[26], In the UK, a poster image for the film showed a young girl, wearing a blood-spattered dress, bent over backwards below a crucifix. [36] The Last Exorcism had a budget of $1.8 million. Now Available: http://bit.ly/12F25ow [27][28], The Last Exorcism used Chatroulette as the medium of its viral campaign involving a girl who pretends to unbutton her top seductively, then stops and turns into a monster. The crew tries to escape with Nell, who attacks Marcus before Louis threatens to shoot her. He comes to realize that he attributes the healing of his son to science, and not to Jesus Christ. A sequel, The Last Exorcism Part II, was released on March 1, 2013. Novelist William Peter Blatty based his best-seller on the last known Catholic-sanctioned exorcism in the United States. Visuals and attitude -- not for kids. After poor advice from a psychic leads to the death of his wife, a man vows to disprove the existence of the paranormal by allowing himself to be possessed by demons. Written by There is a good chance here of being firmly disturbed, if you let the film take you where it wants to take you.Armed with a genial personality and powerful charisma, Louisiana's Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) goes around the country performing fake exorcisms on the believing. "Sense";1* "Mind Force" in the Viz transl. Each second, Nell breaks one of her fingers. [3] The film remained in the top five, falling to number four in its second weekend. They head to Ivanwood and they have a hostile reception from Louis's son Caleb. After years of performing exorcisms, a disillusioned evangelical minister decides to participate in a documentary chronicling his last exorcism while exposing the fraud of his ministry. It stars Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Ashley Bell, and Louis Herthum.. As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan. Parents need to know that The Last Exorcism is a fictional horror movie shot in documentary style, much like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. [39] Ashley Bell reprises her role as Nell. With Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum. ... but his faith has waned after reading of an autistic child being killed during an exorcism, reminding him of his own disabled son. When Cotton is summoned by the farmer Louis Sweetzer to perform an exorcism in his daughter Nell, Cotton sees the chance to prove to the documentary crew what he has just told. He agrees that the filmmaker Iris Reisen and the cameraman Daniel Moskowitz make a documentary about his life. Over the next ten months, Anneliese underwent 67 one-hour exorcism sessions - and the clergymen noted at least SIX demons inside of her - each of them more evil than the last. The exorcism thriller from Dallas-based Cinestate — which opens in wide release this weekend — was filmed locally last winter, with Big D standing in for the Big Easy. When everyone learns Nell is pregnant, Iris accuses Louis of incest, which Marcus rejects. Cotton performs the exorcism in Nell, exposing his tricks to the camera, but sooner they learn that the dysfunctional Sweetzer family has serious problems. … Was this review helpful to you? Blatty transformed the little boy in the 1949 incident into a little girl named Regan, played by 14-year-old Linda Blair. The Last Exorcism ; Where to watch. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.