Chronicles of an Exorcism

In light of the overwhelmingly negative comments on here I thought I'd try and even the balance a little.

Granted Chronicles of an Exorcism is not great, some of the acting is pretty ropey and obviously being no budget there's not much action. For the money though I think it's decent enough film, superior to say anything from The Asylum or a sci-fi channel original movie.

I don't know what sort of idiot would think this is actually a real exorcism, there's no such thing, and even if there was the Catholic church would never in a million years allow one to be filmed. Let's face it this is an organisation whose leader thinks use of condoms increases the risk of aids.

Maybe people were put off a bit by the reasonably intelligent and wordy script which discusses in depth matters of faith and also goes into some detail about exorcisms. Perhaps the reason for all the negative comments is overly sensitive religious types, however the treatment of the catholic religion in the film is in no way critical.

...this is probably the worst movie I've watched in a year or so. I was excited by the title, but within 5 minutes it was plainly obvious that this was not a documentary, it wasn't even a film based on a true story. The actors were amateurs, and unconvincing to say the very least. Needless to say, I skipped through the movie to find more unbelievable claptrap and ended my viewing in under 10 minutes. I usually persevere through most movies - but this really was unbearable. I'd told my wife it was a real documentary, to scare her a little - imagine my embarrassment when we started watching it, and it was so poor. Do yourself a favour and avoid it!

Man, was I disappointed.

From the first 5 minutes it was painfully obvious that this is a Blair Witch knock off with abysmal production values, horrendous acting and a predictable plot line.

Like an idiot, I actually believed that this may be a true story but it is obvious this is a bad film school project with a marketing budget.

The 3 leads are way too young for their roles as 'wise men of the cloth'. Their acting is wooden, distracted and unbelievable. And unless Satan is only possessing underwear models, the girl is just too pretty to be believable. (Watching her overact and writhe in her flimsy outfit was the only highlight of this movie.) I'm all for independent movies and I give the cast credit for making a valiant effort, but the fact that they are passing this off as 'true' and as 'documentary' is freaking absurd. Satan himself probably would be embarrassed to be in this movie.

Plus, as a Catholic, I resent them trying to make a quick buck off of impersonating priests (badly) and trying to put their spin on what they believe an exorcism is.

In spite of being offended, I can safely say that even if I was Jewish, Buddhist or a Muslim I would not like this movie. I've seen scarier things on YouTube.

The worst part was the hackneyed, predictable ending that WE ALL SAW COMING A MILE AWAY. You don't have to be Nostradamus to be able to predict this ending.

I've seen Dental Hygiene movies with more entertainment value.

Seriously, other than the hot girl this movie isn't just bad, it is ANTI entertaining. I feel bad for giving this movie such a bad review, but it really deserves it.