Det. John Hobbes is convinced that when killer Edgar Reese is executed, all of his troubles are over. But when people he knows and people on the street start to sing the same tune that Reese sang in the gas chamber, and those same people taunt him, he is told that maybe the cursed fallen angel Azazel is behind it all. Azazel is cursed to roam the Earth without a form, and he can switch bodies by any contact, making him hard to track. When Hobbes is forced to kill a man possessed by Azazel, he must clear his name while protecting his family and others from the evil, vengeful Azazel. Summary written by Ben Borg {benborg@mediaone.net} Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of a demonic serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to the style of Reese. Summary written by Anonymous John Hobbes watches Edgar Reese, a convicted murderer Hobbes' brought to justice executed. Reese dies with great bravado, and then a series of murders are committed using Reese's methods. As Hobbes follows up the last clues Reese left, we see an evil presence move from person to person by touch. Hobbes comes closer and closer to the secret as the presence taunts him more and more openly, threatening everyone Hobbes holds dear in the world.

release year: 1998

star(s): Denzel Washington