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today i'll share with you guys that what kind of movie is that who is the director and the story is based on so i'm starting :
The first movie of the New Year had audiences excited for yet another
film exploring the ritual of exorcism. However, a faux-documentary
style leaves the camera so shaky; the audience could not decide whether
to hurl from the cinematography or the action on the screen. Ever since The Blair Witch Project's,
shaky cameras have it taken over the horror movie genera. The concept
to make it look real is understood, but the excess movement is a bit
much and, in truth, annoying.
The Devil Inside, released under Paramount Pictures’ indie label Insurge, is a young woman’s journey to find the truth about her mother, who allegedly killed three people during her own exorcism twenty years earlier. Set in 2009, she finds herself wanting answers. Where is a better place to explore the Catholic faith? Rome! It so happens this is where her mother is housed in a mental hospital. Once in the Internal City, Isabella meets two priests whose own unorthodox exorcism practices are the center of the plot.
The movie’s potential falls flat by relying heavily on the performances of the actors to carry it along. Just picturing director William Brent Bell telling the actors, “Act like your not acting” makes one sigh.
Whereas in the action is limited with the majority of the movie containing the characters fighting with one another. The best performance feature Suzan Crowley as the possessed mother of Isabella, is not necessarily memorable, but at times, acceptable. The extremely predicable film leaves no shockers for the audience and every jump can be expected before the first.
Finally, the ending, if you could call it that, was a ballsy and lazy move. The filmmakers even put a website up for the audience to go fill in all the plot holes they failed to conclude on screen. I believe the kid sitting in front of me said it best, “After all that and they give me a website.” Yep, they sure did.
Although after its successes in its first weekend at the box-office, The Devil Inside has potential, but fails with shaky cinematography, poor acting and plot holes. Horror movies have come a long way since the days of the original The Exorcist and Halloween, however no evolution could prepare one for this. In the survival of the fittest, it is a miracle this project survived.
today i'll share with you guys that what kind of movie is that who is the director and the story is based on so i'm starting :
The
Devil Inside is
an American supernatural horror film directed and co-written by William Brent
Bell. It is a documentary-style found footage film about a woman who becomes
involved in a series of exorcisms during her quest to determine what happened
to her mother, a woman who murdered three people as a result of being possessed
by a demon. Produced by Morris Paulson and Matthew Peterman, the film stars
Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, and Suzan Crowley, and was
released theatrically on January 6, 2012.
The
film received extremely negative reviews from critics and audiences alike.
Despite the negative reaction, the film topped the box office on its opening
weekend, yet continued to drop drastically in the second week, before
disappearing completely from the box office top ten
cast :
- Fernanda Andrade as Isabella Rossi
- Simon Quarterman as Benji
- Evan Helmuth as David
- Ionut Grama as Mike
- Suzan Crowley as Maria Rossi
- Bonnie Morgan as Rosalita
- Brian Johnson as Lieutenant Dreyfus
- Preston James Hillier as Male Reporter
- D.T. Carney as Detective
plot :
On
October 30, 1989, Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) committed a triple murder during
an exorcism performed on her. The Catholic Church became involved, and she has
since been in a Catholic psychiatric hospital in Rome. The film shows a news
story and police investigation showing the three members of the clergy whom she
murdered. Her daughter, Isabella, learned of the murders from her father, who
died three days after telling her.
Twenty
years later, Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) is in the process of filming a
documentary about exorcisms, and to find out more about her mother, she visits
a school in Rome. She meets two priests, Ben (Simon Quarterman) and David (Evan
Helmuth). Ben and David take Isabella with them on an exorcism performed on
Rosalita (Bonnie Morgan). They bring along medical equipment to determine if
it's possession or mental illness. Rosalita attacks the crew after spouting out
obscene remarks in different languages and accents. She calls Isabella by her
name, despite not knowing her. Eventually, they get her under control.
