13 Sins has been on my radar for a while. I was a huge fan of The Last Exorcism, so I was glad to see a new Dimension horror film from director Daniel Stamm. The one thing that concerned me was the familiarity(or so I thought) of the plot, with films like the amazing Cheap Thrills, and the average Would You Rather being recently released. Thankfully, 13 sins was extremely clever in the way that it differentiates itself from films of a similar subject matter. Yes, somebody is doing crazy things for money, but the mastermind, rather than a coked-up David Koechner, up in your face, fully aware of who the “bad guy” of the film is, is a mysterious voice on the phone, and nothing more. We don’t know who is orchestrating the events in the film, or even why. We don’t know how many people are involved in the conspiracy,...
- 6/12/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Back in the 2000s, a few years apart from one another, there were two breakouts in the niche cinema world that finally came together this year. The first was the Thai thriller 13: Game of Death. The second was A Necessary Death, or more specifically its director Daniel Stamm. The “death” in both titles was a nice tie-in, but it’s been dropped for 13 Sins, Stamm’s remake of the Thai hit. Worlds collide. It hit SXSW, and Rob found it underwhelming, but the movie has a lot going for it. Ron Perlman, for one. Mark Webber, for two. Stamm for three. Plus, it seems faithful to the concept of putting a man on his last leg through a mysterious game show of violence and degradation. So that’s four. Check out the trailer for yourself: Killing a fly is a sin now? That’s gonna be trouble. 13 Sins is in theaters April 14th.
- 3/12/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The question of how far a person will go -- or how low a person will sink -- for large financial gain is one of the more prevalent and provocative questions in recent horror cinema. Eli Roth's Hostel series had a dark and compelling hook that showed how the very wealthy can toy with a person's flesh just because they need a new kick. More recently the excellently twisted thriller called Cheap Thrills offered a series of progressively more disturbing bribes and wagers.
The also fascinating Series 7: The Contenders (2001) offered murder for money, as did Roger Corman's delightful Death Race 2000 from 1975 and the half-decent remake from 2008. Going back as far as The Most Dangerous Game (1932), and probably earlier, the idea of murder as a financial "game" has been a hallmark of horror cinema. One mentions all of that because of this: several years ago the Weinstein...
The also fascinating Series 7: The Contenders (2001) offered murder for money, as did Roger Corman's delightful Death Race 2000 from 1975 and the half-decent remake from 2008. Going back as far as The Most Dangerous Game (1932), and probably earlier, the idea of murder as a financial "game" has been a hallmark of horror cinema. One mentions all of that because of this: several years ago the Weinstein...
- 3/11/2014
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Elliot Brindle (Mark Webber) is having a bad day. His hope for a promotion at work has instead resulted in being fired, and that doesn’t bode well for a man with a pregnant wife and a learning-impaired brother at home. A single phone call changes all of that by offering a chance at financial freedom. The catch? Complete a series of thirteen challenges without fail and without telling anyone else what’s happening. What could possibly go wrong? It starts with a deceptively innocuous challenge. The game show-friendly voice on the phone tells him to kill the fly currently buzzing around his head for $1000. Concerns over exactly how the man on the phone knows there’s a fly are brushed aside, and soon Elliot’s a grand richer. Then swallow the fly. Then make a little girl cry. Then do something involving a homeless man and an ostrich. It’s not too long before he’s...
- 3/8/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
SXSW 2014 has just revealed the remainder of their feature film lineup in what is arguably the most anticipated section of the festival, the Midnighters. The ten feature films include a whopping eight world premieres along with one U.S. premiere and a Sundance 2014 alum. The only repeats here are Adam Wingard‘s The Guest and Mike Flanagan‘s Oculus, both of which are follow-ups to the filmmakers’ highly regarded previous films, You’re Next and Absentia, respectively. It’s in the world premieres though where things get even better. Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury are back with their third feature, Among the Living, and as anyone who’s seen Inside or the first half of Livid knows this is fantastic news. Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death, The Last Exorcism) returns with 13 Sins, Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) is back with the chiller, Home, Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) delivers the outdoor nightmare, Exists...
- 2/5/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
On this episode, since we didn’t get a advance screening of The Last Exorcism Part II, Michael & I sit down and chat about about the previous films of the directors from The Last Exorcism (directed by Daniel Stamm) and The Last Exorcism Part II (directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly). The films we talk about are Daniel Stamm’s A Necessary Death and Ed-Gass Donnelly’s Small Town Murder Songs. We also discuss our thoughts on The Last Exorcism and why we think it worked.
Show Notes:
Intro
What We’ve Been Watching
Andy: The Walking Dead, Shameless, Southland, Duck Dynasty, Boston’s Finest
Michael: The Book of Mormon musical, How to Survive a Plague, Beauty and the Beast, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Picks of the Week – DVD & Blu-Ray Releases for March 5, 2013
Andy’s Pick
Michael’s Pick
A Necessary Death/Small Town Murder Songs/The Last Exorcism Discussion...
