The Vatican Tapes

The Vatican Tapes

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mark Neveldine
Produced by
Screenplay by Christopher Borrelli
Story by
  • Christopher Borrelli
  • Chris Morgan
Starring
Music by Joseph Bishara[1]
Cinematography Gerardo Mateo Madrazo
Edited by Eric Potter
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)
Running time
 91 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language
  • English
  • Aramaic
Budget $13 million[3]
Box office $13.5 million[4]

The Vatican Tapes is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Mark Neveldine from a screenplay written by Christopher Borrelli, which is in turn based on a story by Chris Morgan and Christopher Borrelli.

The film stars Olivia Taylor Dudley, Kathleen Robertson, Michael Peña, Djimon Hounsou, Dougray Scott, and John Patrick Amedori, and was released on July 24, 2015, by Lionsgate.

Plot

After a young woman (Olivia Taylor Dudley) begins to express increasingly erratic and strange behaviors, her father (Dougray Scott) and boyfriend (John Patrick Amedori), along with a priest (Michael Peña) and two Vatican exorcists (Djimon Hounsou and Peter Andersson), come to realize that she's been taken over by an ancient satanic force.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began in July 2013 in Los Angeles.[6][7]

Release

Box office

The Vatican Tapes opened theatrically on July 24, 2015 in 427 venues, earning $832,271 in its first weekend, ranking fifteenth in the United States box office and last among the week's new releases.[8] The film finished its theatrical run four weeks later, on August 20, having grossed $1,784,763 domestically. Overseas, the film made $11,680,747, giving the film a worldwide total of $13,465,510.[4] Based on an estimated $13 million budget,[3] the film was a box office bomb.

Critical reception

The film received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 21%, based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10.[9] On Metacritic the film has a score of 37 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[10] IGN awarded it a score of 2.5 out of ten, saying "It exists without any real scares or chills, and only the smallest attempt to differentiate itself."[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Joseph Bishara Scoring The Vatican Tapes". Film Music Reporter. June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "THE VATICAN TAPES (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "The Vatican Tapes". The-Numbers.com. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "The Vatican Tapes (2015) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. November 16, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Michael Pena Joins Thriller The Vatican Tapes". Deadline.com. June 28, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "The thriller The Vatican Tapes, filming in Eagle Rock". HispanicBusiness.com. July 16, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ "The thriller The Vatican Tapes will be filmed in Los Angeles". OnLocationVacations.com. July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Weekend Box Office Results for July 24-26, 2015". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. July 27, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Vatican Tapes (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  10. ↑ "The Vatican Tapes Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  11. ↑ http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/07/24/the-vatican-tapes-review`

External links

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