When
Isabella goes to visit her mother, Maria, in the asylum, she finds that her
mother speaks in different accents and has paintings all over the walls. She
has inverted crosses carved into her arms and her bottom lip. Maria tells
Isabella that killing a child is against God's will, then lets out an
ear-shattering scream. Isabella tells David and Ben that she had an abortion
years ago and her mother had no way of knowing that--another sign that showed
possible possession. As the crew prepares to perform an exorcism/analysis on
Maria, David worries about losing his job, since the Church does not authorize
exorcisms without undeniable proof that the patient is indeed possessed. During
the procedure, Maria mentions knowing what Ben did in the past, as well as
Isabella's child. She breaks free of her restraints and sends Ben flying into
the door, also knocking David to the ground. The doctors rush in shortly after.
After
analyzing the data from the video and audio files, they present the evidence to
the Church. David shows many signs of stress, as Ben plays the audio files over
and over, listening to the part where Maria says "I know what you
did". Ben then finds that there are four different demons speaking in
unison in a different clip. David is to perform a baptism at his church, in
which Michael tags along to record. The service starts without incident until
he holds the baby to start the Immersion Baptism. He then mutters some lines
from the Bible and starts forcefully submerging the baby in the holy water,
staring blankly at the camera. The crowd of people rush up to save the baby as
he passes out.
Soon
after, Ben finds David at home with blood all over his forearms, eyes rolled
back into his head, much the way Maria was during the exorcism. The police
arrive, and though it doesn't show on film, David somehow acquires an officer's
handgun and holds it in his mouth. Ben tells him to fight it, but he begins to
weep, reciting The Lord's Prayer, stopping right before the last few words. He
laughs and then shoots himself. Just then, Isabella begins having a seizure.
Ben
hysterically comes to the realization that Isabella is possessed. As they wait
in the hospital, nurses rush into the emergency room and find a nurse on the
floor, blood spewing from her neck as other nurses fight to restrain Isabella.
Ben and Michael drag Isabella into the hallway and restrain her. They leave
with Isabella in a car, heading to get help for a potential exorcism. While
Michael drives, Isabella speaks of also knowing the horrible act Ben committed,
scaring Ben. She then tries to strangle Michael but Ben is able to pull her off
before Michael loses control of the car. He instantly shows signs of
possession, and acceleration can be heard as they speed into oncoming traffic,
headlong into another car. The camera goes black, and cuts in with short
sequences of chaos, most likely of the vehicle flipping. As the screen finally
cuts to black, a website (www.therossifiles.com) is shown, along with the
statement that the case of the Rossi family has not yet been solved.
NOW HAVE A LOOK OF TRAILER
‘The Devil Inside’ movie review
Hollywood, how many more exorcism movies will you
subject the public to before we’ve all had enough?
The Devil Inside, released under Paramount Pictures’ indie label Insurge, is a young woman’s journey to find the truth about her mother, who allegedly killed three people during her own exorcism twenty years earlier. Set in 2009, she finds herself wanting answers. Where is a better place to explore the Catholic faith? Rome! It so happens this is where her mother is housed in a mental hospital. Once in the Internal City, Isabella meets two priests whose own unorthodox exorcism practices are the center of the plot.
The movie’s potential falls flat by relying heavily on the performances of the actors to carry it along. Just picturing director William Brent Bell telling the actors, “Act like your not acting” makes one sigh.
Whereas in the action is limited with the majority of the movie containing the characters fighting with one another. The best performance feature Suzan Crowley as the possessed mother of Isabella, is not necessarily memorable, but at times, acceptable. The extremely predicable film leaves no shockers for the audience and every jump can be expected before the first.
Finally, the ending, if you could call it that, was a ballsy and lazy move. The filmmakers even put a website up for the audience to go fill in all the plot holes they failed to conclude on screen. I believe the kid sitting in front of me said it best, “After all that and they give me a website.” Yep, they sure did.
Although after its successes in its first weekend at the box-office, The Devil Inside has potential, but fails with shaky cinematography, poor acting and plot holes. Horror movies have come a long way since the days of the original The Exorcist and Halloween, however no evolution could prepare one for this. In the survival of the fittest, it is a miracle this project survived.
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