Show Notes:
Intro
What We’ve Been Watching
Andy: The Walking Dead, Shameless, Southland, Duck Dynasty, Boston’s Finest
Michael: The Book of Mormon musical, How to Survive a Plague, Beauty and the Beast, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Picks of the Week – DVD & Blu-Ray Releases for March 5, 2013
Andy’s Pick
Michael’s Pick
A Necessary Death/Small Town Murder Songs/The Last Exorcism Discussion...
- 3/1/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Ron Perlman is the latest star to join Rutina Wesley from True Blood and Mark Webber from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in David Stamm’s Angry Little God. Perlman is also in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim and reported to be talking with the director about Hellboy 3.
Angry Little God is a remake of the Thai film 13: Game of Death about a man who receives a mysterious phone call telling him he can win a fortune in a secret-camera game show if he completes 13 tasks. Like most of these stories, the tasks tend toward the bloody side. See the trailer below.
Stamm also directed A Necessary Death and The Last Exorcism. He is co-writing Angry Little God with David Birke. Other cast includes Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tom Bower and Devon Graye.
via Hollywood Reporter...
Angry Little God is a remake of the Thai film 13: Game of Death about a man who receives a mysterious phone call telling him he can win a fortune in a secret-camera game show if he completes 13 tasks. Like most of these stories, the tasks tend toward the bloody side. See the trailer below.
Stamm also directed A Necessary Death and The Last Exorcism. He is co-writing Angry Little God with David Birke. Other cast includes Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tom Bower and Devon Graye.
via Hollywood Reporter...
- 10/9/2012
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
According to Variety, Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The End of Love) is in talks to star in Daniel Stamm‘s (The Last Exorcism) remake of 13: Game of Death. With the prospect of getting a shiny new lead, the movie has been picked up by Dimension Films and is being called Angry Little God. Stamm is an exciting new talent that delivered a great twist on found footage and exorcisms, but its his first film - A Necessary Death – that really proves how incendiary his vision is. The movie he’ll be remaking came from Thailand (and was distributed by Dimension Extreme appropriately enough). It features a young man who answers his phone and is drawn slowly into a violent game show which tests his personal and ethical limits. As previously mentioned – it’s a flick whose themes will mesh well with American sensibilities, particularly the joy of “real people” becoming celebrities and/or...
- 8/22/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Around here we really dig on the work of Daniel Stamm, whose last two films, A Necessary Death and The Last Exorcism, we're totally appreciated by the DC staff. Word has come on his next project, and we have it right here!
From the Press Release
Dimension Films has announced its acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Angry Little God from director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism). Im Global will finance and produce the film, an English-language remake of the Thai thriller 13: Game Of Death, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik and Kiki Miyake. Jason Blum of Blumhouse (Sinister, Insidious, Paranormal Activity) will executive produce with Somsak Techaratanaprasert.
Stamm and his writing partner, David Birke, adapted the script from the original film, which follows a bright but meek social services coordinator who's drowning in debt and desperate as he's about to marry the love of his life.
From the Press Release
Dimension Films has announced its acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to the psychological thriller Angry Little God from director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism). Im Global will finance and produce the film, an English-language remake of the Thai thriller 13: Game Of Death, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik and Kiki Miyake. Jason Blum of Blumhouse (Sinister, Insidious, Paranormal Activity) will executive produce with Somsak Techaratanaprasert.
Stamm and his writing partner, David Birke, adapted the script from the original film, which follows a bright but meek social services coordinator who's drowning in debt and desperate as he's about to marry the love of his life.
- 8/21/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A Necessary Death is a faux documentary from writer/director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism). It follows student filmmaker Gilbert (G.J. Echternkamp) as he produces his senior project, a documentary about suicide. His crew, Valerie (Valerie Hurt) and Michael (Michael Traynor), are less comfortable with it, but they get sucked into the project once they pick the film's subject Matt (Matthew Tilley), a young man with terminal cancer. As they explore Matt's life and document the way he plans to kill himself, Valerie and Michael grow closer to Matt and feel increasingly uneasy about standing by while he kills himself.
Throughout the entire ordeal, Gilbert is an insufferable pseudo-artist who throws around lines about pushing buttons and how art isn't really art if it doesn't upset audiences. In reality, he is blinded by his own ambition to the point where he insists that the suicidal subject of his documentary must...
Throughout the entire ordeal, Gilbert is an insufferable pseudo-artist who throws around lines about pushing buttons and how art isn't really art if it doesn't upset audiences. In reality, he is blinded by his own ambition to the point where he insists that the suicidal subject of his documentary must...
- 7/21/2012
- by Rachel Kolb
- JustPressPlay.net
Daniel Stamm‘s A Necessary Death is like a shot of whiskey that’s easy to pour but not easy to drink. His directorial debut (which won him the job for The Last Exorcism) follows a film student making a documentary about a man preparing for, and going through with, his suicide. It’s difficult territory to be certain, but it’s handled with grace, humor, and more than a few touching moments which make the horror of the inevitable and the twisting emotions growing in the film crew that much harder to handle. It’s an excellent movie, and Stamm joins us to delve deeper into its creation (and audience’s reactions). Download Episode #138 On This Week’s Show: The News in Brief [The Beginning - 1:30]: A quick overview of what went down this week. Suicide Is Painless [1:30 - The End]: Daniel Stamm discusses A Necessary Death – now available on DVD and VOD. Please...
