The Last Exorcism Review Thread (Use Spoiler Tags)

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by opterasis

You can roll your eyes all you want but I'm certainly not in the minority thinking Roth's films have no redeeming quality and are aptly referred to as "torture porn."

The hope is that this movie is more than that due to its intriguing premise and the fact that Roth is merely a producer.

[opterasis]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

You can roll your eyes all you want but I'm certainly not in the minority thinking Roth's films have no redeeming quality and are aptly referred to as "torture porn."

The hope is that this movie is more than that due to its intriguing premise and the fact that Roth is merely a producer.

You do realize he's done more than "torture porn" ( I prefer the term horror movies) right?

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by opterasis

You do realize he's done more than "torture porn" ( I prefer the term horror movies) right?

They're not horror movies. Using that phrase to describe his films is embarassing to real horror films, such as Alien, The Shining, The Exorcist, Psycho, and even recent horror films like The Orphanage.

[opterasis]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

They're not horror movies. Using that phrase to describe his films is embarassing to real horror films, such as Alien, The Shining, The Exorcist, Psycho, and even recent horror films like The Orphanage.

Really? There's nothing horrifying about being helpless and tortured? I find that MUCH scarier than (possibly) fake things like aliens, ghosts and possessions. You may night like the sub genre but to claim it's not horror is absolute bullshit.

And you forgot about Thanksgiving and Endangered Species. They aren't out yet, but are in production.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by opterasis

Really? There's nothing horrifying about being helpless and tortured? I find that MUCH scarier than (possibly) fake things like aliens, ghosts and possessions. You may night like the sub genre but to claim it's not horror is absolute bullshit.

And you forgot about Thanksgiving and Endangered Species. They aren't out yet, but are in production.

I didn't forget about them when they haven't been released yet..."production" means very little considering many films are in production for a long time.


I have every right to claim it's not horror and I'm certainly not the only one to hold that opinion; it's pretty common.

[MyBlu-rayBrotherEd]

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEr2tvushB1cur

[Batman1980]

Eli Roth is scaring people again.

Now best known for acting alongside Brad Pitt in "Inglourious Basterds," Roth's initial claim to fame was directing splatter fests like "Cabin Fever" and "Hostel."

Roth put on his producer cap for “The Last Exorcism,” due out in theaters at the end of the month.

The horror film, shot from a skeptic’s perspective in the style of a “faux documentary,” is centered on Reverend Cotton Marcus who is raised a true believer in the evangelical faith and spent 25 years conducting exorcisms he’s known were not real. But as he performs one last exorcism on Louisiana farm girl Nell in an attempt to release the guilt he’s been bearing from all the years of deceit, Marcus is confronted for the first time with maniacal forces.

“I loved the idea that it was a film about debunking exorcisms, showing that it’s all fake, and slowly realizing there are forces far greater than your comprehension and that you shouldn’t mess with them,” Roth said.

And it seems a number of Americans concur. A 2005 Gallup poll found that 42 percent of people believe in possession by the devil, and many across the world are taking action. Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's exorcist-in-chief, has performed the ritual more than 40,000 times.

“Throughout the film the question is: Is it supernatural or is it human evil? Is Nell schizophrenic or is she possessed? That to me is the interesting question,” director Daniel Stem said. “The film is about faith, the role faith plays in your life and what that does to you – how it can help you, and how it can destroy you.”

“We wanted our exorcism to feel raw, real, and fresh, like you are truly in the room with someone who could be possessed,” Roth added. “We didn’t use any makeup, CGI, or special effects in her (Ashley Bell, who plays Nell) scenes, it’s all her doing everything you see, down to the bulging veins on her neck and the back bends.”

Yikes.

Source - FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...isms-new-film/
Click link to see HD trailer.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by opterasis

You do realize he's done more than "torture porn" ( I prefer the term horror movies) right?

Oh, if by "more" you mean Cabin Fever, well that doesn't really constitute a range of directing, when his other two films are Hostel and Hostel II, which are widely referred to as torture porn. Just because Roth hates the term doesn't mean it isn't fitting.

Based on the premise of The Last Exorcist, I think we'll be getting something much different. It seems as though it'll be a more raw version of the exorcism premise.

[chad_1138]

Looks pretty cool. Maybe Eli Roth will be in the movie as the priest's assitant to beat the demon with a baseball bat after in comes out of the girl

[Marcus Wright]

I can guess that this movie will be bad just from its title.
"The Last Exorcism", what?
Thats sounds so childish and wrong.
How can they be sure that this is the last exorcism?

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Marcus Wright

I can guess that this movie will be bad just from its title.
"The Last Exorcism", what?
Thats sounds so childish and wrong.
How can they be sure that this is the last exorcism?

The movie sucked IMO but the name made sense. The story involved a priest who was performing his final exorcism. Hence the name.

[jebhdb]

I thought the movie was average. Not very scary in my opinion and I personally didn't care for the ending. Overall I was disappointed. 3/5

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Marcus Wright

I can guess that this movie will be bad just from its title.

But it's got 71% on Rotten Tomatoes (and don't lay that "I don't usually agree with critics" BS on me)

[antwonaj]

I'm seeing this soon as it comes out on the 3rd.
Been waiting for this for a long time now.

[MaCruz]

My 2 cousins and I are going to watch tonight at 7pm at AMC. Hope this is a good one.

Out of all the horror movies.. this is the type I get scared watching.

[tommyboy81]

does Box Office Mojo have the budget wrong or did they really make this movie for 1.8M?

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

does Box Office Mojo have the budget wrong or did they really make this movie for 1.8M?

Well it doesn't look very expensive.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Well it doesn't look very expensive.

well it did make it's money back. 21.3M

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

does Box Office Mojo have the budget wrong or did they really make this movie for 1.8M?

Well $1.8 mill sounds about right. It's all no-name actors with almost no special effects. The special effects in The Exorcist blow away this film and that one is like 30 years old.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Well $1.8 mill sounds about right. It's all no-name actors with almost no special effects. The special effects in The Exorcist blow away this film and that one is like 30 years old.

Paranormal Activity was made for $11,000, Blair Witch Project was made for like $30,000, horror is so popular/successful because you can make the projects so darn cheap.