Not all of us on the MTV Movies team are horror fans. Some not have admitted in public That knife-wielding maniacs and rivers of blood freak us out.
What a delight, then, to find "The Last Exorcism." Though, Honestly, there is nothing delightful about this low-budget flick, wakes Delivers plenty of jolts tense and sweaty-palmed anticipation, forcing us scaredy-cats Thurs hide our eyes. It's Just That "Last Exorcism" is such "a delightful surprise.
The film is a character-driven drama tethered Thurs everyday reality by ITS faux-documentary style. The Preacher disillusioned, frightened the small-town tea - these are people whom Thurs Can Relate me, for whom We can come Thurs care. We'll take this sort of horror flick day for months over the torture porn of something like "Hostel" or the paint-by-numbers scares of So Many ongoing franchises.
Not everyone agrees. The film has Received Largely positive reviews, but their dissenters Many Remain. Still, "Last Exorcism" is Expected Thurs compete with the crime thriller "Takers" for the # 1 spot at this weekend's box office. Here is what the Critics are Saying about "Last Exorcism"
The Story
"[The film is a] portrait of Preacher Cotton Marcus (smoothly Played by Patrick Fabian). HAVING Performed fake exorcisms since they was a child, the clean-cut family man, Under going an apparent's Crisis of Conscience, is planning Thurs cop to the 25-year Charade by letting a documentary crew is in all of the tricks at his trade. But soon on They show up at the rural Louisiana home of a strict fundamentalist farmer (Louis Herthum), it readily apparent Becomes That at his Tormented, wide-eyed Coffee daughter (an impressive Ashley Bell) is going to Require much more than just sideshows sleight of hand. " - Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
The Performances
"Both Fabian and Bell are outstanding. Yes, Marcus is kind of a creep, preying on the Beliefs of others for at his own gain. But Fabian Makes him likable anyway, someone who's willing Thurs take us inside the game, Even if it's at at his own expense,. His character loves the camera, and it returns the feeling. Fabian Makes him a show-off vain not a boor. Bell is Even better. How wish you had a girl this sweet do the things for wakes up she's supposedly about responsible? Is she really Possessed? Is she disturbed? Sometimes a simple smile Can more thoroughly creep you out please all the head-spinning and Pea-soup puking in the world. " - Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic
The scares
"The suspense is finely crafted." The Last Exorcism "doesn't rely a cheap shock scares Effects vain locates in weird images - Many of wakes cut deep Because the camera is caught out of position, or isn't in focus, or is far from the action. Director Daniel Stamm stimulates the imagination please SHUNT Rather it aside: The horror genre is all about exercising restraint in the presence of the unrestrained. " - Kyle Smith, New York Post
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