- 6/21/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
For the unlucky who haven’t see it, 13: Game of Death is an incredibly clever Thai movie that features a down-on-his-luck-in-every-aspect-of-his-life guy who agrees to participate in a reality game show using his cell phone. All he has to do is kill a fly. Then perform another task. And another. Thirteen in all, with each becoming more bizarre and threatening than the last. It’s a fantastic exploration of what we’ll do to get money (and the spotlight), and now an English-language remake is moving forward with director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcist, A Necessary Death). “What we’re doing with it . . . I’m just so damned proud of this script,” said Stamm who co-wrote the new take with David Birke (who also helped rewrite Last Exorcism and is writing the English-language version of Livid). “[We're working with] really smart people that are actually excited to take risks, which, if you take on – you know 13 – that’s not...
- 6/20/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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- 6/19/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Chicago – Daniel Stamm’s “A Necessary Death” was such a conversation starter on the film festival scene that it essentially served as the calling card that got its director the job helming the excellent and underrated “The Last Exorcism.” In many ways, “And” is a better film. It’s a challenging work that uses a taboo subject in daring ways and is clearly the work of a talent to watch. It’s also finally available on DVD after years of being held back from the market (it was first released in 2008). Don’t miss it.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
A documentary filmmaker takes out an ad looking for someone who wants to die. He wants to make a film about something that we still don’t truly understand and most people aren’t willing to talk about — suicide. We’re scared to talk about suicide. Most of us don’t understand it or its motivations.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
A documentary filmmaker takes out an ad looking for someone who wants to die. He wants to make a film about something that we still don’t truly understand and most people aren’t willing to talk about — suicide. We’re scared to talk about suicide. Most of us don’t understand it or its motivations.
- 6/13/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sometimes we like to give an extra push to let you cats know about things that should be on your radar. This is one of those times. For those of you who want to free yourself of clutter and prefer your films downloaded legally ...
In 2008 a young director by the name of Daniel Stamm introduced a truly shocking little film onto the festival circuit. So controversial was the movie that Stamm was nearly lynched in Kosovo after screening a rough cut of it at a festival there. Eventually the buzz around A Necessary Death led the filmmaker to his biggest gig, The Last Exorcism. Deemed too odd to market by most distributors, the flick quietly hit DVD via Mpi home video and is now available for download via iTunes. If you haven't seen it, you should really give it a look as calling it unique is a bit of an understatement.
In 2008 a young director by the name of Daniel Stamm introduced a truly shocking little film onto the festival circuit. So controversial was the movie that Stamm was nearly lynched in Kosovo after screening a rough cut of it at a festival there. Eventually the buzz around A Necessary Death led the filmmaker to his biggest gig, The Last Exorcism. Deemed too odd to market by most distributors, the flick quietly hit DVD via Mpi home video and is now available for download via iTunes. If you haven't seen it, you should really give it a look as calling it unique is a bit of an understatement.
- 6/8/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
By Allen Gardner
Harold And Maude (Criterion) Hal Ashby’s masterpiece of black humor centers on a wealthy young man (Bud Cort) who’s obsessed with death and the septuagenarian (Ruth Gordon) with whom he finds true love. As unabashedly romantic as it is quirky, with Cat Stevens supplying one of the great film scores of all-time. Fine support from Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, and Ellen Geer. Fine screenplay by Colin Higgins. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson, producer Charles Mulvehill; Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and Higgins; Interview with Cat Stevens. Widescreen. Dolby 2.0 stereo.
In Darkness (Sony) Agnieszka Holland’s Ww II epic tells the true story of a sewer worker and petty thief in Nazi-occupied Poland who single-handedly helped hide a group of Jews in the city’s labyrinthine sewer system for the duration of the war.
Harold And Maude (Criterion) Hal Ashby’s masterpiece of black humor centers on a wealthy young man (Bud Cort) who’s obsessed with death and the septuagenarian (Ruth Gordon) with whom he finds true love. As unabashedly romantic as it is quirky, with Cat Stevens supplying one of the great film scores of all-time. Fine support from Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, and Ellen Geer. Fine screenplay by Colin Higgins. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson, producer Charles Mulvehill; Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and Higgins; Interview with Cat Stevens. Widescreen. Dolby 2.0 stereo.
In Darkness (Sony) Agnieszka Holland’s Ww II epic tells the true story of a sewer worker and petty thief in Nazi-occupied Poland who single-handedly helped hide a group of Jews in the city’s labyrinthine sewer system for the duration of the war.
- 6/5/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
While the majority of genre fans were caught sifting through last Tuesday’s batch of B Horror, network series sets and foreign releases, a chilling little picture that once garnered heaping loads of criticism for its intense nature, A Necessary Death, hit discs courtesy of Mpi. Distribution wasn’t remarkably broad, but if you happen to live near a local video shop that did indeed receive the flick, give it a watch, as it’s a must see.
