{{Infobox film | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|13 exorcismos|nolink=yes}} | image = 13 Exorcisms poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Jacobo Martínez | starring = {{Plain list| * María Romanillos * Ruth Díaz * Urko Olazabal * Pablo Revuelta * José Sacristán * Cristina Castaño * Silma López * Daniel Arias * Alicia Falcó * Uri Guitart }} | screenplay = {{ubl|Ramón Campos|Teresa Fernández-Valdés|Salvador S. Molina|Gema R. Neira|David Orea|Carlos Ruano}} | producer = {{ubl|Ramón Campos|Mercedes Gamero|Teresa Fernández-Valdés}} | studio = {{ubl|Mr. Fields and Friends|Atresmedia Cine|Bambú Producciones|13 E Movie AIE}} | country = Spain | language = Spanish | distributor = Beta Fiction Spain | released = {{Film date|2022|11|04|df=yes}} }} '''''13 Exorcisms''''' ({{langx|es|'''13 exorcismos'''|links=no}}) is a 2022 Spanish supernatural horror film directed by Jacobo Martínez in his feature debut, which stars María Romanillos and José Sacristán in a demonically possessed girl versus exorcist priest relationship, along with Ruth Díaz and Urko Olazabal.
== Plot == Following a naive séance, and upon the strange behaviour displayed afterwards by teenager Laura Villegas, the latter's deeply Catholic family calls a Vatican-sanctioned exorcist to intervene in the purported case of demonic possession.<ref name="hobbyconsolas" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/galicia/noticia-ciudad-ourense-transforma-protagonista-pelicula-13-exorcismos-jacobo-martinez-20220516180427.html|website=Europa Press|title=La ciudad de Ourense se transforma en "protagonista" de la película '13 Exorcismos' de Jacobo Martínez|date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * María Romanillos as Laura<ref name="chico">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a41841939/jose-sacristan-13-exorcismos-entrevista/|website=Fotogramas|date=2 November 2022|first=Fran|last=Chico|title='Los 13 exorcismos' de José Sacristán}}</ref> * José Sacristán as Padre Olmedo<ref name="chico" /> ('Father Olmedo') * Ruth Díaz as Carmen,<ref name="icaa" /> Laura's mother * Urko Olazabal as Tomás,<ref name="icaa">{{Cite web|url=https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/GetPdf?Pelicula=158322|website=Catálogo Cinespañol|via=ICAA|access-date=29 June 2024|title=13 Exorcismos|publisher=Ministerio de Cultura}}</ref> Laura's father * Pablo Revuelta as Jesús,<ref name="icaa" /> Laura's brother * Silma López as Lola<ref name="icaa" /> * {{ill|Alícia Falcó|es|lt=Alicia Falcó}} as Mireia<ref name="icaa" /> * Daniel Arias as Enrique<ref name="icaa" /> * Uri Guitart as Arturo<ref name="icaa" /> * Cristina Castaño as Asunción<ref name="icaa" /> }}
== Production == The screenplay was written by {{ill|Ramón Campos (screenwriter)|gl|Ramón Campos|lt=Ramón Campos}}, Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Salvador S. Molina, Gema R. Neira, David Orea, and Carlos Ruano.<ref name="rosado" /> A Mr. Fields and Friends, Atresmedia Cine, Bambú Producciones and 13 E Movie AIE production, the film had the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar Plus+, AGADIC and Diputación de Ourense.<ref>{{Cite web|website=Espinof|title=José Sacristán es un exorcista de 84 años en el inquietante tráiler de '13 Exorcismos', inspirada en casos reales|url=https://www.espinof.com/trailers/jose-sacristan-exorcista-84-anos-inquietante-trailer-13-exorcismos-inspirada-casos-reales|date=15 September 2022}}</ref> It was shot in Galicia, including locations such as Ourense, Ordes, and Santiago de Compostela.<ref name="rosado">{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|title=Póster en exclusiva de '13 exorcismos': José Sacristán contra el diablo|date=27 September 2022|first=Ricardo|last=Rosado|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a41385165/13-exorcismos-poster-fecha-estreno-imagenes-trailer/}}</ref>
