The Last Exorcism: Part II (trailer)

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The Last Exorcism was an extraordinarily fresh look at not only this horror subgenre but also religion and child abuse. (I’m pretending that awful ending isn’t actually there in the movie.) So how did we go from that to Yet Another Generic Horror Flick About Demons?

This is how Hollywood works, right here: take anything that displays a bit of ingenuity and creativity and squeeze the life out of it, flatten it out and render it bland and boring. Slap a “Part II” on it, even if it makes no sense. (Did we say last exorcism? Ha ha, silly us.)

I’d love to be wrong about that. I don’t think I will be.

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MisterAntrobus

Thu, Feb 28, 2013 1:43pm

The Last Exorcism, Part II: The Last Last Exorcism Wasn’t Really the Last.

Jurgan

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Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:43pm

Eh, I’m used to it. I played Final Fantasy XII.

Dokeo

Fri, Mar 01, 2013 2:48am

Filing this one under “Movie Titles that Sound Like Headlines from the Onion.”

RogerBW

Fri, Mar 01, 2013 11:06am

“But that trick never works!” “This time for sure!”

Is there something of a Weaver-as-Ripley, Hamilton-as-Connor vibe from Bell here, once she starts to be anything more than a passive victim? Or is that just me?