The Vatican Tapes isn't exactly ground-breaking... but it's a solid, well-written, well-performed, and surprisingly original addition to the over-populated parnanomal/demonic possession/exorcism-themed pantheon.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 26, 2019

Some of the special effects are cool, but they don't compensate for the surrounding lack of drive.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 14, 2018

If you can manage to keep yourself awake throughout the whole thing then you deserve a medal.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Here is a prime slice of the juiciest ham just in time for Halloween.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2018

Scary? Nah. Stupid, chaotic, predictable, boring, and insulting? Yup. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 1, 2018

The Vatican Tapes is a feeble Exorcist-style film that includes levitation but never lift-off.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 26, 2017

But even if you can look past the horror flick's hopelessly flawed theology, its characters have no emotional weight, and the constant suspense is more tiring than thrilling.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 20, 2017

So many of these scenes and performances are pitched below the common denominator of acceptable movie tricks.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 13, 2017

The Vatican Tapes - a generic and uncreative horror entry that fails to inspire, move or frighten.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 6, 2016

We couldn't expect more from Mark Neveldines debut. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 3, 2016

It may be nothing new, bar a few moments of in-your-face ridiculousness, but The Vatican Tapes is a pretty decent addition to the ever-growing list of exorcism films.

| Dec 7, 2015

this hodgepodge of exorcism and possession clichés... flirt[s] uncomfortably with justifying clerical abuses as just a part of the Church's endless battle against Satan.

| Nov 25, 2015

With its above-average cast and a gritty, realistic tone, this exorcism thriller is a lot more involving than most.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 24, 2015

A routine regurgitation of demonology's familiar myths and legends: needless to say, possession is nine tenths of the lore.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 1, 2015

In terms of characterisation and plotting, the film is utterly absurd, but taken as a fairground ride for the ghoulishly inclined, it just about passes muster.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 30, 2015

The demonic-possession subgenre isn't exactly one crammed with quality cinematic experiences, but it hits a dull, unscary new low with this inept flick.

| Oct 30, 2015

Devilish fare like The Exorcist and The Omen that rush to mind. Those classics had thrills and gore galore. This is just too tame to terrify.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 29, 2015

The Vatican Tapes has presumably been released with Hallowe'en scares in mind, but the movie only induces hilarity, with some of the daftest exorcism scenes you'll see.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 29, 2015

Everyone is working from diabolically thin material: concerned dad Dougray Scott utters a dozen variants of "I don't understand this!"

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 29, 2015

It's a pleasingly over-the-top affair that's perfectly positioned for Halloween, delivering some expertly conceived scares.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2015