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Generally favorable reviews- based on 139 Ratings

  • Starring: Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Patrick Fabian
  • 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 dau daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. (Lionsgate) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 31
  2. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. It's scary fun and packed with comic bits that skate between sad and absurd like the best of reality TV.
  2. Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    80
    The method is well-worn and the subject-matter familiar, but this is a smart, scary little picture.
  3. A smart horror film will fatten its pigs before the slaughter, and the mock doc The Last Exorcism feeds its prize hog nicely.
  4. The Last Exorcism trods on previously stomped ground and has almost no good jump-outta-your-seat moments.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 49
  2. Negative: 14 out of 49
  1. 10
    Very very smart and original. And fun. And creepy. The first horror movie I've ever seen where I actually believed the main characters' behavior. And when we thought about it later, more and more pieces fit together. We loved it. Expand
  2. 8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's definitely some screams in this film. It starts off like a dull, documentary and then it turns into a fright fest. The film is filmed by one camera man who can be heard in the film to give it the effect of it being a documentary. You are tricked into thinking that the movie won't be scary at all but things change dramatically leaving you shaking in your seat. My boyfriend and I seen this film and even he was jumping with fright so don't get into a false sense of security like I did. If you prepare yourself for this movie then you might not get too much of a shock when people actually die in it. Expand
  3. Though this film starts off slow, the character development is really very good and the ending is well worth the film, as you don't really know whether this girl is possessed or not, it makes you think and when the ending does come around, you will be happy with what it gives you as looking back the ending makes a lot of sense. Expand
  4. Why is it that every movie trying to be a mockumentary thinks editing between 2 or 3 shots is possible with just one camera? Not to mention that the person filming feels compelled to stay focused on the scene regardless of their own safety. Pretty silly stuff and takes me right out of the action. Expand

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