The Devil Inside Review

Movie: The Devil Inside Year: 2012 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: William Brent Bell Language: English Length: 83 Minutes Sub-Genre: Paranormal, Exorcisms

Plot: At once spooky and grisly, this thriller follows a woman’s quest to find the truth behind claims that her mother killed three people during an exorcism. The daughter’s journey takes her to Italy, where she becomes involved in other exorcisms.

Review: The movie opens up with a 911 call in which a woman tells she had just murdered 3 people, then it goes to news footage of the crime scene and we get to see the bloody bodies which was very believable. Jump to present day and we get to meet Isabella who is the daughter of the woman who murdered these people and is now locked up in a mental institution in Italy.

Isabella decides to go to Italy to see her mother and to try and find out exactly what happened and to delve into the world of exorcism by making a documentary and even takes some classes on the subject.

The movie drags a little here while building character references and we meet a couple of priests who are doing exorcisms on people who the church felt were mentally challenged and not possessed. They decide to let Isabella and her camera man in on the action to film and this is where you get to see the first exorcism.

When you first get to see this girl who is kept down in this dark basement it is quite shocking the way her body is contorted and some of the things that she does. Shortly after we get to see an exorcism performed on Isabella’s mother which was a little chilling but not as shocking as what will happen after.

There are quite a few shocking things that happen in this movie that I was totally not expecting, surprisingly there is quite a bit of gore. I cringed a couple of times and was like (Holy Shit). There are a lot of screams throughout the movie that were blood curdling and I really liked the way they ended this movie, totally unexpected and a really good video effect.

My biggest negative for this movie is of course the documentary style and the shaky cam, I absolutely hate it! God if they would of made this like a regular movie it would of been so awesome.

Yes this was my top pick movie for the year 2012 and I knew going into it that it was documentary style but my love for possession movies and with The Exorcist being my all time favorite horror movie I had to go with this one. Besides the shaky camera work I was a little disappointed in the voices of the possessed, I think they should of gone with a deep crackling voice.

To me this movie had enough startling shocking moments and a bit of a twist to spend the money and go see it in the theaters. No it is not the new Exorcist and I don’t think they will ever make a movie that will take the top spot on my horror list but the story, acting and shock factor make this one to watch.

I don’t know where this will end up being on my list of best 2012 horror movies, probably not going to be number 1 but I enjoyed it and I think most horror fans will. If this movie wasn’t documentary style I would of given it around a 9 but seeing that it was my rating is a 7½, GO SEE IT!!

Reviewer: ChrisiFix Date: 01/20/2012 Rating: 7½/10 Recommendation: See It

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