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"Deliver us from evil": The story behind the movie

"Deliver us from evil", starring Eric Bana and Edgar Ramirez, is more than a good movie of the horror genre , it is based on the experience of a former New York police, Ralph Sarchie, dedicated to fighting cases of possessions, along with priest Joe Mendoza.

The true story of Ralph Sarchie

Ralph Sarchie really exists.The former New York police have had to live a series of paranormal experiences that have convinced him that the devil exists and is much closer to what people may think.

Eric Bana playing former New York policeman Ralph Sarchie

While he was still a police officer, Sarchie also had another" job ", which consisted of helping his great friend and priest Joe Mendoza in v Several cases of demonic possessions .In fact, the former policeman expressed his experiences in a memoir he wrote, titled "Beware the Night"./strong>

Beware of the night

It is precisely the book "Beware the Night" that inspired and in the that the movie “Deliver us from evil” was based. Sarchie investigates strong cases of possessions and also assists the Mendoza priest in several exorcisms.

One of the most documented in that book is the case of Dominick and Gabby Villanova , who according to the author, were harassed by a demon who first appeared as a black smoke figure in one of the corners of his room.all kinds of paranormal events began to happen in that home, loud footsteps were heard, objects that moved alone, groans and grunts.It was one of the demon cases There are more dangerous threats that the police faced.

Edgar Ramirez playing the priest Joe Mendoza

Another widely documented case in the book is that of a possessed woman that occurred in 1992, Sarchie recounts As this woman developed an impressive force, which forced them to tie her to a chair so she could perform the rite of exorcism.The woman resisted fiercely insulting, spitting and moving objects around the site.

Is it a true story to free us from evil?

The truth is that the film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Scott Derrickson is based on some experiences embodied in Sarchie's book, however, the tape is fiction , since the writers of the film significantly changed the facts to adapt them to the country ntalla.

What does not cease to amaze is how a tough New York policeman can radically change his vision to the point of believing in the world of supernatural and demons and while the movie is not one hundred percent true, it does reflect to a large extent real experiences, which can be as or even more surprising than the fiction itself .

Did you watch the movie “Deliver us from evil? What did you think?

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