Incarnate

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Incarnate

PG-13

2016

1h 26m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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After a single mother witnesses terrifying symptoms of demonic possession in her 11-year-old son (David Mazouz), a Vatican representative calls on wheelchair-bound scientist Dr. Seth Ember (Aaron Eckhart) to rid him of the evil spirit. Driven by a personal agenda rooted in his own tragic past, Ember enters the boy's unconscious mind where he confronts a demon as ferocious as it is ingenious.

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Critics Consensus

Incarnate can't be accused of lack of ideas -- if only any of them made sense or coalesced in any meaningful or scary way.

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Katie Rife

AV Club

Dec 2, 2016

C-

It's all a wild jumble of half-baked, derivative ideas and arbitrary rules, all of which add up to a suspense-free horror narrative as murky as its lighting.

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Sam Fragoso

TheWrap

Dec 2, 2016

Strident rhetoric is required for describing Brad Peyton's latest film, a maddening hodgepodge of ideas that range from undercooked to unoriginal.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Dec 2, 2016

Incarnate, much like its central character at key moments, barely seems to have a pulse.

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Jul 11, 2020

While it attempts to change up the exorcist themes, it ultimately falls flat, as it really isn't giving the viewer much by way of entertainment or scares.

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Allen Adams

The Maine Edge

Feb 14, 2019

1.5/5

In Incarnate, we get the latest in a fairly long, uneven line of exorcism movies. And while it is far from the worst of the bunch, it also fails to do much with what starts out as a fairly interesting idea.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Nov 3, 2018

D

Too convoluted for its own good. The film takes itself seriously when it probably should have embraced its borderline silliness.

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Nicholas T

@nicktalbert2025 Sep 17, 2026

Incarnate bad horror movie just bad bad bad

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 6, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Elvis D

@Elvis-Del-Valle Oct 29, 2023

Incarnate es otro de los múltiples proyectos experimentales e independientes que Blumhouse comenzó a producir en su temprana etapa de desarrollo. Aunque se trata de otra película de exorcismos, tiene una premisa fresca y original que pudo haber sido explotada lo suficiente para llevar este tipo de películas a un nuevo nivel. Realmente es innovador esta idea de usar un método similar a The Matrix e Inception para desposeer a las víctimas de una posesión demoniaca. Lo malo es que al tratarse de una película de bajo presupuesto, está bastante limitada. La historia es bastante corta y sencilla, pero hubiera quedado mejor si la hubieran extendido más. Lo que es interesante es que se infiltra en la mente de los poseídos para dar una idea de que sucede con la mente de una persona que está poseída. Lo que la película plantea es que están en una especie de sueño mientras la entidad demoníaca toma el total control del cuerpo. Las secuencias donde se explora el sueño donde los poseídos están atrapados son interesantes y es una pena que sean pocas porque la película pudo haber sido mucho más surrealista. Incarnate es una película que indudablemente pudo haber funcionado a la perfección si su presupuesto no la hubiera limitado. Mi calificación para esta película es un 7/10.

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Tommy

@doomtomb Sep 25, 2023

It's a bad sign if Aaron Eckhart is your headlining actor and it ripped off too many things from Inception. Still, it was at least passable.

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Jun 8, 2021

Nothing to get invested in, and the plot is as thin as can be. Ending was not a surprise. I felt nothing from this movie.

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Feb 4, 2021

Best movie EVER - If you like Insidious, you will love this. Insidious is hard to follow, but this does it in the most amazing way!

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Synopsis

After a single mother witnesses terrifying symptoms of demonic possession in her 11-year-old son (David Mazouz), a Vatican representative calls on wheelchair-bound scientist Dr. Seth Ember (Aaron Eckhart) to rid him of the evil spirit. Driven by a personal agenda rooted in his own tragic past, Ember enters the boy's unconscious mind where he confronts a demon as ferocious as it is ingenious.

Director: Brad Peyton
Producer: Jason Blum, Trevor Engelson, Michael Seitzman
Screenwriter: Ronnie Christensen
Distributor: High Top Releasing
Production Co: Deep Underground Films
Rating: PG-13 (Disturbing Images|Brief Strong Language|Thematic Elements|Intense Horror Violence|Sensuality|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.8M
Runtime: 1h 26m

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