Nefarious (film) Directed by Chuck Konzelman Cary Solomon Written by Chuck Konzelman Cary Solomon Based on A Nefarious Plot by Steve Deace Produced by Sheila Hart Chuck Konzelman Cary Solomon Chris Jones Starring Sean Patrick Flanery Jordan Belfi Tom Ohmer Glenn Beck Cinematography Jason Head Edited by Brian Jeremiah Smith Music by Bryan E. Miller Production company Believe Entertainment Distributed by Soli Deo Gloria Releasing Release date April 14, 2023 Running time 97 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $5.4 million[1] Nefarious is a 2023 American Christian independent horror film written and directed by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon, based on Steve Deace's 2016 novel A Nefarious Plot. It stars Jordan Belfi as a psychiatrist who must determine if a convicted death row inmate (Sean Patrick Flanery) is faking his alleged demonic possession. The film was released on April 14, 2023, to mixed reviews from critics. Plot In a state penitentiary, social psychologist Dr. James Martin arrives to interrogate a notorious serial killer and death-row inmate named Edward. Before meeting Edward, Martin reveals to the warden, Moss that he was brought in to fill in for Dr. Stewart, who was Edward's regular visitor for this procedure. Stewart had died by suicide the night before, causing Martin to replace him. Edward is scheduled to die via electrocution at his insistence that very day and Moss explains to Martin that Edward's fate depends upon Martin's diagnosis; if Martin deduces that Edward is sane, he will be executed, but if Martin declares him insane with multi-personality disorder as Stewart had believed, Edward will be spared.