Post by moviemouth on Jun 7, 2021 20:53:09 GMT
I have never been much of a fan of these movies, but at least the first 2 were creative to some extent and are somewhat creepy and intense.
The movie starts with an unintentionally funny demonic possession scene that hits ever single possession cliche there is and even copies the famous Father Merrin arrival scene from The Exorcist. Most modern day horror directors have no idea how to make scenes creepy. The scenes that should be scary and suspenseful just feel like the director put no thought into the cinematography or editing at all. This movie is one of the more blatant examples of lazy filmmaking. It feels like none of it was storyboarded.
Anyway, the movie starts with a possessed kid that passes the curse onto someone else and then that person kills one of his friends and is arrested for murder. This leads to the 2 paranormal detectives to find evidence that the court can use so that the one charged with murder can use "the Devil made me do it" as a defense.
Give me a fucking break. This might have been interesting had they actually had the second half of the movie be about the actual court case. The early investigation scenes feel like they are leading to something interesting, but nope, it just becomes as generic and lazy as you might expect. It just says at the end what sentence the guy got and then it ends. It makes no sense on the face of it how the paranormal detectives would have been able to help his case with what is shown in the movie.
Vera Farmiga carries this movie on her back and I wish the rest of the movie could be on par with her performance. The second best thing about the movie is the songs.
4.5/10
The movie starts with an unintentionally funny demonic possession scene that hits ever single possession cliche there is and even copies the famous Father Merrin arrival scene from The Exorcist. Most modern day horror directors have no idea how to make scenes creepy. The scenes that should be scary and suspenseful just feel like the director put no thought into the cinematography or editing at all. This movie is one of the more blatant examples of lazy filmmaking. It feels like none of it was storyboarded.
Anyway, the movie starts with a possessed kid that passes the curse onto someone else and then that person kills one of his friends and is arrested for murder. This leads to the 2 paranormal detectives to find evidence that the court can use so that the one charged with murder can use "the Devil made me do it" as a defense.
Give me a fucking break. This might have been interesting had they actually had the second half of the movie be about the actual court case. The early investigation scenes feel like they are leading to something interesting, but nope, it just becomes as generic and lazy as you might expect. It just says at the end what sentence the guy got and then it ends. It makes no sense on the face of it how the paranormal detectives would have been able to help his case with what is shown in the movie.
Vera Farmiga carries this movie on her back and I wish the rest of the movie could be on par with her performance. The second best thing about the movie is the songs.
4.5/10
