Powerful

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

As Good As It Gets

The acting in this movie is really good.

The seed that grew into January being a "dump month" for horror films, a term used to describe the releasing of low quality studio productions. The first weekend of January now being the most infamous time of release for typically the worst horror film of the year. The Devil Inside was that film for 2012. Except, it wasn't just the worst horror film of the year, it was the worst film period. What. Even. Was. This!? A woman investigates her mother's murder spree twenty years ago, when she soon becomes involved in a series of exorcisms. I...I can't quite describe how diabolical this generic piece of rubbish is. It honestly achieved the unachievable. A horror film so tame, that it made Miley Cyrus' smash hit "Can't Be Tamed" ironically less tame. A creation so lacklustre, that I myself wished I was possessed by a demon, so that they could watch this atrocity instead of me. A production so derivative, that it will leave you gasping for air, not due to fear, but because you are suffocating yourself in an attempt to end this nightmare. Yes, asphyxiation is the only solution, I said it. It seriously encompasses every modern horror trope, from standard formulaic exorcisms to the found footage style narrative. Brent Bell's choppy directing and lifeless approach hindered the cast's performances which were dull to say the least. Jump scares were infrequent (yay!) and calming (nay!) with the entire plot being a predictable bore. A script so dire that, I kid you not, there was a line that compared an exorcist to Superman. Sure. I'll bite. Let's see if a member of the church can withstand a bullet to the head, that'll raise a religious outcry. I mean, what a stupid thing to say! But that's not all, ohhhh no. I saved the best til last. The ending. A conclusion that conjures up so much disdain from critics and audiences that it was rated one of the worst endings ever. Damn right! Absolutely nothing about the case was answered, it just...ended. Then they show a website you can access to keep track of the case!? No. You know what? I'm done.

How stupid is this film? The plot centers on the Vatican School of Exorcism where all classes are apparently held in English. Every single moment of this film that comes close to working is just stolen from "The Exorcist". This movie ends with a title card that implies that nobody knows what REALLY happened ... but we just saw what happened ... it's a found footage film guys ... oh, whatever. Idiots.

I've read reviews here that indicate this movie is the worst Horror movie of all time, I can only imagine these reviews come from people who don't watch a lot of horror films.While this is only an average film, it does have certain positive aspects that will keep you entertained for its short run time. Dealing with demonic possession, the film offers some scary moments but ultimately fails to deliver much context or sustained interest.I agree the acting was extremely bad from the majority of the cast, however the mockumentary style works well for the jumps that are present and gives it a reason to be put in front of an audience.If you're looking for a few cheap scares then this is for you, if you're looking for a horror film filled with mythology, acting and dialogue, then I'd look somewhere else.

Well it beat Blair Witch by miles. I am not into horror films generally but this had me fooled at first, but I began to doubt when David tried to drown the baby in the font. He spoke in English, not Italian or Latin. Ahhh - but overall it had me completely questioning its contents of it. But held my interest. I don't believe in demon possession, and it cleverly suggested mental illness was the result of these so called possessions.Special effects were brilliant, a low budget movie I suspect. On the hire DVD it did not show the cast credits at first, and it kept stalling but I saw enough to see it was a fiction/documentary style movie.I think it was well done especially the woman bleeding on the bed and in the hospital. But when I look back on it, why would an American citizen be moved to a Vatican or Rome mental hospital? It do think they did a good job, if you like that sort of thing, and people's own doubts possibly frightened them subconsciously.