It all makes for interesting, and even terrifying, viewing at times. But it's not very smart and far too predictable.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 9, 2017

Unfortunately, at about the half-way point, the brittle mood so carefully created by the single-camera coverage is broken by multi-camera editing and the overlaying of creepy music, just like in standard horror fare.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 24, 2010

The only thing finally astonishing about The Last Exorcism is its goofiness.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 3, 2010

A few good scenes, and a decent performance by Fabian, but standard hokum for the most part.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 3, 2010

Stamm effectively crafts a dozen or so marvellously creepy moments. Audience faith in the existence of decent horror films is reaffirmed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 2, 2010

Ultimately comes across as a bizarre coupling of This is Spinal Tap and Rosemary's Baby.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2010

The latest entry in the pseudo-documentary horror film sweepstakes, The Last Exorcism has its terrifying moments and its silly ones.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 2, 2010

The method is well-worn and the subject-matter familiar, but this is a smart, scary little picture.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2010

The credibility of faux-documentary filmmaking relies on clear plotting and convincing, semi-improvised acting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2010

What follows is a masterclass in merciless, gut-twisting terror. But The Last Exorcism also knows when to hold back.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2010

Daniel Stamm's The Last Exorcism is one of the most interesting and accomplished horror debuts of the last few years.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 29, 2010

A truly horrifying film that doesn't leave you with a pit in your stomach, but a smile on your face. It's scary, funny, entertaining and a great way to close out the summer.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 28, 2010

A creepy, smartly written and very entertaining low-budget chiller.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2010

All goodwill is erased in a heartbeat, and if just thinking about those last images wasn't making me laugh I'd probably be furious at the filmmakers for destroying what was until the climax a pretty darn great example of B-grade horror.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 27, 2010

Resorts to a clichd and over-the-top ending that negates all of the effective ambiguity that made the middle third of the film so nail-bitingly tense.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 27, 2010

An unusually restrained and genuinely eerie little movie perched at the intersection of faith, folklore and female puberty.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2010

Stamm creates an anxious psychological horror that's vaguely familiar yet refreshingly original.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2010

The Last Exorcism is fueled by the arrogance of its smarmy outsider, the expert who knows everything except what an ass he is.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 27, 2010

The pseudo-documentary premise is paper-thin at the outset and wears out long before Botko and Gurland's script lurches toward the dumbest and least plausible solution to the mystery.

Full Review | Aug 27, 2010

This is the rare horror film that would have been entertaining even if nothing scary happened.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2010