The script is a lifeless succession of moral debates and stormy horror flashbacks, though I had a good time watching Jennifer Carpenter...

| Jun 28, 2022

One of very the few PG-13 horrors that actually does scare me, because it feels realistic, it feels adult, and it feels like there is real weight and dramatic implications.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 16, 2020

"The film finds a way to justify its existence despite the inevitable comparisons to ["The Exorcist"], in whose shadow it will inevtiably stand..."

| Aug 25, 2010

It avoids gratuitous gore and the shocks that provide the backbone of most horror films. ... [Derrickson's] more interested in the spiritual questions at hand.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 21, 2007

A glum and undistinguished drama -- it's certainly nothing so crass as a horror movie, despite the spooky come-on of the marketing.

| Original Score: D | Jul 30, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

Now to each their own, but serious-minded Sunday preaching mixed in with the occult, is just not my cup of witch's brew.

| May 9, 2007

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| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2006

The film's challenge to the viewer -- to doubt his or her own doubts about the supernatural -- is commendable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 22, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2006

By modern standards the gore is minimal and most of the thrills come from production craftsmanship. It does not make this a classic, but it is a decent and even compelling horror film.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 18, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

...a mildly engaging drama.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 15, 2006

It all gets rather silly when it turns out that the Devil isn't above knocking off the odd key witness or two ...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A classy 'boo!' movie for those who like their horror polite.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Fortunately (or not, depending on how big a Law & Order fan you are), [the movie] dwells less on the possession itself than on the subsequent trial.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Esa pelcula de terror dentro de la pelcula ocupa la menor parte del metraje, lo cual es una lstima porque es la parte ms interesante.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Um filme perigosamente irregular que, na maior parte do tempo, mantm seu pblico distncia - e o resultado que, ao longo de sua durao, pouco pensamos e nada sentimos.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2005

the scariest courtroom drama I've ever seen.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2005

...relegates Emily's life and her exorcism to sporadic flashbacks, complete with assembly-line demonic imagery, bait-and-switch scare tactics and an annoying music score.

Full Review | Nov 9, 2005