This Wild, Ultra-Gory Action Horror Redefines Demonic Possession With Manga Violence and Vengeance

In a horror genre flooded with jump-scare demons and exhausted exorcism tropes, Adam Chaplin doesn’t just stand out — it rips through the mold with blood-drenched fists. This 2011 Italian cult gem, directed by and starring Emanuele De Santi, is a deranged fusion of revenge fantasy, manga violence, and supernatural horror that reimagines demonic possession as something grotesquely empowering. While most demon-centric horror films frame possession as a parasitic force that corrupts and consumes the host and the unfortunate souls around them, this film seeks to provide something different. In Adam Chaplin, the demon doesn’t lurk in the shadows — it tears out of the protagonist’s back, literally and violently. And rather than being a threat to overcome, the demon becomes the main character’s ultimate weapon: a grotesque embodiment of his grief and fury.