The Last
Exorcism
More than a few reviews of the latest faux
documentary The Last Exorcism have popped up since the film's release. Some
are crying foul, while others shout kudos. The newest fake-umentaries are a
style that doesn't always sit well with all audiences, but there are certainly
plenty of fans to keep this style alive a long time.
Here are a few of the
reviews for the film The Last Exorcism -
... Judging by the tight
security at The Last Exorcism's Canadian premiere at Fantasia
and Alliance Films' infrared cameras pointed at the audience throughout for
reaction shots for an intended Paranormal
Activity-like marketing
campaign (which has yet to be seen, by the way), one would think the
film is some kind of genre-defining masterpiece. And it almost is.
read
... Over the past couple of years, there has
been a slew of "Blair Witch"-style movies that appear to be reality.
Movies like "Cloverfield" and "Paranormal Activity" market
themselves as footage that was found at the scene of a crime or after a giant
disaster. Like "The Last Exorcism," these "faux
documentaries" are a genre of film in a league of their own, exposing
moviegoers to a new style of creativity and a new type of terror. In order to
be even remotely convincing as real footage, the casts for these films have to
be full of fresh faces. By having these new actors in films like this, the
believability factor goes way up. read
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