FilmPG-13Demonic & Possession Found Footage Witchcraft & Occult

The Last Exorcism2010

Name: The Last Exorcism
Genre: Demonic & Possession, Found Footage, Witchcraft & Occult, Folk Horror
Released: 2010-08-27
Rating: 5.9

“Believe In Him.”

Directed by Daniel Stamm

5.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.7Rotten Tomatoes 71%Metacritic 63TMDB 5.7

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Year

2010

Runtime

87 min

Box Office

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$69,400,000

Domestic

$41,034,350

🏆 7 wins & 10 nominations total

The premise

After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will be another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead comes upon the blood-soaked farm of the Sweetzer family and a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.

Horror Vault's take

A charismatic but disillusioned reverend invites a documentary crew to follow him on what he expects to be his final, fraud-exposing exorcism — a cynical last act meant to unmask the whole practice as theater. Deep in the Louisiana backwoods, the Sweetzer family farm greets them with something far darker than a troubled congregation member. What begins as a debunking exercise spirals into a genuinely terrifying confrontation that puts the reverend's hardened skepticism to the ultimate test. Shot in a raw, pseudo-documentary style, the film draws you in with character before unleashing its dread.

Content: Disturbing Religious Imagery, Body Contortion, Occult And Satanic Ritual Content, Scenes Of Violence, Unsettling Behavior Toward Animals (Implied), Jump Scares