Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Devil Inside

Caution: This Might Contain Spoilers!
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This film is follows the story of Isabella Rossi, years after her mother's, Maria Rossi's, exorcism turned into the murder of three people. The church has refused to admit that the exorcism was sanctioned, and the Roman asylum that holds her believes its nothing more than a mental illness. Isabella allows herself to be documented by Michael Schaefer as she travels to Rome to try and learn more about her mother. During her visit, she begins to believe that her mother is truly possessed by multiple demons. 

This film was directed by William Brent Bell, and was a low budget film. This was Bell's first major horror film to be released to theaters. It was expected to be the next Paranormal Activity which is why there was so much advertisement for the film. However, this film failed to provide any true horror. It offered several chilling sequences, but it stopped short before any real payoff occurs. The story is told through found footage-which is officially a genre style now. The story begins with a great opening, but then it drops the ball after they try to decide if Maria Rossi is really possessed or not. After that scene, the film goes in a different direction. This makes it uneven with its anticlimactic ending. It doesn't need to be some big pay-off, but there needs to be something. (Paranormal Activity didn't have much, but it left audiences terrified.) Before the ending credits start there is a website mentioned, www.therossifiles.com. The website does exist, and it provides clips that weren't fully shown in the film. This was an attempt to gain the favor of horror movie audiences, but that's the main reason it failed. Good horror just happens-it's not something that comes from marketing unfortunately. The few special effects used in this film were good. It was great watching how many ways a body can be contorted. 

The story might've failed, but the acting was actually good. It was unfortunate that the story didn't allow any more depth to the characters. They used unknown actors for this film. Fernanda Andrade played the leading role of Isabella Rossi. She was good in her role creating the woman caught in the middle of this demonic world. Evan Helmuth played the role of Father David Keane. He was good for his role. His role was very limited, but he managed to make it stand out. Simon Quarterman played the role of Father Ben Rawlings. His role was a general exorcist priest who is caught unprepared. Ionut Grama played the role of Michael Schaefer. He was good in his limited general role of camera man. Every "found footage" has one. Suzan Crowley played the role of Maria Rossi. She was great playing the role of the possessed. She gave the film its horror appeal, and it made her worth watching. 

I give this film 2 out of 5 stars! The film had several chilling moments. It just failed with a confusing story and lack of general ending. 

Answer to last blog: Actor Idris Elda also starred in the role of Heirmdall (Thor), as well Janek (Prometheus). 

Que: What television have actors Fernanda Andrade and Evan Helmuth both starred in?

NCIS
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Law and Order: LA

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