With shaky hand-held cameras, running through the woods, and images of a possessed girl, "The Last Exorcism" seemed to be a mixture of past thrillers such as "Paranormal Activity," "The Blair Witch Project" and "The Exorcist."
Unfortunately for the audience, the film never lives up to the hype and the only thing to be remotely frightened about is the fact that you wasted not only $10, but also an hour and a half of your life that you can never get back.
From director Daniel Stamm, the film centers around Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian), a reverend who has lost faith in his religious beliefs subsequently sets out to prove to the rest of the world that exorcisms and demons are indeed not real.
Marcus gathers up a camera crew and decides to film a documentary on the exorcism of a young girl by the name of Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) who is believed to be possessed per her father Louis Sweetzer (Louis Herthum).
Marcus and his crew travel down to the Sweetzer's farm, where upon arriving are faced with unexpected events.
The plot seems to be interesting enough, up until the very end of the film.
The movie ends rather abruptly and to an audience's dismay, all questions conceived during the film are left unanswered, leaving very dissatisfied viewers to conjure up their own ideas of what just happened.
Throughout the film, audience members find themselves laughing more than they are screaming and jumping, possibly at the several sorry attempts at bad religious jokes during the film, or at the fact that they are sitting there watching the atrocious bit of film on the screen rather than having a good time elsewhere.
Whichever it is, the fact remains that "The Last Exorcism" will leave one confused and completely unafraid.
If you're looking for a real scare-inducing film, this movie is definitely not it.
Do yourself a favor and stick to the classics. I suggest the original "Exorcist" would do quite nicely.
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