Notes On 'The Last Exorcism'

  • It has been a good long while since I was able to feel goosebumps in my toes, but this flick made it happen.
  • Was the MPAA out to lunch during the screening of this film? The scene with the cat alone was enough for me to cry foul.
  • Nothing in the way of scares happens in the first third of the film, and it is by far the most fascinating stuff. It begins as a parable about a preacher who has lost his faith, and puts on an self admitted 'fake' show complete with smoke, mirrors, and MP3 sound effects.
  • The last five minutes are so ludicrous that it completely derails the film. Had the ending been exorcised I would have called it effectively creepy.

Bottom line
: It's better than Emily Rose, but nowhere near Regan MacNeil. C+

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