Director: Carmelo Chimera, Nicholas Chimera
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Exorcism
Plot:
Forced into a house call, a team of exorcists arrive at the home of a query looking to perform the ritual which soon sets the group on a series of exploits trying to keep her from harming herself or those in the house with her while they attempt the fateful exorcism that will save her.
Review:
This was a really enjoyable if somewhat problematic genre effort. Among the better setups with this one is the series of exploits that go on involving the possession and all of the antics that follow. Featuring a strong setup to bring the group out to the house and why they need to keep filming everything which gives this a great cover for the found-footage format to follow, this one gets rather interesting as things play out involving the priests trying to get a handle on the situation the more they visit her. This leads into the first of several encounters within the house where the exorcism attempt tries to save her which goes through the usual epithet of exorcism films with the priests spouting the usual declarations of faith to God while the possessed writhes around on the bed spouting vulgarities about the hidden truth of the meeting behind everyone. This all comes together to provide quite a lot of fun in the final half when it gets to the released entity stalking them through the darkened house using only the camera for light as there are some genuinely unnerving scenes here involving the supernatural powers it has being put to good use all giving the film a lot to like about it.
There are a few issues present with this one. The biggest drawback to the film is the bizarre series of different behaviors exhibited at the start of everything that tries to paint a specific picture of everything going on. The initial scenes of the crew arriving at the house and meeting the antagonistic father and his reactions to everything make little sense as if everything appeared out of nowhere despite repeated claims of being there due to him summoning them, when the situation is broached only leads to snarky comments about the nature of the church. It’s all unnatural and confusing enough when this confrontational attitude continually presents itself to the point where it’s pretty hard to trust what’s going on. That becomes even worse when the series of revelations come about which only enhance that further as this brings about a series of generic and expected setpieces about relationships rather than doing what they set out to do in figuring out the name of the demonic figure possessing her. That’s not even brought up once it was presented and instead turns this into a run-of-the-mill exorcism tale despite how much fun these scenes are. These factors are what end up holding this down.
Overview: ***/5
A solid if somewhat problematic found-footage effort, there's still enough to enjoy here that it comes off well enough as what it is to outweigh some of the more egregious factors present here holding it down. Fans of the approach taken here or the most ardent found-footage aficionados will have the most to like with this one while most others out there should heed caution.
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