The Last Exorcism

PG-13

Released Aug 27, 2010

1 hr. 27 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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After years of gulling the faithful, cleric Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) feels remorse and decides to expose his chicanery through filming a documentary. With a crew in tow, Marcus arrives at the Louisiana farm of devout Louis Sweetzer, who believes that his daughter, Nell, is possessed. When the usual stunts fail, he realizes that he is face-to-face with real evil and must summon true faith to protect Nell, the others and himself from demonic power.

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Critics Consensus

It doesn't fully deliver on the chilly promise of its Blair Witch-style premise, but The Last Exorcism offers a surprising number of clever thrills.

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Sheila C

Good movie I think it's really something that could be true. The entire movie seems like it could actually be real. I know I'm repeating myself but it's really good.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Logan D

A pastor regrets scamming the faithful and decides to do one final "exorcism" with a film crew present to document the chicanery. This last feat will test his lack of faith. I'm not generally a fan of found footage films but this is one of the exceptions. I was reminded of Marjo Gortner, who also brought in a film crew to document how he and his family were scamming believers before he left the faith. There are some scary moments and pay attention to the early part of the film with Marcus preaching. And I'm sure it's no coincidence Cotton Marcus is so similar to Cotton Mather.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Floyd B

Good movie about a fake preacher who finds himself

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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Stoner J

Fantastic documentary style horror movie from start to the bloody end. The actors all did great jobs it fully seemed legit.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/13/23

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KerryWhite's S

Rating: 8/10. 80/100. | The acting in this is so realistic to me for some reason. This is one of its shinning attributes. Also, this is in the top 10 or even top 5 Found Footage films of all time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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Jacob B

Maybe it's because I didn't really like The Blair Witch Project all that much meaning that this was unlikely to win me over but man, did The Last Exorcism fail to impress me. The premise is interesting enough, I suppose and I guess the acting okay but I just thought the film was boring and forgettable. That's probably the point given that the film does deal with exorcism and demonic possessions being myths but surely, the execution could've been better. I reckon that the ending is the most memorable sequence due to delivering what its alleged target audience wants but also suffers from being poorly foreshadowed and occurring rather abruptly. It doesn't help that it ends up forcing the film to take a side with the "Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane" trope. Some praise this film for trying to do something different from other films of its ilk but all I see is just another found-footage film that would not have existed without Paranormal Activity and one that I think whose scepticism-themed narrative could just as easily have been told in a traditional, third-person narrative seeing how the gimmick did nothing for me to enhance the narrative like what Cloverfield did.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/23

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Daniel Stamm

Director

Patrick Fabian

Rev. Cotton Markus

Ashley Bell

Nell Sweetzer

Iris Bahr

Iris Reisen

Louis Herthum

Louis Sweetzer

Caleb Landry Jones

Caleb Sweetzer

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Candice Frederick

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It all makes for interesting, and even terrifying, viewing at times. But it's not very smart and far too predictable.

Rated: B-

Sep 9, 2017

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

Unfortunately, at about the half-way point, the brittle mood so carefully created by the single-camera coverage is broken by multi-camera editing and the overlaying of creepy music, just like in standard horror fare.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 24, 2010

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Glenn Kenny

MSN Movies

The only thing finally astonishing about The Last Exorcism is its goofiness.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 3, 2010

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

When film history was made with the release of The Exorcist in 1973, scores of moviegoers, even non-believers, had the bejesus scared out of them, making any filmic exorcism infantile in comparison. The Last Exorcism is no exception.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 9, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Meanwhile it binds and unbinds its damned skein, there is no one who can take away the 82 minutes of morbid entertainment. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 13, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The prospect of journeying to Hell and back seems less daunting than sitting through another horror yarn made in the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project, but The Last Exorcism proves to be a pleasant surprise.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 26, 2021

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Synopsis

After years of gulling the faithful, cleric Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) feels remorse and decides to expose his chicanery through filming a documentary. With a crew in tow, Marcus arrives at the Louisiana farm of devout Louis Sweetzer, who believes that his daughter, Nell, is possessed. When the usual stunts fail, he realizes that he is face-to-face with real evil and must summon true faith to protect Nell, the others and himself from demonic power.

Director: Daniel Stamm
Executive Producer: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland, Phil Altmann, Ron Halpern
Screenwriter: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Arcade
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual References|Disturbing Violent Content|Terror|Thematic Material)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 27, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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