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Product Name: The Last Exorcism [2 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [2010]
UPC: 031398129370
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Film, Exceptional Blu-ray
After reading about a new Best Buy "Blu Bin" reset (and price drop) I decided to drop in to pick up this film for my annual Halloween "31 Days of Horror Films" viewing list.
I had seen the movie prior and enjoyed it, finding both well done and slightly unique within the found footage sub-genre. If you're reading this you've most likely seen the film already and want to know about the BD itself, so I'll move onto the disc itself.
Package comes with both the BD and a DVD, and also includes a code for both Ultraviolet and iTunes. Film is presented in an aspect ration of 1.78:1 and features a DTS HD Master Audio 7.1 surround track.
Picture quality is very good, faithfully reproducing what was seen in theaters. Audio is robust, being both subtle and bombastic where it needs to be.
Bonus features are plentiful, though I can't comment on them as I haven't watched them. For informational purposes, the disc includes the following:
Three Commentaries
The Devil You Know: The Making of 'The Last Exorcism' (HD; 20:24)
Real Stories of Exorcism: Interviews with Actual Victims and Participants (HD; 14:38)
Actors' Audition Footage: Patrick Fabian (SD; 9:31), Ashley Bell (SD; 2:32), Caleb Landry Jones (SD; 1:40) and Louis Herthum (SD; 1:27).
Prayer of Protection, a text based extra in English and Latin.
If you're a fan of the film and are interested in adding it to your BD collection it's definitely worthy of the $5.99 purchase price. Recommended.
Posted by ReformataAV
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Modern creepiness with an old-fashioned twist.
Daniel Stamm teams up with Eli Roth (in the producer's chair this time) to take on that most popular of modern movie horror styles, the found footage or pseudo-documentary flick. At least since 1999's BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which was by no means the first of its kind, shaky, handheld footage has translated into scariness. Or at least, it's supposed to. With THE LAST EXORCISM, Stamm sets us up with a group making a documentary for and about a pastor who's been performing exorcisms since he was a teen. Clever, witty & atmospheric, this movie takes a poke at the subgenre of possession flicks and lends genuine elements of horror in the process. Borrowing heavily from the kind of material found in 70s classics like RACE WITH THE DEVIL, Stamm twists us at the very last moment.
Posted by AOPisaac
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Needs to be seen with the sequel
You really need to follow this up with the sequel as a complete viewing experience. On its own it is an ok film. With the sequel it becomes a more solid film as it brings the story full circle. I could see it moving on from Last Excorcism 2. But the two movies together complete the story.
