Imagine the rank, pungent horror of William Friedkin’s rather foul and f*cked up horror, 1973’s original faint-inducing “The Exorcist” (excellent, but harrowing). Then recall the brutal, sometimes nasty side of Lee Daniel’s unflinching, sometimes hard-to-watch Sundance hit “Precious.” Smash them together like the sound of two skulls cracking together with a sound so excruciating it makes you shudder, and you have a very good approximation of “The Deliverance,” Daniel’s latest, a horror film and social drama, which is gnarly and features similar excessive and miserablist ‘Based on The Novel Push By Sapphire’ tendencies.

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Lee Daniels is one of the most interesting filmmakers working today. Each of his films are unique, often adapting true stories in interesting ways. However, you could argue that his next film, “The Deliverance,” is his biggest risk to date, as it shows what Daniels can do in the realm of horror. 

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As seen in the trailer, “The Deliverance” is a film about a struggling single mother trying to move forward with her life in a new home.

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2022 was a great year for horror, with savvy niche distributors like IFC Midnight, Shudder, Neon, and A24 putting out some fantastic flicks and big studios going for broke on gonzo titles like “Barbarian,” “Smile,” and Jordan Peele’s “Nope.” 2023 is shaping up to be another excellent year for scare savants — there’s a lot of new original films on the docket, exciting directors to discover, and classic stories to revisit.

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