TheLittleSongbird Despite not being a fan at all overall of the found footage/mockumentary style, there are some good exceptions out there. While not an avid horror fan, though a long way from a detractor, there are some great examples and some great films based on the subject of exorcism (the king of them all still being 'The Exorcist').'The Devil Inside' however really fails to deliver. Did form my own opinion, though with a little knowledge of only a few reviews before watching, and watched with an open mind, actually wanting it to be good and be better than the slightly drab premise suggested. 'The Devil Inside' was just a shocker in almost every sense of the word, we are not talking about the type of film it is but the actual quality of the film.It's not entirely without redeeming merits, though the cons are far more numerous and significantly larger. The best performance comes from Suzan Crowley, who gives a heck of a chilling performance. Surprisingly also the contortionist effects were pretty unsettling.However, that is it for 'The Devil Inside's' good points. 'The Devil Inside' has such a drab look and further cheapened by the excessive and badly abused (even for this particular style of filming) shaky cam, which will make people nauseous and should come with a health warning for epileptics (speaking as one myself).Can't remember anything about the music, while the directing is lifelessly amateurish and the script is a shambles with far too much talk and too much emphasis on the science-versus-religion and faith-versus-scepticism, which really bogs down the atmosphere.No better news about the story or atmosphere either. The story is sluggish, increasingly derivative and predictable, with some unintentionally silly parts too, while the atmosphere in general is just too histrionic and there is next to nothing scary in a film already rather under-populated in the scare factor. Only Crowley and the contortionist effects offer any kind of that.Much has been said about that abruptly lazy cheat/cop-out of an ending and for very good reason. Crowley aside, the acting is very poor, with a lead performance from Fernanda Andrade that is both histrionic and somnambulist.All in all, a shocker in almost every way. 2/10 Bethany Cox

bowmanblue If star ratings were awarded for trying, The Devil Inside would definitely get 5/5 stars. It truly wants to be something. Ever since the Blair Witch Project redefined horror with its 'first person perspective' there have been many imitators.Some have worked, others haven't. Sadly, The Devil Inside is the latter.Every post-Blair Witch first person film will be judged against Blair Witch and, although The Devil Inside tries to break away, it doesn't really succeed. It's about a girl who goes to the Vatican to track down her long lost mother, who was sanctioned by the Catholic Church. Was she simply mad, or possessed? The Devil Inside lurches from one carbon copy of another similar film to another. I saw shades of Paranormal Activity mixed in there with The Last Exorcism (both superior films in my opinion). The actors did as best they could with what they were given. As with these kinds of films, they did well to capture the 'naturalistic' elements of their dialogue.It's just not that scary. If you've seen one exorcism movie, then you've basically seen this one (even if this one does do it from a first-person perspective - which The Last Exorcism has already done anyway).It's not bad, it's just not original. And (SEMI SPOILER ALERT) the ending will leave viewers thoroughly divided. You only have to look at some message boards to see that some people loved it - most despised it and felt ripped off.It's your call. If you really need one more exorcism movie, then give it a go. But you've probably seen everything The Devil Inside has to offer before... and better.

CMTiago I'd say that's about 90 minutes of my life I'll never get back. What complete garbage this movie is. No plot to follow and it just felt like it was rehashing of "real life" events. Not to mention that the acting and direction were atrocious. I don't understand how people can waste their money on something like this. I'd really like to know what the whole point of watching these movies are. Thank god some people have the decency to vote this low and its official rating should be even lower. To point out how laughably bad this was, I literally laughed my ass off in one exorcism scene. This is how mediocre and dumb this movie can get. This is really one of those movies in which you should listen to the bad reviews and comments, as it is not even worthy of being mentioned as a bad movie. Time wasting is what this is.

patlightfoot Well it beat Blair Witch by miles. I am not into horror films generally but this had me fooled at first, but I began to doubt when David tried to drown the baby in the font. He spoke in English, not Italian or Latin. Ahhh - but overall it had me completely questioning its contents of it. But held my interest. I don't believe in demon possession, and it cleverly suggested mental illness was the result of these so called possessions.Special effects were brilliant, a low budget movie I suspect. On the hire DVD it did not show the cast credits at first, and it kept stalling but I saw enough to see it was a fiction/documentary style movie.I think it was well done especially the woman bleeding on the bed and in the hospital. But when I look back on it, why would an American citizen be moved to a Vatican or Rome mental hospital? It do think they did a good job, if you like that sort of thing, and people's own doubts possibly frightened them subconsciously.