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The Last Exorcism

The Last Exorcism has a cast of  barely knows including star Patrick Fabian as Cotton Marcus, a charlatan evangelist taking over the family ministry from a long line of bible thumpers many of whom claim to have exorcised demons. Cotton was a child preaching prodigy and although his faith is waning he continues for pragmatic reasons which he justifies on camera in documentary style. Although no longer a committed missionary he does have a mission which is to mitigate the damage done by “dangerous” exorcists. To that end he takes to the Loozianna swampland with the camera crew in tow to document tricks of the trade that he uses to cast the devil out of Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) a teenager possessed who lately has been mutilating the livestock of her widower father Louis (Louis Herthum) and sullen and wary brother Caleb (Caleb Landry Jones). Once the job is completed Cotton barely has time to whiffle through his cash retainer when it becomes clear his mission is accomplished in George Bush fashion only. When it turns out that Nell is pregnant fingers start pointing everywhere and Nell starts contorting in ways that Linda Blair only wishes she could. The Last Exorcism revisits the creepiness and camera angles of The Blair Witch Project with mostly pleasing results and with surprisingly shocking low budget special effects a la Let Her In. When it’s not tickling you it’s freaking you out.

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