunting, poignant portrait of one woman's Kafkaesque nightmare.

Nov 2, 2018

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

A rare horror movie whose creators seriously represent both sides of a dilemma, and is therefore more mature than it seems at first glance.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 2, 2018

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Welcome to Mercy is a supernatural film that creates a world and characters that are realistic and human, setting itself in a low-key way that brings the viewer in before releasing its information and turning things on the viewer.

Rated: 4.5/5

Apr 11, 2020

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Lorry Kikta

Film Threat

If you can handle a super-slow burn, though, Welcome to Mercy is right up your alley.

Rated: 6.5/10

Dec 20, 2018

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Andrew Wyatt

The Lens

Welcome to Mercy is a lazy, muddled horror feature, but at least it's wily about concealing that fact.

Rated: C-

Dec 7, 2018

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Liam D

A Demonic Thriller that does place I didn't expect with a kinda downer ending

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/26/22

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Audience Member

Interesting take on the possession/exorcism genre. Solid characters and interesting Latvian location - kind of a gritty looking convent. The lead (Kristen Ruhlin) wrote the screenplay so you might say the script fits her perfectly. Not a lot of jump scares, more of an atmospheric thing, although there's some scary stuff here. Worth a watch for horror fans with an interesting twist on possession.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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This movie was absolutely amazing. Now when I clicked on this to watch I was not expecting this kind of film. But this shows you what the person in the body is going through now it's supposed to represent evil but to me I saw this as what people go through with mental illness. I'll let you watch yourself but THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

This is a really poorly made and dumb movie. It is very hard to follow in a way that is unnecessary. It's a movie I really wanted to and tried to like. The dialogue is not tightly put together so the movie starts out very slowly and biting my. When any action starts it is never clear how it is resolved. The entire ends up feeling like a shameful waste of time by the end. The movie "Stigmata" was a much better film and I didn't like that one either.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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anthony b

Chop the last four seconds off the film, and I would bump it up a half star.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

a slow-burn masterpiece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Synopsis

Stricken with stigmata, Madaline travels to a convent where nothing is what it seems -- and her friend August is seemingly the only person she can trust. Together, they must confront the demons inside Madaline before she becomes the Antichrist.

Director: Tommy Bertelsen
Screenwriter: Kristen Ruhlin
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: IFC Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 3, 2018
Runtime: 1h 44m

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