Exorcismus (2010)

I thought I'd watch a good horror flick on a foggy evening at home. Well, I watched about 1/4 of this film, and gave up to watch re-runs. I hardly ever do this usually watching anything through to the end. I then watched the rest the next day, just to see if I missed something - Nope! Was this a high school project? Did anyone in the production ever go to film school? The story starts out sort of interesting with a girl cutting herself in a sort of flashback. Then family scenes with teenage angst and a sort of goth teen angle. So I thought maybe this would explore psychological problems of modern teens and frame it as demonic possession. Well, it does, sort of... It just skims the surface, and then the plot becomes ridiculous. The demon-possessed girl goes around recking havoc on everyone, yet is just allowed to go about her daily routine! It's nearly laughable, but not quite. Then lets talk about the characters... I wanted all of them to be killed, just to shut them up. They seem to act randomly - without really following any track. And lastly, the shaky camera of Cinéma vérité - come now! This should only be used for certain reasons. I assume the film maker wanted this to make us feel closer to the story, but it's actually distractive and alienating. If this camera work is supposed to represent the view of a character in the story - who could this be? I am not a fan of this type of camera work in nearly any film - but here it's really misused. It's not at all documentarial, nor are we following a missing third person - so it just makes me sea sick! There is a line near the end of the film - sorry I don't want to re-watch to find it!, but it's something like "Someone has to stop this" and I thought this should be the tagline!

The movie started off with your pretty usual exorcism fare, which has gotten pretty old these days. Then, about three quarters of the way in, the movie takes a twist and tanks big time. Come on, can anyone write anymore?The move also drags on, and on. This movie could easily have run for half it's length and no worse off because of it. The reason for the possession is ridiculous, the exorcism (what little you see of it) is also ridiculous, and the ending was non-climatic.Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time or money on this flick unless you have nothing else to do and can rent it for $1.20 on Redbox. Otherwise, you'll be disappointed.

This movie is nothing new to anyone who has ever watched a film about exorcism(s). Throughout the movie we encounter the standard possession scenes. a demon (or spiritual entity) taking complete control of a person's body for any length of time, remaining dormant at other times. The movie follows your run-of-the-mill exorcism-movie progression… the demon at first seems to only manifest timidly, with more boldness as the film progresses, and finally stops bothering to hide itself altogether, along with a spiritual adviser to try and excise the demon.There are a couple of things that set this movie apart from the others, though, and that was quite pleasing.The first is the complete lack of "jump" scenes, at least from my perspective. There might be a few scenes where viewers are scared or grossed out, but not nearly to the standard found in most movies in the exorcism sub-genre. For me, I found it a bit disappointing… I honestly love shock scenes, and this movie needed a bit more excitement. It would be a good movie for those who are easily scared or unfamiliar with the concepts of possession, but has little else to offer as far as suspense. I might be able to watch this movie with my friends who are not horror or suspense fans, as it holds little of either.Another element that is a bit different in this movie is the exorcist himself. We know little enough about him at the beginning of the movie, but as the movie progresses his character deepens towards the climatic twist; and the foreshadowing is there for those who watch closely. The reasons for events in and around the possession and exorcism are fairly unique; my kudos to the writer for (as far as I know) introducing something a little bit new into the genre, instead of completely recycling The Exorcist.I didn't notice that the acting was bad; it really wasn't. The female lead Sophie Vavasseur did quite a good job in her role, especially in the demanding scenes where she must switch personalities between the teen Emma and the possessing spirit; both in attitude, body and facial expression.Overall, I can't really recommend this movie to any horror/suspense fan unless they are looking for another cookie-cutter supernatural film to whittle away the time.

According to IMDb, I wasted 98mins of my life for this cinematic, genre-sullying piece of drivel. Best suited for audiences who enjoy: 1. Horror movies that are both dumb and annoying 2. Watching terrible acting at its finest 3. Scary movies that aren't scary so they can savour the irony.4. 'Simple' movies post lobotomy operation.In terms of possession movies, the original Exorcist is still the best - by a long shot. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (7/10), and more recently, The Last Exorcism (also 7/10) are better choices.