'THE LAST EXORCISM PART II': Three Stars (Out of Five)
Sequel to the 2010 supernatural horror film about a minister being followed by a documentary crew while he performs his last exorcism. This film takes place directly after the original and focuses on Nell Sweetzer, who was the girl being exorcised in the first film (and one of it's sole survivors). This installment is not filmed in the found footage format though and centers around Nell now living in a home for girls, while still possessed. The film was once again produced by indie horror master Eli Roth but it was directed and co-written this time (with Damien Chazelle) by Ed Gass-Donnelly (another indie filmmaker). The film is not nearly as inventive or fun as the original but it is a decent sequel and not nearly as bad as a lot of the reviews it's been getting.
After a series of flashes from the first film, reminding us what mostly took place, we find Nell (once again played by Ashley Bell) sneaking into a couple's home late at night in New Orleans. She's catatonic and animalistic when the couple turns her over to a local hospital. She's then placed in a home for girls ran by Frank Merle (Muse Watson). She makes friends with the other girls staying there, lead by the mischievous Gwen (Julia Garner), and even garners the attention of a young man named Chris (Spencer Treat Clark, who was the kid in 'UNBREAKABLE' and also appeared in 'GLADIATOR' and 'MYSTIC RIVER' at about the same age). She gets a job at a local motel as well and everything seems to finally be going good for her but those annoying demons just won't let her alone and continue to harass her throughout the rest of the film.
The movie is cheesy of course but it's supposed to be; it's a B horror film! It's much better than a lot of other crap out there that gets much better reviews (I personally found it a lot more entertaining than the 'PARANORMAL ACTIVITY' films). It's a bad movie but it's amusing and it's the type of flick most horror fans would say is 'so bad it's good'. It of course doesn't live up to the original but that had it's haters as well (I personally loved the original film). Bell is very good in the lead role once again and the directing is decent for this sort of film. The script is about what you'd expect from a movie called 'THE LAST EXORCISM PART II' as well. I saw the movie as part of a double feature (I created, at Regal's $5 movie night) with the youth gone wild party film '21 & OVER'. This wasn't as good as the latter but it was nostalgic and a lot of fun to see two 80s style teen movies (a B horror film and a youth sex/party flick). If nothing else it's at least good for that.
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Sequel to the 2010 supernatural horror film about a minister being followed by a documentary crew while he performs his last exorcism. This film takes place directly after the original and focuses on Nell Sweetzer, who was the girl being exorcised in the first film (and one of it's sole survivors). This installment is not filmed in the found footage format though and centers around Nell now living in a home for girls, while still possessed. The film was once again produced by indie horror master Eli Roth but it was directed and co-written this time (with Damien Chazelle) by Ed Gass-Donnelly (another indie filmmaker). The film is not nearly as inventive or fun as the original but it is a decent sequel and not nearly as bad as a lot of the reviews it's been getting.
After a series of flashes from the first film, reminding us what mostly took place, we find Nell (once again played by Ashley Bell) sneaking into a couple's home late at night in New Orleans. She's catatonic and animalistic when the couple turns her over to a local hospital. She's then placed in a home for girls ran by Frank Merle (Muse Watson). She makes friends with the other girls staying there, lead by the mischievous Gwen (Julia Garner), and even garners the attention of a young man named Chris (Spencer Treat Clark, who was the kid in 'UNBREAKABLE' and also appeared in 'GLADIATOR' and 'MYSTIC RIVER' at about the same age). She gets a job at a local motel as well and everything seems to finally be going good for her but those annoying demons just won't let her alone and continue to harass her throughout the rest of the film.
The movie is cheesy of course but it's supposed to be; it's a B horror film! It's much better than a lot of other crap out there that gets much better reviews (I personally found it a lot more entertaining than the 'PARANORMAL ACTIVITY' films). It's a bad movie but it's amusing and it's the type of flick most horror fans would say is 'so bad it's good'. It of course doesn't live up to the original but that had it's haters as well (I personally loved the original film). Bell is very good in the lead role once again and the directing is decent for this sort of film. The script is about what you'd expect from a movie called 'THE LAST EXORCISM PART II' as well. I saw the movie as part of a double feature (I created, at Regal's $5 movie night) with the youth gone wild party film '21 & OVER'. This wasn't as good as the latter but it was nostalgic and a lot of fun to see two 80s style teen movies (a B horror film and a youth sex/party flick). If nothing else it's at least good for that.
Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH2nsN_uuBI