The Deliverance

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The Deliverance

2024

1h 52m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

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Critics Consensus

Lee Daniels' foray into horror works best when it leans into his melodramatic preoccupations, but it fails to deliver the exorcism goods.

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Jacob Oller

AV Club

Oct 25, 2024

D

With every over-the-top line of dialogue and tone-deaf gamble, The Deliverance inches closer to becoming a parody of itself.

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Elizabeth Weitzman

TheWrap

Sep 27, 2024

Daniels isn't always able to find a steady equilibrium between melodrama and drama. But his cast is compelling enough to ground even the most outlandish moments

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 16, 2024

Fun if you go in without expectations.

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Jazzmin Crawley

Horror Movie Blog

Oct 11, 2025

While much of the familiarity felt good, some of it felt stale. The first half was promising, and then the film became a generic demon possession film.

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Matthew Koss

The Wandering Screen (YouTube)

Aug 16, 2025

D+

Whether it’s the fault of how the film was pieced together or the script itself, the narrative misses quite a few beats along the way.

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Marissa Hill

Shade Studios

Jul 30, 2025

While the film touches on compelling themes and delivers strong performances from its cast, it falls short in delivering the sustained terror necessary to elevate it into a truly memorable horror experience.

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Keena A

Aug 21, 2024

I like it although it was dark & more different than anything I ever seen.

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Fro T

@frothizzlereviews Sep 18, 2026

What a piece of garbage. This movie is LAUGHABLY BAD. Lee Daniels is an AWFUL writer and director. I can only hold sympathy for Glenn Close, who had to deliver the infamous line .. "I can smell your nappy p****" The possession scenes are terrible. 2/10

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lewhat A

@LowhaAnderson Sep 15, 2026

Tone deaf Christian propaganda wrapped up in a "horror" film, that came up short in everyway. The acting, the supposed thrill and everything else. Only worth watching if you would like to waste your time. Skip this one

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Charles T

@CharlesGaming1000 Sep 5, 2026

This was very good man…. WHY are the good movies always SO DAMN LOW RATED

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Dee T

@RT94308544 Sep 3, 2026

The Deliverance (2024): The filmmaker is as unreliable as the narrator.

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Aaryaveer T

@RT74616908 Aug 1, 2026

⭐☆☆☆☆ (Negative 100/10 if that were possible) The Deliverance is the single worst movie I have ever watched. I didn’t waste two hours—it stole them from me. The plot feels like random ideas thrown into a blender, the pacing is painfully slow, and every scene somehow gets worse than the last. The only real horror was realizing there was still another hour left. I’d rather watch paint dry, count grains of sand, read every terms and conditions agreement on the internet, sit in traffic with 2% battery, or stare at a blank wall than ever watch this again. The acting couldn’t save it. The writing couldn’t save it. The scares couldn’t save it. Nothing could. If someone offered me a million dollars to watch The Deliverance again, I’d genuinely hesitate. There are bad movies, terrible movies, and then there’s The Deliverance—a movie so unbelievably awful that it sets a completely new standard for disappointment. I would rather end my life than watch this again

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Synopsis

Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story.

Director: Lee Daniels
Producer: Todd Crites, Lee Daniels, Jackson Nguyen, Tucker Tooley, Pamela Oas Williams
Screenwriter: David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum, Lee Daniels
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Jereco Studios Inc., Lee Daniels Entertainment, Turn Left Productions, Tucker Tooley Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 30, 2024
Runtime: 1h 52m

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