
"There are messages inside this movie," he says.Īrmed with a prayer by Pope Leo XIII and a crucifix, which he says is the equivalent of a gun, Sarchie allows the cameras to record a house visit in which the owners believe an evil force is at work. He says in the video, however, that Deliver Us From Evil might scare some people but that "it should be enjoyed." Sarchie, a Roman Catholic, insists that his spiritual work is not to entertain people, but to help people.

In Beware the Night, Sarchie "discloses for the first time his investigation into incredible true crimes (and) inhuman evil that were never explained, solved, or understood except by Sarchie and his partner," according to the publisher. "Different kind of perpetrator, but a perpetrator nonetheless," he says, later calling criminals "secondary evil" and what he faces as a demonologist "evil at its source." Actor Eric Bana plays NYPD detective Ralph Sarchie in the July 2 film, "Deliver Us From Evil." | (Photo: YouTube)ĭeliver Us From Evil, starring Eric Bana as Sarchie, is based on a 2001 book the former NYPD officer wrote with Lisa Collier Cool titled Beware the Night. Sarchie, who uses colorful language to explain what happens when one chooses to "expose the devil," as he describes his work, compares the negativity he would routinely encounter during his 18 years as a police officer to the negativity he is exposed to by the demonic during exorcisms.


I don't really care," explains former New York Police Department Sergeant Ralph Sarchie in a behind-the-scenes video on how his work inspired Deliver Us From Evil. The word angel means 'messenger.' But I'm a human person and I just have this message and you can believe in it if you want. Deliver Us From Evil, the latest in a string of Hollywood projects inspired by belief in the demonic, is based on the experiences of a former police officer-turned-demonologist who says everyone born automatically becomes involved in a spiritual battle, whether or not they believe in God.
