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Fallen is a 1998 American supernatural horror crime thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and written by Nicholas Kazan. Denzel Washington plays a Philadelphia police detective who is stalked and taunted by a demon possessing people that it uses in a killing spree in a similar fashion to a serial killer he put away. The neo-noir film also stars John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini and Elias Koteas in supporting roles. Warner Bros. released Fallen on January 16, 1998. Despite mixed critical reviews and a poor box office performance, it received a cult following.
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Plot
Philadelphia Police Department detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) visits convicted serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas) on death row shortly before his execution. Reese appears strangely cheerful, grips Hobbes' hand, and delivers what seems to be gibberish in an unknown language later identified as Syrian Aramaic. As he is executed, Reese mocks the witnesses and sings the Rolling Stones song "Time Is on My Side".
Soon after, a series of murders occurs resembling Reese's crimes. Hobbes and his partner Jonesy (John Goodman) initially assume a copycat killer is responsible. Following clues, Hobbes seeks out Gretta Milano (Embeth Davidtz), whose late father, a detective, committed suicide after being accused of similar occult-related killings. At the abandoned Milano family cabin, Hobbes discovers books on demonic possession and the name "Azazel" hidden beneath layers of paint in the basement.
