The Last Exorcism

I've heard that the movie actually is really good. Some people love the ending, some people hate it.

Anything with the word "exorcism" or "exorcist" in the title usually pushes me away. Having grown up digesting tons of horror/monster movies and sci-fi I finally The Exorcist at the age of 10... well that was the only movie to make me not want to walk into my bedroom... ever. And the irony is that I have demonic characters in some of my writing. That movie must have made quite an impression.

It's a great movie. It really is. The lead actor is terrific. Plenty of the standard twists and turns (is she possessed, is she insane, is she abused???). And no one could expect that ending. Right outta left field. Except the girl's pics kinda hint strongly along the lines. I was delighted with it.

I had meant to catch this one but never got around to it. I've heard mostly good things, though the ending does seem to divide people. I need to go ahead and rent that bad boy.

The concept was really very clever and I have to say that, atmospherically, it definitely got the job done. The end, sadly, gets five WTF?s.

I maintain that horror is the most difficult genre to get right. A fully satisfying horror film is a truly wonderful achievement.

Perks said:

The concept was really very clever and I have to say that, atmospherically, it definitely got the job done. The end, sadly, gets five WTF?s.

I maintain that horror is the most difficult genre to get right. A fully satisfying horror film is a truly wonderful achievement.

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yeah, it needed just a dash more explaining than, holy crap we're suddenly in an HP Lovecraft movie! But, otherwise...

I really did think it was excellent right up to the end. I loved the premise that the guy was making a documentary to expose charlatans--didn't see that coming from the previews at all.

I would've gone more with 'deleted scenes from Rosemary's Baby' rather than Lovecraft, and "aww, c'mon, you were doing so well" rather than WTF, but yeah. Ditto, basically.

I hated it that the most striking visuals were spoilered by the previews, but I guess they had to do that to sell tickets. Last year I made a point of not watching any of the trailers for Inception. Going forward I'm going to try to do that more often.