If someone were to ask you if you believed in demons what would you say? If someone were to ask you if you believed people could be possessed by evil what would you say? What if someone asked you how the antichrist were to come to earth would you answer? Most people would say yes, yes, and being born to a virgin or corrupted mother depending on the background they knew.

THE VATICAN TAPES answers some of these questions and makes you ask others.

Angela is a normal, beautiful young woman, with a live in boyfriend her catholic father doesn't like and a life that could be better, but isn't that bad. On the day of her surprise birthday party she accidentally cuts herself, this causes terrible issues ending in a car accident which puts her into a coma. After some time she awakens and is a different person. The Vatican realizes she may be infected by an ancient evil and they try everything they can to release her.

While this movie follows the tropes of several others involving demonic possession, it does take a solid and original view on evil, possession, and the antichrist. Throughout the movie the viewer sees the normal things of a freaky animal who seems to tell Angela what to do, chanting, people reacting badly to Angela, and some deaths. There are several scenes where her father and boyfriend are involved that could have been fleshed out a little better, but I will get to that later. Overall, the tone of the movie is dark and suspenseful. There were several moments that I didn't see coming throughout, which was good since most horror movies rely on jump scares and predictable frights. This one seemed to have sudden moments that were not only unexpected, but also unpredictable, which was interesting because it also revealed the unpredictability of Angela and her possession.

While this was an interesting take on the whole idea of religion, possession, and the antichrist, and most of the movie was quite delightful to watch, there were several scenes with the father and the boyfriend that were just dull. First I have to say that the actor who portrays the boyfriend, John Patrick Ademori, was good. He played his character as flat and even in scenes where he was worried ad scared for his girlfriend he was just boring. If he had been my boyfriend I am sure I would have dumped him for his dull and flat behavior. The father, played by Dougray Scott, was okay, but he was a little bit of a whiner who asked too many questions at one point and not enough at another.

I don't know if it was the script of the acting that was bad for both of these male characters, but they did not deliver anything, nor did they enhance the story much. It could have been a movie solely about Angela and the Catholic church and it might have been a much better movie.

So while the premise and the idea was interesting, it wasn't a great movie. It was a little long, and in some places it was incredibly dull. In all honesty the only thing I really enjoyed was the questions it brought up.

So, internet readers, how do you think the antichrist will show itself?

Renee Zellweger is a social worker who is trying to protect a little girl named, Lilith, from here severely abusive parents. She struggles to figure out how to help Lilith, but after finding the little girl being sealed into an oven and attempt to burn her alive, Emily (Zellweger) can't stop helping the little girl.

After thinking about it and inviting Lilith into her home Emily finds that there are some strange things going on and she begins to wonder if there was a reason Lilith's parents were trying to kill her. People start dying and Emily wonders what evil lies behind the sweet eyes of the child.

This movie is incredibly predictable, at least to a point. There was a least one death that I did not see coming and I was a little surprised. Then the end was a little surprising because, while I knew what was going to happen, I wasn't sure how it was going to happen. I was a little disappointed that the movie left off where it did, only because you can't do some of the things Emily did and just get away with it.

The actress who played Lilith is the talented Jodelle Ferland, who was also in SILENT HILL, CABIN IN THE WOODS, and KINGDOM HOSPITAL. A pretty good actress in horror movies, although it almost seems like she plays the same character. I am interested in seeing what she develops further along in her career (especially since she is only 22).

Anyway, back to the movie. I don't think this is the best movie, but I don't think this is the worst movie. It doesn't rely on jump scares, which was good since so many movies try to rely on jump scares, but it doesn't keep the tension, and Emily seems a little flat as a character. So, I don't think I would recommend this movie, but if you're bored and want to watch something try it out, maybe you will like it more than me.