Often in the horror genre, there is a mistake made in that directors seem to believe that a film needs all the bells and whistles to make the audience feel scared. Rather than creating an atmosphere or putting in the work to build fear, random jump scares and overt demonic entities are shoved down the audience's throats. However, He Never Died displays the effectiveness of holding back the true horror from the audience , and letting their minds do the work, which can be far scarier. This gory horror follows Henry Rollins ' cannibalistic Jack, who goes to exceptional lengths to isolate himself from society to stop himself from attacking and feeding on innocent humans.
However, trouble has a way of finding Jack, and he slowly falls back into his violent methods as mobsters attem