stmpchik For me personally i love possession stories even though i think i'm afraid of ever being possessed myself so i'm drawn to these types of plots. This title did tell a story of possession but it was done with a different angle. There were instances where the actions of the characters didn't make much sense which threw me out of the movie at times and it felt like it tried to be a drama genre movie but then remembered what it was suppose to be and would go back suddenly to the plot. I didn't hate this movie but i also didn't enjoy it. I was glad it was free on Netflix and i didn't have to pay for this movie because then i would surely disappointed

blakkdog Don't waste your time. This movie is simply just a recycling of exorcism clichés with annoying camera work, bad acting and a poorly developed story line. The set up premise that her uncle showed her intricate diagrams in the hope that she would memorize them, get ticked off over something and invoke Satan on her bathroom floor all so he could prove Satan exists is absurd. Teenagers may be stupid but how many really would cut themselves open and call for Satan to possess them just because mommy grounds them and their life sucks. And then the fact that the audience needs this explained by her in a ten minute monologue outside her mentally slipping mothers bedroom door was lazy spoon feeding. There's better ways to make the audience understand what happened. Piece it together over the course of the film. Have flash backs that extend beyond the bathroom scene. Something... And the whole possession moments were horrible. Sophie Vavasseur might be able to pull off annoying angsty bratty British teen with a serious attitude and a death wish maybe but she is laughably bad trying to play the devil. Half the time the voice didn't even correspond to her mouth movements!The scenes between her and her brother seemed forced and stilted. The scene when he dies was especially terrible. Bad acting and way overdone build up to something you see coming all along. So bad in fact that I actually thought hmm maybe there will be some twist where he doesn't die because they are milking the anticipation of his death SO much that they cant possibly just kill him. But nope... He dies... Exactly as you would predict he would... In fact a lot in the movie seemed forced just to create particular situations (see explanation scene mentioned above). I blame this on the writing. Very little flowed naturally or organically. Tension building was minimal which is not what you want from an exorcism movie. And I had a real issue with them letting a possessed teenage girl run around all the time and not have her locked up somewhere after the first time she acts like the devil and tries to kill people. Why do you think they kept Linda Blair locked up in her bedroom! And she was only 12! An angsty 15 year old with a bad attitude to begin with ALSO possessed by the devil?! Chain her in the basement! But no we'll let her wonder around, go in and out freely, interact with the public and her little brother who shes already tried to kill once, eat breakfast with the family thats left, etc. It made no sense. Oh and if you are going to have an intense scene where you cause a terrible car accident because you hallucinate leaving your friend/cousin(??) appearing very much dead leading to an overly dramatic NO NO NO! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME! crying moment in the middle of the road, don't have the very next scene be oh wait he's going to be OK. No harm done! Yuck...

Argemaluco While Exorcismus was boring me to tears, I was trying to determine why some sub-genus of the horror can use the same formula over and over again without always boring us, while other ones get immediately irritating due to such a repetition. I couldn't reach a concrete conclusion, but I suspect the difference is on the variety. In the first case, we have, for example, the slasher cinema with its infinite variations of masks, motivations and weapons with which an anonymous murderer kills teenagers employing "creative" ways; in the second case, we have the exorcism films, which always refer themselves to the same elements: the teenager of an erratic behaviour, the priest with doubts about his vocation, the parents who can't accept the situation, the classic symptoms of satanic possession, such as vomits, hallucinations, demonic voice, and the disclosure of secrets the victim shouldn't know. The variations between every movie are so insignificant that they only accentuate their monotonous routines; besides of the fact that the religious component of these films requires some knowledge from the spectator. Anyway; all that leads me to the point that Exorcismus is another incorporation to the list of exorcism films which employ those trite elements, not to mention that it also contains bad performances (with one exception), nothing of suspense and a very poorly written screenplay.Due to its style, subject and manufacture, it's easy to put Exorcismus inside the same group of other horror films produced by the Spanish studio Filmax, such as Frágiles and La Monja. Under the precepts of that company, Exorcismus combines the rawness of the modern North American horror genre with the thick atmosphere of European cinema. I guess that those totally different influences tried to increase the film's economic potential, but on the other hand, they make it loose any identity. And if we combine that with a confusing and badly written screenplay, the result is an unbearable film which feels like a genuine waste of time.The only adequate performance in Exorcismus is Sophie Vavasseur's one, because she can evoke the changes of nature her character experiences, and I'm not only talking about the exorcism aspect, but also about her condition of teenager. The rest of the actors bring really horrible performances. In conclusion, Exorcismus is a pathetic horror film, and I really hated it, despite Vavasseur's performance.

TdSmth5 Emma is a home-schooled teen who one day cuts herself. It's thought that it's because she wants to be in school with her friends. One day she has a seizure and foams out of her mouth. Doctors don't find anything wrong with her. Her secular and modern parents send her to a psychologist who ends up dead. Emma knows that something is wrong with her and visits her uncle who is a priest. He recognizes that she's possessed. Emma is willing to undergo an exorcism. Her parents don't agree until she has another seizure and levitates.The exorcism will take several session to be performed by the uncle who has been actually kicked out of the church for the death of his previous exorcism patient. Meanwhile, whenever the devil takes over and Emma is with someone else, that other person doesn't end up well. The priest recognizes the he alone won't be able to cast out the devil. He also films the sessions. The parents are still in disbelief until one day the father interrupts a session only to actually see for himself how possessed she is. Things get deadlier for the family and we learn some darker secrets about the priest and Emma.Exorcismus was produced by Spanish production company Filmax which specializes in high quality, lower budget, good-natured, PG-13 horror movies, where the behavior of the characters is far less believable than the horror. This is their take on the exorcism genre, although the exorcisms aren't all that much at the center of the movie, "Possession" would be a more apt title. It follows the Filmax recipe, it won't offend anyone's sensibilities, is well directed, and has a European/Spanish feel to it.The first third of the movie is very strong. It has its creepy moments, the hand-held camera-work is great and so is the digital sound. The heavily discolored look of the movie, however, is annoying. It doesn't manage to keep the interest or pace as things become less interesting during the second third for some reason, even though that's when stuff starts happening. The last third improves a bit as we learn why the girl really cut herself at the beginning of the movie. And we learn why the priest is so highly motivated to act. What I liked about it was that everything takes place during the day, even outdoors. This devil isn't scared of the sun or of public places. No lame night scenes, rain, thunder, lights going out and all the clichés that plague every single American horror movie. Exorcismus is enjoyable but it doesn't break any new ground, which is something that this type of movie needs at this point, although Sophie Vavasseur's understated performance is excellent.