The Last Exorcism is set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Minister Cotton Marcus (played Patrick Fabian) has Bill Clinton's charisma and charm to woo the church crowd. His religious followers trust his preaching. Cotton's father raised him to become a minister.
We can see Cotton is an entertainer rather than a firm believer in the Lord. The moviegoer eventually feels that one day karma will pay a visit to this fraud. The moviegoer doesn't fault the depiction of this character as a slime bag. Reverend Cotton hires a documentary film crew (Iris and Daniel) to make a story about his life.
We begin to see the manipulation that goes on in the church scene. Church followers seem to believe anything the church preaches. However, Cotton is a good guy with a good family. His reverend father shares that he has performed 150 exorcisms in his lifetime. Books about the devil and demons are shown to the camera.
Cotton explains to the documentary crew about the backstory of Lucifer. He claims he does not believe in demons while performing exorcisms. It is about his survival rather than exorcising the demons inside the possessed. Cotton is making the documentary to expose the fraud in exorcisms.
Cotton accepts a request to perform an exorcism on a young 16-year girl Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell). Nell's father Louis Sweetzer (played by Louis Herthum) requests Reverend Cotton to perform an exorcism on his daughter due to his livestock getting slaughtered. The son Caleb Sweetzer (Caleb Landry Jones) is punk that has an attitude problem.
We see the realism in the staged exorcist movie. The documentary style builds value into the characters. The emotion Nell exhibits while discussing her mother holds realism. Cotton investigates the Sweetzer family to perform the exorcism on Nell.
Cotton prays to Nell to find out the demon. The water is supposed to represent a sign. Cotton, "I was afraid of this. We will proceed with the exorcism" movie line. It is somewhat cheesy, but effective to convince the father of the demon's identity. Cotton informs the father that the only salvation from the demon can come in death unless he perform an exorcism.
The staged exorcism demonstrates the fraud of Cotton at work. This character is consistent with manipulating people with his influence. Nell believes she is possessed then, when in fact she is really possessed. During the exorcism, the possessed doesn't reveal the demon name.
The exorcism is a sham to make money. Cotton reveals his tricks to make Nell and the father think there is an demon residing inside the poor young girl. The false exorcism does become a real possession. We feel we are watching The Exorcist (1973) movie all over again. Cotton makes up the Lord communicating through him to fix Louis.
Cotton and his documentary team stay at a local motel five miles out. Nell wonders off into the motel. She begins to act strange. Nell hurts her brother. She chokes a doll. She kills a cat. The scary scene is the movie is when Cotton and the crew find a prophecy picture of them all meeting their end.
The music is quite freaky to enhance the scariest scenes. The last exorcism scene will make a new believer out of Cotton. He must believe in the Devil to exorcise the demon he defrauded Louis previously. The actual demon Cotton shows in the book resides in Nell. The Exorcism of Emily Rose comes to mind since the barn scenes are similar. Cotton is shocked out of his mind, the fear obviously plastered all across his face.
The ultimate movie ending is intense. Everything we think of the last exorcism scene becomes even worse. The moviegoer will refer back the prophecy to connect with the end. Expect to watch a frightening ending that resembles The Blair Witch Project.
Watch The Last Exorcism with caution. This exorcist movie is the real deal. Whereas The Last Exorcism is a fake documentary, the film writing and directing are consistent with the movie plot. The moviegoer can expect to be frightened with the Insidious type music, special effects, and the sound effects. The mind blogging The Last Exorcism movie ending is worth time watching the entire film. Cotton and his documentary crew got more than they bargained for in making the trip to perform the exorcism.
The scare moviegoers hoped to experience in The Devil Inside movie is instead The Last Exorcism movie. Nell is one frightening possessed girl with a secret inside. The Sweetzer family and the local town are crazier than the moviegoer thinks. Documentary filmmakers must beware of making a documentary film on exorcisms in the future. This exorcist movie is some evil stuff. Remember the drawings!
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