Hostage to the Devil (The Devil\'s Hostage) (2016)

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I can't lie. This documentary was very confusing... but I stuck to it and tried my best to understand the point of view. All n' all it was a good Netflix film/documentary. It was just a little 'jumpy' with events. Reading the synopsis I got a better understanding.

Description: A priest who inspired ‘The Exorcist’, was killed when a ‘possessed’ infant spoke to him, a former CIA agent in a new documentary will claim. Irish Malachi Martin, who died aged 78 in 1999, was at various stages of his life, a Jesuit priest, professor at a Pontifical Institute in Rome, a bestselling author and most notably, an exorcist. The new feature-length documentary Hostage to the Devil, speaks with witnesses to exorcisms who regarded the Co Kerry priest as a spiritual genius. It has been claimed that after an exorcism in 1999, and after a fall that later led to his death, Fr Martin told a friend that an inv A priest who inspired ‘The Exorcist’, was killed when a ‘possessed’ infant spoke to him, a former CIA agent in a new documentary will claim.

Irish Malachi Martin, who died aged 78 in 1999, was at various stages of his life, a Jesuit priest, professor at a Pontifical Institute in Rome, a bestselling author and most notably, an exorcist.

The new feature-length documentary Hostage to the Devil, speaks with witnesses to exorcisms who regarded the Co Kerry priest as a spiritual genius.

It has been claimed that after an exorcism in 1999, and after a fall that later led to his death, Fr Martin told a friend that an invisible force had pushed him, leading to the head trauma.


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