Directed by:
Daniel StammCinematography:
Zoltan HontiComposer:
Nathan BarrCast:
Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones, Carol Sutton, Shanna ForrestallPlots(1)
When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine "exorcism" on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers from their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon his arrival at the already blood-drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there. Now, too late to turn back, Reverend Marcus' own beliefs are shaken to the core as he and his crew must find a way to save Nell - and themselves - before it is too late. (official distributor synopsis)
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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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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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