Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes movie review

Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes

Jude Gernad Prest's Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes movie opens up with Anneliese Michel speaking in evil tongues. The exorcism movie attempts to recreate The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel. As most exorcism movie fans know, Anneliese Michel died on July 1, 1976, seven years after she experienced an eerie sleep paralysis episode that marked the beginning of her possession. Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes is obviously better than The Devil Inside movie that does a poor job in covering the truth about exorcisms.

Anneliese Michel (played by Nikki Muller) is a young 23 year old German woman who had experienced several exorcisms per week between 1975-1976. The Church of Wurzburg authorized two exorcists to exorcise the dozen demons that occupied Anneliese. The film opens up with Anneliese Michel speaking in German in an evil voice that resembles most exorcism movies. 

A documentary film crew, a doctor, and a scientist visit the Michel residence. The physician is worried about Anneliese's well-being. After a disagreement is resolved, Anneliese appears out of nowhere, obviously dazed and confused. She urinates on the floor. The documentary film crew, physician, parents, and the Church exorcists are shocked to imagine the pain Anneliese is experiencing. 

Anneliese begins to lick her urine. This is an actual recreation of the events that took place between 1975-1976. Anneliese's condition worsened once the Church initially agreed she required faith and medical treatment rather than an exorcism to exorcise the multiple demons residing in her physical body.

The documentary filmmakers set up cameras throughout the Michel home to monitor the young girl. Many hardcore horror movie and exorcism movie fans will think this documentary portraying The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel shows bad production value at its worst. 

Nonetheless, true horror movie fans will give the Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes a change. There are several scenes that will inject fear into moviegoers. The switch between old and footage adds a unique touch to the exorcism movies. The Titanic (1997) movie made this film technique quite popular, though we have seen it done many times since the advent of technicolor in film. 

Anneliese experienced multiple demonic possession. In the initial viewing, you will see Anneliese's condition deteriorate over time. The filmmakers meet the same fate as the previous exorcism movies with documentary themes. Give Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes a shot, and then read the articles on Exorcism Movies to compare the real events and the movie facts. There are many similarities in the movie that are related to true events of The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel. 

Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes is an exorcism movie that chronicles the events leading up to the death of Anneliese Michel, a young 23 year old German woman that more than a dozen demon possessed, also known as multiple demonic possession. Exorcism movies deal with the evil of the Devil and demons, which most devout Catholics find disturbing because they believe in demonic possession.

Thus, most good exorcism movies end with an exorcist(s) performing an exorcism to exorcise out the demons. Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes is a decent exorcism movie with some evil moments. Under an obviously low production budget, Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes will shed light on the truth about exorcisms, multiple demonic possession, and the fear of the Devil and demons. The audio tapes alone are enough to give any person nightmares. Beware of the evil from within the exorcism movie.    

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