Review of The Devil Inside (2012) by Thedrauch — 07 Aug 2012

The worst ending in movie history? Probably. That can apply to the film as a whole as well. Mockumentaries like this came into light by having a sense of realism in horror that The Blair Witch Project admirably captured.

Paranormal Activity played out kind of gimmicky, but it still managed to generate pathos and scares. That films' sequels only delivered scares. Then we have this. This utter mess. First of all, in good horror, you have to be able to sneak up to the audience and get us to associate with and care for the main characters and you have to do it being very sly so we don't see the move as cloying.

Then, you have to generate a genuine sense of tension and fear for the fate of these characters. None of this happens in 'The Devil Inside'. There are no characters. There is no fear. There is only 80-so-minutes (It felt eternal) of blatantly blasting on the church, exorcism scenes that reek of plagiarism from 'The Exorcist' (what's with all these horny demons?), and flat out unintentionally funny moments.

In one part of the film, the possessed mother randomly walks up to the concrete wall and bashes her head into it repeatedly. I couldn't help but envy her.