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The Last Exorcism is an intriguing new twist on the Exorcism genre of Horror films. Presented as a documentary style film in the same vein as The Blair Witch Project, The Last Exorcism documents a reverend who performs his "last" exorcism, as he is quite skeptical, he even rigs the room with speakers and and also rigs a cross due to his skepticism to prove its all bullshit and fraud. But he gets more than what he bargained for after performing a bogus Exorcism ritual. After the "ritual" young farm girl, Nell Sweetzer still seems possessed and ends up in Reverend Marcus Motel room, and has no clue how she got there. Things get even more strange from there, and the preacher is convinced she needs psychiatric help. However, Nell's father is against the idea and threatens Marcus to perform another exorcism. He finally caves in, and agrees to perform a final exorcism. The Last Exorcism is a refreshing take on the Horror genre, and with that said, it's good to see something creepy, suspenseful and thrilling once again. I think that this is one of the better Horror films to come out recently, and considering all the garbage Horror films that real Horror fans are getting nowadays, this film feels refreshingly terrifying even though it borrows a bit from The Blair Witch Project. Even with that in mind, I personally feel that The Last Exorcism is a far superior Horror picture than Blair Witch. A very creepy and terrifying take on the Exorcism genre. A film with enough twits to keep the hardened horror fan interested.
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