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Cuando acecha la maldad

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When Evil Lurks (Spanish: Cuando acecha la maldad) is a 2023 Argentine supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Demián Rugna. An international co-production of Argentina and the United States, the film stars Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demián Salomon, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvia Sabater and Marcelo Michinaux.[3]
When Evil Lurks premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 13, 2023.[3] It was released in theatres by IFC Films on October 6, after which it was released on Shudder on October 27.[4][5][6]

Ezequiel Rodriguez as Pedro[7]
Demián Salomon as Jimmy[7]
Luis Ziembrowski
Silvia Sabater
Marcelo Michinaux

The morning after hearing gunshots in nearby woods, brothers Pedro and Jaime investigate and discover half the body of a man which leads them to a nearby shack, where a woman hides with her two sons. The oldest son, Uriel, has become a Rotten, a being possessed by an unborn demon who is awaiting physical birth. The deceased man in the woods is a Cleaner that the mother called for a year prior, someone who is supposed to safely kill Uriel and abort the demon before it possesses others.
After authorities dismiss the Rotten as not their problem, the brothers approach the landowner Ruiz who aggressively attempts to deal with Uriel himself by disposing of the blighted Uriel, dumping him hours away. After narrowly avoiding a young boy in the road, the three men discover Uriel has somehow escaped the truck. Ruiz declares the matter resolved and returns home unconcerned. The next morning, Ruiz's wife discovers one of their goats has become possessed. Against her warning not to use guns because they help to spread the possession of the Rotten, Ruiz executes the animal and his wife promptly commits murder-suicide with an axe.
The next morning, Jaime and Pedro agree to leave the town, take their family members, and escape to safety. Jaime gets their mother, while Pedro goes to the home of his ex-wife, Sabrina. This leads to an argument between him, Sabrina, and her new husband Leonardo, when Pedro tries to collect his two children, Jair and Santino. While they are distracted by the argument, the family dog, who previously licked Pedro's demon-mucked clothes, savagely attacks Leonardo and Sabrina's daughter and drags her outside. Leonardo and Pedro chase the dog and the former shoots the dog. Pedro returns to Sabrina but sees her daughter is back unharmed and threatening Sabrina, so Pedro steals their car. As Pedro drives away with his sons, he witnesses Leonardo crash his car into Sabrina as their daughter dances.
After Pedro picks up Jaime and their mother, the assembled family leaves town and arrives at the house of Mirta, a former Cleaner and friend of Jaime, who invites them to stay overnight. Mirta warns Jaime about Pedro’s autistic son Jair as exhibiting signs of possession which Jaime dismisses. The possessed corpse of Sabrina kidnaps Santino and Mirta advises that Jaime chase after her while she and Pedro search for Uriel to end the demonic plague. While seeking out Sabrina, Jaime discovers she has killed Santino and runs her over in a fit of emotion. In doing this, he collides with a tree. Grandma stays at Mirta's house and waits with Jair, who returns to the house, now speaking clearly and without impediment.