Reverend Cotton Marcus is, by his own admission, a fraud. He has invited a documentary film crew to follow him as he unveils the tricks of his trade and his fall out with faith that he has been preaching since he was ten years old. Cotton takes a an exorcism case which should be no more than a cathartic exercise for a deeply religious family. The Reverend will finally confront what he has chosen to deny.
Any exorcism movie is going to draw comparison ro William Friedkin's seminal classic but director Daniel Stamm and co have re-invented that genre for the digital age. This is a 70s era premise given a very millennium spin and the result is bone cracking, body twistingly good. Characters live and breathe onscreen with a couple of Oscar worthy performances and the documentary style helps enhance the immersion in the events which turn and push you in one direction and then take you in another.
Director Daniel Stamm was a natural choice for the faux documentary style movie after he showcased his talent in the form with A Necessary Death and though this style had it's detractors (and why? Would you say close-ups and wide masters, cranes, dollies and steadicam have been overused as well?) with REC, Paranormal Activity and now The Last Exorcism the Point Of View horror film is very much in vogue and is very much still effective at delivering a good old fashion scary movie.
Total erect and once more I ejaculated.
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