The Last Exorcism

  • 15
  • Daniel Stamm (2010)
  • Fr / US
  • 83 min
Film Review
Reviewed By
3 out of 5

There's not much particularly original about this demon-themed shocker, which bolts the now distinctly tired-looking fake documentary gimmick (à la The Blair Witch Project) to a plot not a million miles removed from the grandaddy of possession palavers, 1973's The Exorcist. But the direction and performances are solid enough to hold the attention right up to the maddeningly mishandled ending. Cotton Marcus (the excellent Patrick Fabian) is a disillusioned evangelical pastor who, having decided to turn ecclesiastical whistle-blower, grants a documentary crew permission to film him faking an exorcism. All goes to plan at the conveniently isolated farmhouse location, until the possessed child (the extraordinarily flexible Ashley Bell) turns out to be more demonically afflicted than anyone had prepared for. It's all moderately spooky for the first hour or so, and Bell's contortions (achieved, we are informed, without special effects) are alarming enough, but things take a turn for the overwrought in the final reel. And if this is meant to be "found footage", who added the clichéd horror score?

Plot Summary

Horror thriller starring Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell. An evangelical preacher makes a documentary to demonstrate the fakery of exorcisms, but the found footage reveals his own awakening on encountering a possessed farm girl.

Cast and crew

Cast

Cotton Marcus
Patrick Fabian
Nell Sweetzer
Ashley Bell
Iris Reisen
Iris Bahr
Louis Sweetzer
Louis Herthum
Caleb Sweetzer
Caleb Landry Jones
Pastor Manley
Tony Bentley
John Marcus
John Wright Jr
Shanna Marcus
Shanna Forrestall
Justin Marcus
Justin Shafer
Shopkeeper
Carol Sutton

Crew

Director
Daniel Stamm

Other Information

Language: 
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor: 
Optimum Releasing
Available on DVD and BluRay
Released 3 Sep 2010
Certificate 15
Distributor:
Optimum Home Entertainment
Categories
Drama

Add new comment

Ads by Google