Another day, another rip of William Friedkin's classic. Hurray.
Today's film is more subtle in its titling: Exorcism.
The movie is pretty much the same thing as "The Exorcist." Well, there are a couple differences.
-Replace this guy with this guy.
-The whole 'possession' thing is more direct. The young lady was involved in the occult and got possessed. She is not quite the innocent victim.
-The makeup effects are not nearly as scary. She looks more like a zombie.
-There is a whole side-story about how she got possessed. It is more of a distraction than anything.
-They have people get their head twisted around, but it turns out to be a pair of murders by an evil employee. This is not the most original character. Plus, he looks like Mr. Clean
Honestly, I was hoping for a lot more from this movie. The Satanic cult stuff is interesting, but ultimately, just filler. In a way, the film apes The Exorcist too much. As much as people love that movie, the whole first half is pretty dull. This is done to set up the story and contrast the big, shocking finale. This movie does not have that. It has a fairly lame finale, honestly. More importantly, it is just not that funny, scary or full of the usual Naschy bravado. It really feels like cheap, contract work. That's sad.
Coming up next: a rip-off from *gasp* America. Stay tuned...
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