Mister badass superstar cop workaholic with a traumatic event in his past : Check.
Bored hot housewife : Check Expendable badass partner who has no connection or communication with the metaphysical elements of the intrigue but initially seems willing to believe even though he's not exactly gifted ether-wise, whose eventual gruesome death will require some avenging : Check.
Little girl checking under bed : Check.
Scary jack in the box : Check.
Lengthy flashlight investigation of many basements : Check.
Ultra collected bad boy character who knows everything that's going on but speaks in paraboles and takes his time unravelling the story to a cop around drinks and a pool game while people are dying outside : Check. In this case, an eye opening leather jacket cig smoker priest.
Cannibalistic zombification : Check. True primary evil might make you eat people depending on The Walking Dead's last season finale ratings.
Static on the radio indicating outerwordly energy : Check.
Dead babies and general child abuse : Multiple instances, check.
Seeing things in a mirror then turning around and nothing's there : Check.
Many other police elements inspired by True Detective (lifting someone off the ground after stabbing them in the abdomen, PTSD stricken cop who has random explosions of frustration in front of his wife, explainable through traumatic crime scenes and ongoing cases) : Check Most other stuff coming from either The Conjuring or The Exorcist : Check.
"Inspired by true events" premise, when in fact only the names of the characters bear any resemblance to actual events : Check.
Main character's wife and kid gets kidnapped as a side dish to the main plot. Gives the movie a bit more running time after the main intrigue is over.
You coast through the movie checking boxes, everything is pretty much standard, the main characters starts out laughing at religion, becomes devoted Christian, his partner dies, his wife gets kidnapped, he becomes religious, wife and kid and fine, movie ends.
Bored hot housewife : Check Expendable badass partner who has no connection or communication with the metaphysical elements of the intrigue but initially seems willing to believe even though he's not exactly gifted ether-wise, whose eventual gruesome death will require some avenging : Check.
Little girl checking under bed : Check.
Scary jack in the box : Check.
Lengthy flashlight investigation of many basements : Check.
Ultra collected bad boy character who knows everything that's going on but speaks in paraboles and takes his time unravelling the story to a cop around drinks and a pool game while people are dying outside : Check. In this case, an eye opening leather jacket cig smoker priest.
Cannibalistic zombification : Check. True primary evil might make you eat people depending on The Walking Dead's last season finale ratings.
Static on the radio indicating outerwordly energy : Check.
Dead babies and general child abuse : Multiple instances, check.
Seeing things in a mirror then turning around and nothing's there : Check.
Many other police elements inspired by True Detective (lifting someone off the ground after stabbing them in the abdomen, PTSD stricken cop who has random explosions of frustration in front of his wife, explainable through traumatic crime scenes and ongoing cases) : Check Most other stuff coming from either The Conjuring or The Exorcist : Check.
"Inspired by true events" premise, when in fact only the names of the characters bear any resemblance to actual events : Check.
Main character's wife and kid gets kidnapped as a side dish to the main plot. Gives the movie a bit more running time after the main intrigue is over.
You coast through the movie checking boxes, everything is pretty much standard, the main characters starts out laughing at religion, becomes devoted Christian, his partner dies, his wife gets kidnapped, he becomes religious, wife and kid and fine, movie ends.