The Last Exorcism Part II

I put off seeing this sequel due to the poor reviews and it's one of those movies I look back on and think man, why didn't I see this in theatres. My tastes in movies rarely concern themselves with Oscar worthy material though. I enjoyed the first. I think the main actress is underrated at best and this sequel plays parody to that a tad. The ridiculous grin on her face at one point screams of a coming out party, but I fear the cruel nature of people in general will hold her back but I will gladly watch her act any day. The awkward innocence slowly being consumed by darkness seems to be her specialty though. And why is her name not on front billing? First of all this is Nell's story. The first movie only succeeded because of her. Let's be honest, given the nature of small budget movies, practical effects are expensive. And it shows here too. The scheme of things is grander here with more of what you got from the final act of the first movie and the small budget shows. There's some faulty cgi , offscreen kills most of the time (including an excellent one shot from the exterior of a house) but there's no shaky cam at play so I overlooked the less than stellar effects. There are tons of small references to the first movie that are delightful, shaky and all. The scares were dished out at a constant rate, every 4 to 6 minutes. Though most were more eerie than scary. However I enjoyed them immensely. Even the ones other reviewers seem to hate apparently. The opening was well done. The lift sequence was disturbing and awkwardly charming as if it belonged in the Poltergeist franchise. Also dug that whole Ringu sequence and the scenes that followed. I also liked the ending to this one but asking for a third The Last Exorcism would be absolutely silly. The title didn't help this movie at all and should have called itself The New Possession or something. The side character's aren't too interesting, but it isn't their story. So everyone made the most of what they had. Yea some character relationships didn't go anywhere but that's life, so what? Others came out of nowhere, I'm going to have to rewatch the beginning because I wonder if I missed the introduction to the Chris character or not. He seemed to just appear out of nowhere early on and was explained in a later scene to me how he knew Nell. All in all if you liked the direction the first movie took in the end and thought whatever happened to Nell at it's conclusion you'll enjoy this movie.

After reading some of the other reviews, i just had to chime in with 1 of my own! Especially after reading Nick Lombardi's;"Other reviewers have already touched upon the stupidity of creating a sequel of something that was called "The Last..." of something. . ."I assume with a name like Lombardi that you're a Catholic, no? Ever take part in "The Last Supper"? You know, "Communion"? How many times have you done that?Well, it would only be stupidity 'if' The Exorcism In 'The Last Exorcism Part (1)' was successful in exorcising Mr. Abalam from little Ms. Nell, which it was not! So, that is why we all want to know what happened to Nell, the Preacher and of course Nell's And Abalam's Baby!Not to mention Mr. Abalam himself, Who, in 'The Last Exorcist Part (2)', we find still obsessed with Nell, and even wanting to ?Marry? her!How's that gonna work? Do you Mr. Abalam from Hell take this minor to be your Eternally Bound Mate till Death Or Exorcism do you . . . 'The Last Exorcism . . . Part (3)'? His' and hers' bath robes, toothbrushes, soap? Anyway 'T.L.E. (2)' explains more of why Mr. Abalam just can't seem to leave Nell alone, but i want to know what happened to Abalam jr. Was he really ritualistically thrown into the fire in Part (1)? Why don't they just spell everything out? So much unnecessary suspense!At that being said, I'm curiously anxious to see what adventures Abalam & Nell get into next!Bonnie & Clyde from HELL!

Horror movie goers now-a-days are, by choice, exTREMEly hard to please. They expect the perfect movie every time they pay their money to be entertained beyond all expectations, without a shred of understanding of what actually goes on in making a piece of art like this. And when they DON'T get it, they make the mistake of confusing their own boredom and lack of vision for the art they just watched being "not this" or "not that". It's ridiculous because their diatribes end up thwarting movie fans from actually taking a chance on films like this. The fact is, this sequel is PERFECT. The first LE was, admittedly, part of the whole found footage bandwagon. However, while low-budget and a little shaky on the directing, it was a fun movie. In retrospect, I think it was a brilliant movie, especially now that we have Part II. And I'm glad they decided to title it "Part II", because just calling it TLE 2 doesn't do it justice. It actually IS the second part of a story of the "beginning of the end". I think where people get a little irritated is that they aren't spoon fed their backstory and character development. I think the major difference in this film is the acting. The acting is actually really well done for this budget film. I believed the characters, wholeheartedly. But, overall, this movie is shot differently, written differently, directed differently, and it does exactly what it's supposed to do: put in you into a different frame of mind for the second half of this awesome story. You aren't given a lot of information on purpose. You kind of just "wake up" like Nell does and you're just as in the dark as Nell is. There are a lot of jump scares in the beginning , because it IS a horror film and you need to give the picky-pants something to pay for, but I noticed that they kind of started at the beginning and ended towards the middle, giving you a perfect segway from first to second movie (if watched back to back), which I believe is what should be done. Honestly, I love these two movies together more than I love them individually. And the ending while a little quick, is very inventive and fun. You actually end up rooting for...well, watch it. If you can, watch the first one, then watch this. It's FUN! Let the nay-sayers keep nay saying. This is good times!

Loved it brings real closure to the first.

Watched this many times it’s not a horror now but still a good movie!

Well worth watching, Few shocks make you jump. Really enjoyed the second dvd .. If you like HORROR give it a try ..

love horror films

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