The Last Exorcism (2010)

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The deliberate blurring and out of focus effects seemed forced to make them believable as found footage film. Yet, they had an excellent quality camera, so it is not believable. For someone owning such an expensive camera they sure do film like an amateur, and that was a bit annoying.The problem I have with found footage films is that you always know the fate of the characters beforehand: they're going to die. Yes, to put it bluntly. Otherwise it wouldn't serve a purpose being found footage, would it? Here it is even predicted how they will die, and sure enough they die exactly as predicted, so there were very little surprises.Patrick Fabian plays Reverend Cotton Marcus, who has lost most of his faith and belief in the church, and is now an exorcism fraudster. Showing his tricks upfront was effective and made it more interesting when things really started getting out of hand, and beyond his control. The acting in general was very good, but especially Ashley Bell as the possessed girl.

A film crew are documenting the life of Reverand Cotton Marcus, a preacher in Louisiana whose specialty is exorcisms. One day they accompany him on an exorcism and things don't all go according to plan...So-so movie. Was original and interesting for the first half, then drifted a bit, and then had a tangential and quick ending. The suspense that was built up wonderfully in the first half is all given up in the second half. In short, the pacing was off.Pretty scary though, and thus better than your average supernatural- horror movie. Performances are fairly solid, especially as none of the actors are well-known.

Filmed in a way as if this is a documentary containing 'archive material' this movie was something you don't see everyday! That was a nice surprise and especially refreshing within the subject of supernatural movies about possession etc. Actors seem to move and act quite naturally and a fun fact is that most actors have the same First name as in real life. The effects are believable. The ending was quite the same as in 'Wake Wood' which was a bit of a letdown and the ending seems to have been rushed to completion, but I'm very fond of this movie nevertheless!I recommend this movie very much. Eli Roth was involved and it seems that Mr. Roth is becoming quite a name within the horror genre :-)

It was good and it was not good on many different levels. I liked the way it started but I thought it got a bit funny in the middle and then the ending was a good twist but also in a way and a cop out. I liked the performance given by the girl who was suffering from problems but I also think the film didn't represent the concept of an Exorcist film because a) the preacher didn't believe in Exorcism, and b) the graphics on the ad poster etc make you think it is one of the prequels/sequels to the Exorcist series of films when it isn't. Add bits of ad hoc video spam aka Blair Witch as maybe a homage to a "classic" that actually has weirdness to it or is it not a homage but an attempt to rip off a genre creating film? I kinda don't care-its like arguing about what defines a good a picnic table. There have been lots of horror films come and go and it is understood that its all in good fun and as such I think a film has to pack more of a punch and not make the audience feel they are stupid if they actually think God means something. It should mean more than a dumb bumper sticker-as such the film kind of maligns the idea of 'a good Christian' and paints Christians people as back woods dumb dumbs or charlatans. The original Exorcist film depicts a priest who is kind of a turd who gets the devil on his doorstep-is it karma? Maybe it is. A similar theme is dealt with by this film yet it is 'not affiliated' with the Exorcist movie. A rip off of a concept using a similar title & graphic style for the ads is to walk a precarious pathway. The girl in the movie won and award and the film was financially successful. Hooray for them. Not sure if I see this film as a keeper. Maybe not so much. A bit thin in the final analysis aka my bros and sisters liked it but I thought it needed something more. Like originality.