Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Last Exorcism-- My Thoughts

Reverend Cotton Marcus lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his wife and son. Raised as an evangelical pastor by his father, he has been accustomed to performing exorcisms on "possessed" individuals. He ventures on a journey with a camera crew documenting his every move.  The film was cleverly done in the style of The Blair Witch Project meets Paranormal Activity, with a budget of 1.8 million. It grossed $17.4million, earning it the #2 spot (behind Takers with an allstar cast)

Now this movie has been getting mixed reviews by the public, I had the pleasure of going to see this flick ALONE and I must say I enjoyed the movie. I am a huge fan of horror movies & almost always will go to the theaters to see anything that's "dubbed" horror.  There were moments in this film where I was lost and had no clue what was going on. Once I thought I realized what the plot was getting to, it changed once more. Very clever and done nicely. I don't think the purpose of the movie was to describe or give you all the answers, you're supposed to leave the theaters wondering what happened and decide for yourself what to believe. Much like what Cotton & Louis had to do. I HOPE there will be a sequel, i can see a few ways it could be introduced, i would just hope that the same small budget & lack of detail in trailer approach is kept.

If you like films that iron out everything for you, put them out on the table and have you saying "Oh, I KNEW it! I thought that was going to happen" then this is NOT the film for you. If you need a breath of fresh air and soemthing that will challenge your mental plane, I would suggest you stay away from conversations about this movie, go see it for yourself and develop your own thesis.

Leave asking: What do I believe?

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