by Ben PerLee, August 30, 2010
Upon finishing The Last Exorcist, a good friend of mine asked me how it was. My response? “All build up and tension to a creepy literal end.” I’ve had some time to think about that statement, and I stand by it. The Last Exorcist is a creepy film that doesn’t rely upon gruesome gore (there’s a little of that) to unsettle its audience. Rather, what is creepy is the ambiguity of possession, the faltering understanding of demonic power in contemporary society, the is-she-possessed-or-is-she-not-possessed conflict.
Well, it’s creepy until that literal end. Then whatever spark the film had is dampened.
That’s getting ahead of ourselves. The Last Exorcist is a faux-documentary,
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