Exorcism

Love horror movies. Although this one had the potential to be one, it's not. This film is very thematic and I almost felt like I was in church. There are some good effects and it did have its moments but the writing needed a second look. I've seen some of these faces before but couldn't remember from where which is why I looked it up here. Now I remember these guys. That's the dude from 'Rocky'! The filming was good, I don't know the budget but it looked pretty good to me. It looks like it was shot on film, which means it had some money. So I don't understand how this script did not get redrafted and reworked. Next time I would hope they would work a lot more on their script before going into production. Not too bad for a first try.

I feel it was a good first attempt for this writer/director/producer/casting director, but if he would have done less maybe it would have been tighter. It seems more for kids and is aimed at getting them back to God and the church. It does get preachy, but I think it is more a religious film than a horror film. That is why I felt the humor at parts was important and good; it could have even used some more. I enjoyed it and the story. I know many people that do have a true fear of God.

Some of the actors were good, some not so good. I think the casting of the mother was intentional. She was over the top and campy - it was fun. I enjoyed the special effects, one of the best scenes is a scene with an evil girl and a thief in a car. She turns into an animal/demon right in front of your eyes and scares the hell out of guy. I liked the makeup for the monsters and demons also - very cool.

Again, it was a good first attempt and congrats on getting it done and out there. It has a positive message and is good for children. If it puts one troubled kid back on track then the film has done it's job.

The 1.0 voting is for the demons' make-up, which was okay, and for the evil nurse, who was the only actress in this dud.

Black and latino thugs break into the house of a whitebread, Christian family. When one of the thugs is visited by an angel, they run away, leaving the perfectly coiffed dad's-jeans father and his virginal blonde daughter in shakes. Meanwhile, the mother is ready to leave the hospital where she's treated for who-cares-what affliction when an eeee-vil nurse warns her of impending doom.

The thugs start to experience evil possession but are saved by a black minister that teaches exorcism-101 to the aforementioned blonde daughter, as you do. Then the whitebread dad admits to his brain-dead wife that he once joined a Satanic cult to obtain wealth and now he fears that his whole family is cursed. That's before he's possessed by the Devil and refuses to leave his bed.

This is a horror film a written by a "7th Heaven" writer, but with less subtlety. It looks like an educational film, with the same absence of style, drama-class rejects cast and a patronizing message. Previous reviewers stated that they thought it was a comedy, which I can relate to. The acting and dialogue are so atrocious that it borderlines on parody. The mother in particular is a hoot, with her xanaxed smile even when the evil nurse clutches the rosary beads from her hands.

This goes highly recommended to bad-movie lovers. My eyes were glued to the screen, mesmerized by the nullity of everything, but still I couldn't turn it off. It's fascinating that someone, somewhere financed this.

Usually I give a film at least a few scenes before praising it or condemning it, but I must say this one was horrid from start to finish. If this is the best Mr. Baker can do perhaps he should take up a job in road construction or something. The acting was lousy on everyones part. Many seemed to be reading poorly written cue cards. The dialogue was stomach wrenching. Mr Baker must have had a typewriter on set cranking out lines as they were being filmed. The only redeeming feature of this film (at least to the male viewers) was the eye candy provided by Nichole Dionne. Alas, that was not enough to salvage any facsimile of entertainment from this reel of wasted cellulose because the "actress" Karen Knotts was stuck to her like a conjoined twin with a performance that should have won her an anti-Oscar. As for the rest of the cast. It would seem that they agreed to do the film if their photos were placed in the IMDb. Unless they put them there themselves and cheated themselves out of the cost of a Waffle House breakfast. Mr. Baker also played casting director in this little field trip selecting them as well, proving that he truly has no place in the industry. Period. One thousand words could not present the injustices of this film. So, I will wrap up with, avoid at all costs.

I managed to pick up a copy of Exorcism for a £1 last weekend with low expectations because of the price and the awful looking cover. The acting was shockingly poor, so poor I wouldn't even call it acting which baffled me seeing how many casted actors featured in films such as Rocky. This film definitely doesn't come under the horror genre and the reason that I give it a rating of 3/10 is because the make up on the demon was decent and the nurse was the only convincing character if anything.

If this film had intended to be a comedy then my rating would be surprisingly higher. If you are looking to watch a true horror movie then Exorcism is not one of those, there are plenty of better ones out there. The storyline would be fantastic if the film was a spoof of all the other exorcist movies but this is clearly not what the director had wanted to do. I would recommend Exorcism if you are willing to spend a night in having a laugh with mates and chilling with a few beers :)