Boxoffice Magazine by Sara Maria Vizcarrondo

It's scary fun and packed with comic bits that skate between sad and absurd like the best of reality TV.

Empire by Kim Newman

The method is well-worn and the subject-matter familiar, but this is a smart, scary little picture.

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

The shock ending isn't all that shocking if you're a fan of genre films, but it's nonetheless effective despite the fact that it sidesteps several key questions. Never mind: It's hellishly fun.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

For a while, The Last Exorcism shrewdly exploits our voyeurism, as it sustains the teasing question of whether there's actually anything supernatural going on. The payoff, however, isn't scary enough.

The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

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.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

For a movie made from spare parts - take "The Exorcist" and attach to "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity" - The Last Exorcism delivers the heebie-jeebie goods.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani

A superbly creepy story.

Washington Post by Sean O\\\\\\\'Connell

Stamm creates an anxious psychological horror that's vaguely familiar yet refreshingly original.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Jennie Punter

A creepy, smartly written and very entertaining low-budget chiller.

Portland Oregonian by M. E. Russell

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.

Variety

The Last Exorcism makes first-rate use of religious doubt and religious extremism to concoct a novel horror-thriller clever enough to seduce unbelievers while satisfying the bloodlust of its congregation/fanbase.

Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton

With a small, well-chosen cast, sly script, and slippery, ambivalent characters, The Last Exorcism gives a welcome titty-twist to the demonic-possession movie revival.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

The Last Exorcism is one of those rare films where the marketing campaign is more interesting than the film it publicizes.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

A smart horror film will fatten its pigs before the slaughter, and the mock doc The Last Exorcism feeds its prize hog nicely.

Chicago Reader

Patrick Fabian is charming as Marcus, and director Daniel Stamm delivers a series of surefooted scares as the staged possession turns real. But the movie is still unsatisfying; in its eagerness to deliver familiar genre pleasures, it somehow misplaces its soul.

Miami Herald by René Rodríguez

The more hellish the story gets, the sillier and less involving the movie becomes.

Orlando Sentinel by Roger Moore

Its grisly violence and ridicule-religion tone make it sort of the anti-"Exorcism of Emily Rose."

The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen

A backwoods psychological thriller delivered faux-documentary-style, with mixed results.