Delusion… or Disciple? Locked inside a sanatorium are patients exhibiting Jerusalem Syndrome. Amongst them is one in particular, a sort of project that new psychiatrist Dr. Sam Allyn wants to study — not only to solve the complex delusions going on with the patients, but to get his career back on track. What he doesn’t know is that something is coming… and it may not bring him the righteous reprieve he seeks.
A psychiatrist in crisis seeks his salvation in a mysterious mental patient, one ultimately not to be cured – but destroyed.
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Dr. Sam Allyn (Seth Panitch) takes to Mirabeth (Jyreika Guest), a patient locked up in a room exhibiting extreme hallucinations similar to a classic possession. While Dr. Allyn daydreams of celebrity brought on by her sickness, he stumbles upon something bigger, something evil. The Coming is a suspenseful mystery that dares to make light of religion if that means others can be brought down the path of the wicked.
Not unlike the stories in the bible, The Coming is told in “days,” from Dr. Allyn’s arrival at the institute (The First Day) to his dark realization about Mirabeth on the Sixth Day and grand finale beyond. The Coming is constantly poking and prodding at the idea of the Messiah’s return being real, we just don’t know what form that would be in. The more Dr. Allyn and Mirabeth interact, the more the lines between good and evil blend together — for the both of them. Mirabeth’s otherworldly screams and howls are mirrored with Dr. Allyn’s slyness. His passion for psychiatry is mirrored by her innocence and holy leanings with other patients. We are left in a sort of cat-and-mouse game where they both change roles and keep us guessing what will happen next.
And in these tense moments, The Coming slices through with tongue-in-cheek jokes that hardly seem appropriate for a disturbed patient — but they are so worth the laughs. Patients fall from windows. They comment back with snarky attitudes. Dr. Allyn himself isn’t opposed to a little workplace lovemaking if that means he can get the answers he needs (The Coming brings on a whole new meaning to the title). The co-workers are the most non-serious hospital staff I have ever seen, and I loved it.
If you’re looking for an intense, bloody exorcism movie, this isn’t it. What The Coming is, is a take on religious paranoia wrapped up in a clinical mess of characters. It holds no punches, taking the lord’s name in vain on one hand, and tingling spines with the other. Methodical and unrelenting, The Coming spins around the trope-filled religious horrors we’ve become accustomed to and gives us a way to laugh ourselves into the crazy house.
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