Hyped to hell, the Last Exorcism is a movie filmed in the fly on the wall / shaky cam documentary style. It follows an evangelical preacher who travels around performing exorcisms hoping to shed some truth on the age old practice. Turns out the old preacher ends up with more on his hands than he can handle and it's up to him to save the day anyway he can.

OK, considering that The Last Exorcism has been hyped to hell, it was inevitable that it wouldn't be able to live up to it. Well turns out it's nowhere even remotely close to being able to live up to it. Quite frankly, The Last Exorcism is a big pile of shit. The marketing that led up to this movie has been grossly misleading. It's difficult to explain without giving away too many spoilers but suffice to say all things are not what they seem in the world of the Last Exorcism. If your expecting some kind of modern day classic like The Exorcist your going to be greatly disappointed. In fact it's safe to say this movie is about faith and faith alone. Don't go expecting any ghoulish demonic possession's (ala Linda Blair) there aren't any.

Apart from the decent acting quality there is almost nothing positive to say about this movie. It's an annoying, deceptive butt fuck all round. Do not spend your money on this flick, it's crap. It's not scary, it's not fun, it's not creepy it's not really that interesting, the characters are fairly predictable and the storyline is run of the mill and a let down. I feel so let down by this flick it's painful.

It's hard to think of people who would actually enjoy this movie. Perhaps if your of a massive religious inclination you may find it somewhat riveting but honestly there's movies that approach the possession / occult phenomenon in a much better and interesting way than this movie does.

The camera in the second half of the movie is just infuriating and becomes nauseous. The camera man seems to have developed parkinson's whilst making this. It never stays still for a single damn second and a lot of the action takes place off camera. Expect to see a lot of darkness while watching this... Which is always great fun.

If i haven't made my point by now i never will, avoid, plain and simple.

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Posted On

2010-09-15 16:39

Posted By

Billy Sick

0 utter cack
Lol, ya been attending the Billy Sick school of reviewing mate?

And, good review - despite the hype, this seems to be a film plotted by an imbecile, filmed by an epileptic with delirium tremens, and that treads more old ground than a toothless $5 hooker trying to find someone desperate enough to ignore the obvious signs of syphilis.

As a pal of mine has been known to mutter, utter cack.

Still, it'll make money, hype sells.

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