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The Last Exorcism

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France, United States · 2010
Rated PG-13 · 1h 27m
Director Daniel Stamm
Starring Ashley Bell, Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum
Genre Horror, Thriller

After years of performing fake exorcisms, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. He is certain that this will be another routine exorcism on a religious fanatic but instead, he needs to face a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.

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Chicago Reader by

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.

60

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.

78

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.

70

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.

75

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.

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