== Release == Distributed by Beta Fiction (thereby marking the company's debut as a distributor in the Spanish market), the film released theatrically in Spain on 4 November 2022.<ref name="rosado" /><ref name="hopewell">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/studiocanal-bambu-13-exorcisms-toronto-1235363317/|website=Variety|date=8 September 2022|title=Studiocanal, Bambu Unveil ’13 Exorcisms’ (Exclusive)|first=John|last=Hopewell}}</ref><ref name="hobbyconsolas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/clip-exclusiva-13-exorcismos-nuevo-thriller-guionistas-malasana-32-llega-semana-halloween-1144395|website=HobbyConsolas|date=22 October 2022|first=Javier|last=Cazallas|title=Clip en exclusiva de 13 exorcismos, el nuevo thriller español de los guionistas de Malasaña 32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/g39021756/peliculas-de-terror-2022/|website=Fotogramas|date=25 October 2023|first=Fran|last=Chico|title=Las 38 mejores películas de terror de 2022 para pasar miedo}}</ref> StudioCanal handled international sales.<ref name="hopewell" />
== Reception == Raquel Hernández Luján of ''HobbyConsolas'' rated the film with 70 points ('good'), highlighting the cast's commitment, the most twisted scenes and the special effects as the best things about the film while citing the film's final coda as a negative element.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-13-exorcismos-creadores-malasana-32-inspiran-casos-reales-1149805|website=HobbyConsolas|title=Crítica de 13 exorcismos: los creadores de Malasaña 32 se inspiran en casos reales para su nueva película de terror|date=2 November 2022|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján}}</ref>
Beatriz Martínez of ''La Nueva España'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, pointing out that despite the helmer managing to pull a beginning eliciting just the right doses of suggestion and creeps, the perspective, initially anchored to the adolescent psyche of the character portrayed by an "extraordinary" Romanillos, becomes blurred, and "the climax is rushed and confusing, throwing away the achievements of its disturbing beginning".<ref>{{Cite web|website=La Nueva España|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|url=https://www.lne.es/ocio/cine/criticas/2022/11/03/13-exorcismos-sacristan-exorcista-78090194.html|date=3 November 2022|title='13 exorcismos': de Sacristán a exorcista}}</ref>
Elsa Fernández-Santos of ''El País'' considered that the film "barely delves into its more realistic possibilities to offer [instead] a fiction that is slanted towards the fantastic, poorly constructed and that contributes very little to the genre", otherwise finding striking the direction of actors, as each one of them are seemingly in a different movie, with only Romanillos providing some truth to her character's portrayal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-11-04/13-exorcismos-de-verdad-es-necesario-esto.html|website=El País|first=Elsa|last=Fernández-Santos|date=4 November 2022|title=‘13 exorcismos’: ¿de verdad es necesario esto?}}</ref> Begoña del Teso of ''El Correo'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, arguing that it is "badly structured, badly lit, badly created" and pointing out that its makers "could not decide if they wanted to (badly) imitate 'The Exorcist' or 'Carrie'".<ref>{{Cite web|website=El Correo|title=Crítica de: '13 exorcismos' (2022): No sé en qué película estoy|first=Begoña del|last=Teso|date=11 November 2022|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/culturas/cine/critica-exorcismos-2022-20221112193108-nt.html|publisher=Grupo Vocento}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | {{center|2023}} || 37th Goya Awards || Best Special Effects || Mariano García Marty, Jordi Costa || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2023/02/12/ganadores-de-los-premios-goya-2023-lista-completa-de-premiados-en-la-gala-cadena-ser/|website=Cadena SER|date=12 February 2023|title=Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2023: lista completa de premiados en la gala}}</ref> |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2022
== References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}}
Category:2022 horror films Category:2022 films Category:Films shot in Galicia (Spain) Category:Spanish supernatural horror films Category:Spanish religious horror films Category:Films about exorcism Category:Bambú Producciones films Category:Atresmedia Cine films Category:2022 directorial debut films Category:2022 Spanish films Category:2020s supernatural horror films Category:2022 Spanish-language films Category:Spanish-language horror films