The Last Exorcism - Movie Reviews (2024)

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Solid found footage possession is no Exorcist but offers plenty of rewards for horror fans; a twisty, engrossing tale; lots of effective set pieces. Overall: recommended. Good movie I think it's really something that could be true. The entire movie seems like it could actually be real.

Like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity before it, THE LAST EXORCISM employs the very effective "fake documentary" format.

Although Iris and Daniel are killed exactly as predicted in Nell's drawings, the last view of Cotton shows him rushing toward the demon fire holding up his crucifix. Many viewers believe that he died in the fire because one of Nell's drawings shows him with Xs over his eyes, indicating that he is dead.

Louis Sweetzer suspects that his 16-year-old daughter, Nell, is killing the family's livestock while in the throes of possession. And that's just preposterous, Cotton thinks.

From religious groups denouncing its content as immoral to audience members fainting and vomiting during its theatrical run, the overblown reaction to The Exorcist is most of the reason why it's synonymous with the phrase “scariest film ever made” despite how comparatively tame it can now appear.

Abalam is the main villain of the 2010 supernatural found-footage horror movie The Last Exorcism. He is a demon who has possessed Nell, a ranch hand's daughter. In the film, he was played by actress Ashley Bell, who portrayed his vessel, Nell, when she was under possession.

The Last Exorcism Part II

The Last Exorcism / Sequel

The Last Exorcism Part II is a 2013 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. It stars Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Spencer Treat Clark, and Louis Herthum. It is a sequel to The Last Exorcism, and was released on March 1, 2013.

Why Wilmington, North Carolina was selected for The Exorcism. Filming took place from November 4, 2019 to December 18, 2019.

In the end, Stamm begrudgingly settled for the slightly "rushed" ending where Cotton marches off to save Nell Sweetzer (Carnage Park's Ashley Bell) from the newly-born entity, while the two members of his documentary crew try to escape and are horrifically slaughtered just out of frame.

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In July 1995, the governor of North Carolina officially pardoned Cotton. Cotton had served 10.5 years in prison. Soon after his release, Cotton got a job in the warehouse of LabCorp, the company that tested the DNA evidence that proved his innocence. He also married, had a child, and bought a piece of land to live on.

Cotton Weary was a Woodsboro resident, who was sent to jail for the rape and murder of Maureen Prescott, because Sidney Prescott was sure she'd seen him leaving their home the night she discovered her mother's dead body.

Nell leads Jerry and Paula to the decayed remains of her identical twin sister, May, who died in a fall while playing in the woods. When reporter Mike Ibarra learns of Nell's existence and visits her cabin, Nell initially displays curiosity, but the camera flash frightens her.

How old was Nell supposed to be? Jodie Foster (born November 1962) was 31 years old when she played Nell, so Nell could have been anywhere from her mid-20s to her mid-30s.

The Last Exorcism may seem like it is a documentary about a horrific exorcism at first glance, but, in reality, the movie is entirely fictional. The producers of the 2010 found footage supernatural horror film wanted the audience to believe that it was based on a true story, which is why it was shot like a documentary.