- 6/4/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
In 2008 a young director by the name of Daniel Stamm introduced a truly shocking little film onto the festival circuit. So controversial was the movie that Stamm was nearly lynched in Kosovo after screening a rough cut of it at a festival there. Eventually the buzz around A Necessary Death led the filmmaker to his biggest gig, The Last Exorcism.
Deemed too odd to market by most distributors, the flick quietly hit DVD via Mpi home video last Tuesday and if you haven't seen it, you should really give it a look as calling it unique is a bit of an understatement. A Necessary Death stars Matthew Tilley and G.J. Echternkamp. Check out the artwork and a trailer below.
Synopsis
Film student Gilbert (Gj Echternkamp) has a novel idea for his final thesis project -- find someone who wants to kill themselves and follow them through the final days of their life.
Deemed too odd to market by most distributors, the flick quietly hit DVD via Mpi home video last Tuesday and if you haven't seen it, you should really give it a look as calling it unique is a bit of an understatement. A Necessary Death stars Matthew Tilley and G.J. Echternkamp. Check out the artwork and a trailer below.
Synopsis
Film student Gilbert (Gj Echternkamp) has a novel idea for his final thesis project -- find someone who wants to kill themselves and follow them through the final days of their life.
- 6/4/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
There are no major blockbusters hitting DVD or Blu-ray this week, which means it's a good chance to catch a handful of interesting smaller films that you may have missed in theatres. The highest profile releases are the Amanda Seyfriend thriller Gone and Man on a Ledge starring Sam Worthington; although I can't speak for those, I can wholeheartedly recommend the Seann William Scott hockey comedy Goon and the overlooked drama We Need to Talk About Kevin starring Tilda Swinton. Other interesting indie films include Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus and, from the director of The Last Exorcism, A Necessary Death. Criterion is also putting out Ingmar Bergman's Summer Interlude and Summer with Monika, and as for TV on DVD, the fourth season of True Blood arrives in stores today. Will you be buying or renting anything this week? Check out the full list of releases after the jump. Amazon.
- 5/29/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Welcome back to This Week In DVD! Lots of new releases today with the common theme being that they’re all worth a watch at the very least. So head on down to your local Hollywood Video and check out Coriolanus, A Necessary Death, Goon and yes, even We Need To Talk About Kevin. Seriously, check out that last one as I need someone, anyone, to validate my opinion that the film is more ridiculous than impressive. As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Henning Mankell’s Wallander: Swedish Series Two Chief Inspector Wallander has a knack for solving crimes even as he grows tired of man’s inhumanity towards man in this second Swedish TV series (season) to be based on Henning Mankell’s most famous character. Krister Henriksson stars as the talented but beleaguered detective through thirteen episodes of murder, deceit...
- 5/29/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
One of the ways the Spirit Awards has continued to celebrate what's new and next has been by honoring genre films that are typically overlooked when it comes to year-end ceremonies and top ten lists. After all, what other non-genre specific awards show would've had the gumption to put up "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" for Best Feature as the Spirits did in 1995? Yet that surprising nod shouldn't come as all that surprising to those who have followed the Spirit Awards through the years, where horror and sci-fi have long been an integral part of the proceedings, not only to highlight what's been the best for a particular year, but what new voices are on the horizon.
Naturally, the Best First Feature category has been a hotbed for filmmakers who quickly make their mark with genre films. Although audiences didn't immediately embrace Richard Kelly's time-travel drama "Donnie Darko" in 2002, the...
Naturally, the Best First Feature category has been a hotbed for filmmakers who quickly make their mark with genre films. Although audiences didn't immediately embrace Richard Kelly's time-travel drama "Donnie Darko" in 2002, the...
- 2/27/2011
- by IFC
- ifc.com
As horror archetypes go, the “demonic possession” subgenre is one that didn’t really hit its stride until the 1973 release of the William Friedkin production of William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel The Exorcist. Before that there were sporadic cinematic mentions of demons taking over the bodies of the living, but it was The Exorcist and the cultural phenomena it created that set the tone from then on.
After reports of people literally throwing up in theaters, passing out in their seats, and – most importantly – record box office numbers being tallied, the list of films that wanted a piece of the demonic action came fast and furious with titles such as Ovidio G. Assonitis and Robert Barrett’s Beyond The Door, aka The Devil Within Her (1974); the great Mario Bava’s La Casa Dell’Esorcismo, aka House of Exorcism, aka Lisa and the Devil (1974); and on through the years until...
After reports of people literally throwing up in theaters, passing out in their seats, and – most importantly – record box office numbers being tallied, the list of films that wanted a piece of the demonic action came fast and furious with titles such as Ovidio G. Assonitis and Robert Barrett’s Beyond The Door, aka The Devil Within Her (1974); the great Mario Bava’s La Casa Dell’Esorcismo, aka House of Exorcism, aka Lisa and the Devil (1974); and on through the years until...
- 12/21/2010
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
The Last Exorcism
Stars: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Iris Bahr | Written by Hugh Botko & Andrew Gurland | Directed by Daniel Stamm
I like it when horror movies surprise me, and The Last Exorcism managed to, despite being potentially hamstrung by its “found footage” premise focusing on an exorcist operating in the Bible Belt.
The faux documentary follows preacher Cotton Marcus (an excellently charismatic Patrick Fabian) who has been preaching since he was 10, following in the footsteps of his father. The family deal in making money, saving souls and exorcising demons. He talks about how “every faith has exorcists, but all you hear about is the Catholic church, you know, because they’ve got that (movie)…”
Marcus is immediately likeable, a true showman, who recognises the frenzy his congregation gets into, but ultimately wants to ensure that his wife and son have the best life possible. He asks the crew to document an exorcism,...
Stars: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Iris Bahr | Written by Hugh Botko & Andrew Gurland | Directed by Daniel Stamm
I like it when horror movies surprise me, and The Last Exorcism managed to, despite being potentially hamstrung by its “found footage” premise focusing on an exorcist operating in the Bible Belt.
The faux documentary follows preacher Cotton Marcus (an excellently charismatic Patrick Fabian) who has been preaching since he was 10, following in the footsteps of his father. The family deal in making money, saving souls and exorcising demons. He talks about how “every faith has exorcists, but all you hear about is the Catholic church, you know, because they’ve got that (movie)…”
Marcus is immediately likeable, a true showman, who recognises the frenzy his congregation gets into, but ultimately wants to ensure that his wife and son have the best life possible. He asks the crew to document an exorcism,...
- 12/16/2010
- by Sarah
- Nerdly
Even as the first of M Night Shyamalan’s “The Night Chronicles” production banner films – lift-set horror thriller Devil – prepares to hit cinemas, the second is now locking in some talent, with The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm signing up to make Reincarnate.The plot finds a jury hashing out the case of an accused murderer when they’re suddenly haunted by supernatural forces that might just hold the key to the whole inquiry. We’re thinking 12 Angry Men meets an even angrier Poltergeist.Based on a story idea by Shyamalan, and written by the Buried team of Chris Sparling and Paul Grellong (which, together with Stamm’s hiring gives us real hope for the quality), the movie will kick off shooting some time next year.Hopefully by then, Devil will have overcome the reaction problems that its trailer has been suffering, with audiences booing and jeering when Shyamalan’s name comes up.
- 9/15/2010
- EmpireOnline
By Lita Robinson - September 9, 2010
As a die-hard fan of the original “Exorcist” (1973), I’m always mystified when another remake appears on the scene. It’s like trying to redo “Citizen Kane,” the first iteration was monumental, and any attempts to live up to it are predestined for failure. But don’t take my word for it, go and see “The Last Exorcism,” the second feature from German director Daniel Stamm (“A Necessary Death”). Perhaps producer Eli Roth, erstwhile author of the “Hostel” series, figured that his target audience was young enough never to have seen the original “Exorcist” and thus wouldn’t know what they were missing. For the rest of us, though, the comparison is pretty stark.
The narrative of “The Last Exorcism” plays out as you might expect—almost. This postmodern mockumentary (shaky camera and all, folks) follows the cynical pastor Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) as he performs his last exorcism,...
As a die-hard fan of the original “Exorcist” (1973), I’m always mystified when another remake appears on the scene. It’s like trying to redo “Citizen Kane,” the first iteration was monumental, and any attempts to live up to it are predestined for failure. But don’t take my word for it, go and see “The Last Exorcism,” the second feature from German director Daniel Stamm (“A Necessary Death”). Perhaps producer Eli Roth, erstwhile author of the “Hostel” series, figured that his target audience was young enough never to have seen the original “Exorcist” and thus wouldn’t know what they were missing. For the rest of us, though, the comparison is pretty stark.
The narrative of “The Last Exorcism” plays out as you might expect—almost. This postmodern mockumentary (shaky camera and all, folks) follows the cynical pastor Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) as he performs his last exorcism,...
- 9/9/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Here’s a recent interview with producer Eli Roth, director Daniel Stamm, Ashley Bell and Patrick Fabian on the horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in [...]...
- 9/6/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
This yarn about a priest who uses exorcism as a form of therapy is a neat and scary little horror film – it's enough to restore your faith in the genre, writes Phelim O'Neill
The poster for this film makes a big deal out of the involvement of Hostel director Eli Roth. But don't worry; as producer, Roth is here using his powers for good, giving some industry weight so this excellent horror film doesn't become ignored like Stamm's previous, A Necessary Death. Cynical evangelist Cotton Marcus (Fabian) has a documentary crew follow him as he performs his lucrative sideline of exorcisms, a ritual he believes to be more an effective placebo for the mentally stressed than actual divine intervention against demonic possession. His work takes him to a backwoods farm where teenage Nell (Bell) is suffering blackouts and animals are found mutilated. Rather than go for easy jump shocks, Stamm...
The poster for this film makes a big deal out of the involvement of Hostel director Eli Roth. But don't worry; as producer, Roth is here using his powers for good, giving some industry weight so this excellent horror film doesn't become ignored like Stamm's previous, A Necessary Death. Cynical evangelist Cotton Marcus (Fabian) has a documentary crew follow him as he performs his lucrative sideline of exorcisms, a ritual he believes to be more an effective placebo for the mentally stressed than actual divine intervention against demonic possession. His work takes him to a backwoods farm where teenage Nell (Bell) is suffering blackouts and animals are found mutilated. Rather than go for easy jump shocks, Stamm...
- 9/2/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Daniel Stamm is in London to talk about his second feature film, The Last Exorcism, a documentary-style horror and FrightFest highlight, in which a charlatan preacher, Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a film crew to film his last exorcism. Marcus is a nonbeliever and has lived his life as little more than a con artist. He encounters more than he bargains for when he is asked to exorcise Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) – is the girl simply crazy or are real supernatural forces at work? And will Marcus find his faith in time to help her? Luckily for me and a handful of other journalists, Stamm is on hand to answer all these questions and more.
Tall and gregarious, Stamm shakes us each by hand and seems genuinely delighted to talk about his film. He breaks the ice by pouring us a drink personally and jokingly admiring our various recording devices.
Tall and gregarious, Stamm shakes us each by hand and seems genuinely delighted to talk about his film. He breaks the ice by pouring us a drink personally and jokingly admiring our various recording devices.
- 9/1/2010
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Eli Roth was interviewed at the AMC 16 in Burbank CA on opening night of his new film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling [...]...
- 8/31/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Summer's last couple box office sessions often produce solid results for niche pics, and the latest frame has proven to be a textbook case.
Lionsgate's horror pic "The Last Exorcism" bowed at No. 1 in the domestic rankings with more than half of its estimated $21.3 million collected from Latino patrons, while closely behind, Sony Screen Gems' crime thriller "Takers" took the weekend silver medal with a $21 million debut built on core urban support. But the niche riches at the top of the season's penultimate session contrasted sharply with a lackluster tally by winter blockbuster "Avatar," which Fox and James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment returned to theaters for a delayed victory lap.
A 171-minute, 3D-only "special edition" of "Avatar" offered in 812 locations rung up $4 million, including $1.6 million from Imax auditoriums, to push the scifi epic's record cumulative boxoffice to $753.8 million domestically. Though its weekend results were less than eye-popping, the...
Lionsgate's horror pic "The Last Exorcism" bowed at No. 1 in the domestic rankings with more than half of its estimated $21.3 million collected from Latino patrons, while closely behind, Sony Screen Gems' crime thriller "Takers" took the weekend silver medal with a $21 million debut built on core urban support. But the niche riches at the top of the season's penultimate session contrasted sharply with a lackluster tally by winter blockbuster "Avatar," which Fox and James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment returned to theaters for a delayed victory lap.
A 171-minute, 3D-only "special edition" of "Avatar" offered in 812 locations rung up $4 million, including $1.6 million from Imax auditoriums, to push the scifi epic's record cumulative boxoffice to $753.8 million domestically. Though its weekend results were less than eye-popping, the...
- 8/29/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roughly two weeks ago now I had the chance to take part in a series of round table interviews with the cast of Daniel Stamm's The Last Exorcism as well as producer Eli Roth. The cast interview is available here and now we've got our conversation with Eli ready for you as well. Read on!
Q: The Last Exorcism wasn't as bloody and visceral as I thought it may be. It was much more cerebral.
ER: Yeah. Well I've made it very clear to people that the film is about possession, not powertools. This is not Hostel 3, so people should not go in expecting a gory bloodbath.
I think every story has it's own appropriate level of violence. Pirahana 3D is a magnificent bloodbath. It's beautiful, it's spectacular, it's the most blood ever in a movie and it's wonderful, but that's because it's appropriate for that movie and that story.
Q: The Last Exorcism wasn't as bloody and visceral as I thought it may be. It was much more cerebral.
ER: Yeah. Well I've made it very clear to people that the film is about possession, not powertools. This is not Hostel 3, so people should not go in expecting a gory bloodbath.
I think every story has it's own appropriate level of violence. Pirahana 3D is a magnificent bloodbath. It's beautiful, it's spectacular, it's the most blood ever in a movie and it's wonderful, but that's because it's appropriate for that movie and that story.
- 8/29/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Now that you've seen it, what did you think? Arriving in theaters today is a new movie produced by Eli Roth, directed by A Necessary Death's Daniel Stamm, starring Patrick Fabian as Reverend Cotton Marcus, called The Last Exorcism, a horror "documentary" about Marcus' final exorcism. So how was it? What do all the horror fans think of this new take on exorcism? It currently has a surprising 68% on Rotten Tomatoes. How was Fabian as Marcus and the rest of the cast? Was the documentary style just a gimmick or did it work well? If you've seen it, leave a comment and let us know what you thought of The Last Exorcism! I haven't seen The Last Exorcism myself and will not be contributing to this discussion, however I've heard mixed things about the movie, mostly that it starts out great but loses its steam by the third act.
- 8/27/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
So happy to see Get Low expand to more theaters this week, and Winnebago Man is getting another week at both Alamo Drafthouse Ritz and South Lamar. As a matter of fact, Austin theaters don't have a lot of changes in their arthouse film offerings this week, other than one new movie, and good for them. I was surprised to see Avatar coming back to theaters. Guess it hasn't been such a great summer for big movies if they have to pull that back out, huh? Last week there were a lot of new releases -- this week, not so much.
Animal Kingdom (pictured above) -- Tourism Australia won't be endorsing this gritty, depressing crime family drama about a young man caught between his estranged family and the law co-starring Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton. Written and directed by David Michod, who wrote the short film Spider that played with...
Animal Kingdom (pictured above) -- Tourism Australia won't be endorsing this gritty, depressing crime family drama about a young man caught between his estranged family and the law co-starring Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton. Written and directed by David Michod, who wrote the short film Spider that played with...
- 8/27/2010
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
Judging by the tight security at The Last Exorcism's Canadian premiere at Fantasia and Alliance Films' infrared cameras pointed at the audience throughout for reaction shots for an intended Paranormal Activity-like marketing campaign (which has yet to be seen, by the way), one would think the film is some kind of genre-defining masterpiece. And it almost is. Working from a script by Andrew Gurland and Huck Botko (Mail Order Wife), director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) works the "found footage" angle in this faux-documentary about a doubting preacher (Patrick Fabian, TV's Big Love) out to show the world that exorcisms - the ones he became famous for performing, at least - are a fraud. Picking one last case of "possession" for his swan song, he sets out with camera crew in tow to expose his ruse. This being a Hollywood film, with Eli Roth (director of Cabin Fever...
- 8/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Before the film actually starts, three factors affected the general impressions of “The Last Exorcism”: its rating, release date and subject material. In regards to exorcism, Hollywood consistently produces inferior products centered on the topic, with the three notable exceptions of “The Exorcist,” often cited as the scariest movie of all time; the terrifying “Poltergeist”; and the Tim Burton-helmed comedy “Beetlejuice.” Studios typically reserve the post-summer blockbuster season period of late August for lesser genre offerings. A PG-13 immediately saddles the project with lower expectations among fans. As legendary horror film actor Bruce Cambell (“Evil Dead” films) puts it in an interview with wwwfilmschoolrejects, “You show me a PG-13 horror movie, and I’ll show you a sell-out.” Directed by German filmmaker Daniel Stamm (“A Necessary Death”), “The Last Exorcism” fails to overcome these perceptions and actually further perpetuates them thanks to a ludicrous script, mediocre acting and...
- 8/27/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Eli Roth just tweeted that he will be appearing at the midnight showing at the AMC Burbank of the horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). If you’re lucky enough to be in the Burbank area make sure to head over and join him! Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, [...]...
- 8/27/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Summer's penultimate boxoffice session features an eclectic mix of wide openers big and small.
Sony/Screen Gems' heist thriller "Takers" should fetch well into the teen millions in its debut and thus is a candidate to top the domestic rankings if it can build on core urban support for cast members Chris Brown, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana. Young girls should carry Lionsgate's horror pic "The Last Exorcism" into a similar range through Sunday.
But there's also a $2 billion-plus gorilla in the room this weekend: a 3D-only special edition of James Cameron's all-time boxoffice champ "Avatar." (Hello again, Ms. Saldana.)
Fox's rerelease of the winter blockbuster -- in about 810 3D locations, including 125 Imax specialty venues -- should fetch at least high-single-digit millions during its first frame. Most of the Imax venues handling the special edition will play the pic for two weeks only.
"Exhibition has embraced this release,...
Sony/Screen Gems' heist thriller "Takers" should fetch well into the teen millions in its debut and thus is a candidate to top the domestic rankings if it can build on core urban support for cast members Chris Brown, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana. Young girls should carry Lionsgate's horror pic "The Last Exorcism" into a similar range through Sunday.
But there's also a $2 billion-plus gorilla in the room this weekend: a 3D-only special edition of James Cameron's all-time boxoffice champ "Avatar." (Hello again, Ms. Saldana.)
Fox's rerelease of the winter blockbuster -- in about 810 3D locations, including 125 Imax specialty venues -- should fetch at least high-single-digit millions during its first frame. Most of the Imax venues handling the special edition will play the pic for two weeks only.
"Exhibition has embraced this release,...
- 8/26/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When the producers from Strike and Eli Roth set out to find a director for The Last Exorcism , they found their champion in Daniel Stamm. The German director had only two credits to his name: The documentary A Necessary Death and the short film Off Hollywood & Vine . Shock Till You Drop met up with the director briefly in Los Angeles to talk about his Hollywood debut and his approach to the material. The strikingly tall Stamm was soft spoken but very excitable as he talked about the process of making Exorcism . Our conversation began the second I walked into the room, the interview below begins as I hit start on my recorder. Daniel Stamm: I did an internship with Mali Finn - who cast The Matrix movies and Elephant - and she always said don't cast people because...
- 8/26/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Chicago – Daniel Stamm makes films that, to quote a character from his first drama, “Play with the boundaries of what is comfortable to document.” His first work was a dark character piece called “A Necessary Death” about a filmmaker’s efforts to film an actual suicide. He’s back with the much more high-profile “The Last Exorcism,” a unique horror film about a Pentecostal Minister who doesn’t believe in demonic possession and could learn a deadly lesson.
Patrick Fabian (“Big Love”) stars as Cotton Marcus in this “fake documentary” about his efforts to expose his own practices in the name of exorcism. Cotton doesn’t believe he’s doing any harm by relieving the pain of people who think their loved one is actually possessed. Of course, he runs into some difficulty with the case of Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell), a seemingly normal girl who has been waking up covered in blood.
Patrick Fabian (“Big Love”) stars as Cotton Marcus in this “fake documentary” about his efforts to expose his own practices in the name of exorcism. Cotton doesn’t believe he’s doing any harm by relieving the pain of people who think their loved one is actually possessed. Of course, he runs into some difficulty with the case of Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell), a seemingly normal girl who has been waking up covered in blood.
- 8/26/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I'm very pleased to share with you the first of three guest blogs coming this week in support of "The Last Exorcism," which hits theaters this Friday. In today's post, producer Eli Roth charts the development of the film, from his signing on as a producer to its eventual pickup by Lionsgate. Look out for another blog tomorrow from director Daniel Stamm and a second one from Eli on Friday, to go along with our planned Twitterview that day, which starts at 11:30am eastern. And that's that. Take it away, Eli!
by Eli Roth
I've always loved exorcism movies, ever since "The Exorcist" traumatized me at the ripe age of 6. I saw that film and literally could not fall asleep for two years without believing the devil was going to possess me. My parents would argue that we were Jewish and that we didn't believe in that stuff, but...
by Eli Roth
I've always loved exorcism movies, ever since "The Exorcist" traumatized me at the ripe age of 6. I saw that film and literally could not fall asleep for two years without believing the devil was going to possess me. My parents would argue that we were Jewish and that we didn't believe in that stuff, but...
- 8/25/2010
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
With Friday's release of The Last Exorcism (review here) right around the corner, we thought we'd do something special for you to celebrate the movie's release. We're good like that so get ready to dig on a special guest blog right here, right now, with director Daniel Stamm!
"My love affair with shooting scripted films in the documentary format started in 2004 when cinematographer Zoltan Honti, editor Shilpa Sahi and I graduated from the American Film Institute. I had met them at a party the first day of school, and we had worked on every project together since – including my wedding where Zoltan was my best man and for which Shilpa got ordained to performed the ceremony. We wanted to make a film together again asap, and we wanted it to be our first feature. The problem was that film school had completely bankrupted us which leads to a very common...
"My love affair with shooting scripted films in the documentary format started in 2004 when cinematographer Zoltan Honti, editor Shilpa Sahi and I graduated from the American Film Institute. I had met them at a party the first day of school, and we had worked on every project together since – including my wedding where Zoltan was my best man and for which Shilpa got ordained to performed the ceremony. We wanted to make a film together again asap, and we wanted it to be our first feature. The problem was that film school had completely bankrupted us which leads to a very common...
- 8/24/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Watch the critical acclaim TV spot for the horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years [...]...
- 8/23/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Here’s three brand new clips from the horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of [...]...
- 8/22/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Watch a brand new movie trailer for the horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years [...]...
- 8/20/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Here’s the latest TV spot for the upcoming horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years [...]...
- 8/18/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Watch another brand new movie trailer for upcoming horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years [...]...
- 8/15/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Following a wicked new movie poster, here’s the first creepy clip from upcoming horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight [...]...
- 8/14/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Lionsgate has released a creepy looking poster for the upcoming horror thriller The Last Exorcism starring Patrick Fabian, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr and Tony Bentley.
Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy.
Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there.
Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy.
Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there.
- 8/14/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
The first official clip from The Last Exorcism has made it’s way online today via Empire. If that wasn’t enough to get your blood pumping, then there’s a brand spanking new poster as well.
The Last Exorcism has been directed by Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death), with horror-gore extraordinaire Eli Roth acting as exec producer. The film stars Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Iris Bahr, Tony Bentley and Caleb Landry Jones.
Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money,...
The Last Exorcism has been directed by Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death), with horror-gore extraordinaire Eli Roth acting as exec producer. The film stars Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Iris Bahr, Tony Bentley and Caleb Landry Jones.
Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money,...
- 8/13/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Dreadcentral.com posted this twisted new poster for the upcoming horror film “The Last Exorcism” by director Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death) and starring Patrick Fabian (Big Love, Crash), Ashley Bell (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and Jamie Alyson Caudle (Jonah Hex). Synopsis: When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after [...]...
- 8/13/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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