The Last Exorcism
Directed by:
Daniel StammCinematography:
Zoltan HontiComposer:
Nathan BarrCast:
Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones, Carol Sutton, Shanna ForrestallPlots(1)
After a career spent helping the devout through prayer and trickery, Reverend Marcus invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested when a desperate plea from the father of a possessed girl brings him face to face with evil itself. (StudioCanal UK)
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Even though The Last Exorcism isn't particularly groundbreaking, I still felt after a while that this is found footage worth watching, as it shows that the potential is there - if only the creators didn't try so hard to deliver what is expected of them. That's exactly what they do in the film, and it's a shame because its ending is completely uninteresting and clichéd.
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The modern obsession with realism has already penetrated the exorcism sub-genre. I have only one complaint about the documentary format, that the cameraman feels quite dead at times – he never gets very involved in the events, nor does he speak much, to the point that a couple of times I forgot that there is a character behind the camera. The horror moments work great, but there aren’t many of them. I didn’t mind much the oft-criticised ending. A very decent piece produced by Eli Roth, who shows he can put his fingers in more serious genre efforts. 7/10
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