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- 2010
- TV-14
- Lionsgate
- 1 h 27 m
- 2010
- TV-14
- Lionsgate
- 1 h 27 m
Summary When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be ...
Directed By: Daniel Stamm
Written By: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland
- 2010
- TV-14
- Lionsgate
- 1 h 27 m
- 2010
- TV-14
- Lionsgate
- 1 h 27 m
The Last Exorcism
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Summary When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be ...
Directed By: Daniel Stamm
Written By: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
63
74% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
23% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
63
74% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
23% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It's scary fun and packed with comic bits that skate between sad and absurd like the best of reality TV.
I cared enough about these characters to follow "Exorcism" to tense and occasionally goofy places, even if the setup proved a bit stronger than the payoff.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 173 User Ratings
6.0
47% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
34% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
20% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 173 User Ratings
6.0
47% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
34% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
20% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
Really powerful and enjoyable, it has good scenes of possession, the 2nd best exorcism since "The Exorcist" it is smart and original, a scary PG-13 feast, the acting is great and intense, this is a true horror movie without tons of blood and sex, it is horror at its best
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Amazing performance by all those involved. The movie was hilarious at times, horrific at other times, and made you think about the debate between religion and science. This movie fits in one of my favorites now.
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Aided by strong performances from Bell and Fabian, Stamm deftly plays with the boundary of fact and fiction, though his game might have worked better with a little more grounding in verisimilitude.
The Last Exorcism is a good movie that could have been - SHOULD have been - a great one.
One of the pleasures of films about being stuck in a place -- "The Wicker Man" is maybe the best example -- comes from the skill with which the writers keep their protagonist locked in his box. On this test, The Last Exorcism pretty much flunks.
There may once have been a good and a bad film fighting for the soul of The Last Exorcism, but in its final moments, cinema's dark forces triumph emphatically.
By Jesse Singal
FULL REVIEW
The Last Exorcism trods on previously stomped ground and has almost no good jump-outta-your-seat moments.
The ending ia dumb and unnecessary, but for most of the film's runtime, it's a real breath of fresh air for both the exorcism and found-footage genres.
Ashely Bell gives the best possesed performance in an exorcism movie since Linda Blair in The Exorcist. That is a really huge accomplishment.
Definitely reccomend it if you can look past the awful ending, because it's still one of the best exorcism movies not directed by William Friedkin.
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In this film, an evangelical pastor performs his last exorcism, after a lifetime of lies in which he made false exorcisms and cures to make money. What Cotton Marcus did not expect is that his last exorcism was, in fact, the only one who would face a real evil that he did not even believe in. From the beginning, the film makes clear that we are seeing a mockumentary, unfinished and with false image editing in the style of "found footage" movies so, when you see the camera shaking this is purposeful. The film also makes great criticisms of evangelical churches, having the courage to say something we all know but rarely can we say out loud: many churches (not just evangelicals) exist only because of the money, transforming themselves into industries of fraud and extortion who treat God as if He were a lawyer or doctor with an office, where He only attends on prepayment. On the other hand, many people with psychological problems or health disorders believe they are possessed or threatened by demons without this really being their problem. Based on these premises, the film shows how a false exorcist deals with a case of true possession, for which he is not minimally prepared because of his lack of faith and opportunism. Although the film is slow at first, this delay is necessary to explain the whole context of what is going to happen next, and for the audience to be stuck with the two central characters. The exorcism was intense and realistic, much closer to a true exorcism than most horror films that approached the subject. The open ending is purposeful, adapting to the film's style and leaving room for the sequel that was made, years later. However, it can leave many people disappointed because it's not very plausible in the way it ends. Patrick Fabian did very well in the role of Pastor Marcus, being perfectly capable of showing his inner conflict, his doubts and his utter unpreparedness to deal with Nell, the possessed young woman, played by Ashley Bell. Young but promising, she was both loving and adorable and perfectly terrifying, when possessed. In short, this is not a perfect movie and is far from having an exceptional quality, but it was a good effort, has merit and courage. It's worth watching.
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You can tell you're in for a bad horror film when you find yourself laughing at the "horror" scenes. This movie just wasn't scary. Not at all. In fact, I found myself laughing at just how poorly done some of the "scares" were. And to top it all off, the ending just ****. It's a damn near insulting ending.
Don't even bother with this one. Go watch something more worth your time.
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Production Company
Strike Entertainment,
StudioCanal,
Arcade Pictures,
Louisiana Media Productions
Release Date Aug 27, 2010
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating TV-14
Tagline Believe In Him.
Website
http://www.thelastexorcism.com/
Awards
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 3 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations