The craze of 'lost film footage' continues with this documentary about a preacher telling the truth about exorcisms.
Ever since 1973 films about exorcisms have been struggling to live up to the greatness of 'The Exorcist'. The problem for me is that they are all the same. A priest or religious figure turns up to exorcise demons or the devil from a young girl. It is always some poor young girl who is possessed not a man or boy. It would be nice if film makers could come up with a more unique take on this horror theme. Despite this I found the film mildly entertaining. But not as a horror film. I did not find it very scary and the documentary technique did not help. I found it more as a look at a man who is disillusioned by his life and sets out to reveal the truth but finds a truth he did not expect.
Patrick Fabian as the preacher Cotton Marcus is quite good as the showman who is revealing his tricks. He plays a good host to the story and Patrick does a good job of conveying the revelations his character makes. Ashley Bell is decent as the possessed girl. She is good at folding her body when required. I found Caleb Jones as her brother a lot more creepy.
There are a few good things about this story but it still wears thin the new trick of the 'found footage' genre. As well as not bringing anything new to the exorcism genre.
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