Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- restrained
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- found footage marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an unusually restrained and eerie found-footage horror with clever thrills, though its premise does not fully sustain its chilling promise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Filmmaker Iris Reisen and cameraman Daniel Moskowitz record Reverend Cotton Marcus as he investigates an alleged exorcism.
Cotton begins by exposing exorcism as theatrical fraud, but the Sweetzer case destabilizes his rational explanation.
The Sweetzer farm in rural Louisiana combines evangelical belief, hostile family dynamics, and occult menace.
Handheld camera footage, direct observation, and exposed stage tricks ground the supernatural premise in an apparently factual record.
Films like The Last Exorcism, and why
The Blair Witch Project
shared found footage presentation, supernatural investigation, escalating rural dread, and documentary realism
Paranormal Activity
shared restrained paranormal horror, handheld documentary texture, and escalating uncertainty about supernatural forces
The Exorcist
shared religious horror, ambiguous evil, rural isolation, and a young woman at the center of occult terror
The Sacrament
shared pseudo-documentary form, folk horror atmosphere, and disturbing revelations hidden beneath ordinary rural life
Movie Details
- Director
- Daniel Stamm
- Release Date
- 2010-08-27
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (1150)
Cast
- Patrick Fabian
- Ashley Bell
- Iris Bahr
- Louis Herthum
- Caleb Landry Jones
- Tony Bentley
- Shanna Forrestall
- Justin Shafer
- Carol Sutton
- Victoria Patenaude
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Last Exorcism about?
- A skeptical evangelical preacher stages one final fake exorcism for a documentary crew, only to confront a rural family crisis that may be genuinely supernatural.
- What is The Last Exorcism like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Last Exorcism as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Last Exorcism violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Last Exorcism as mild.
- What did critics think of The Last Exorcism?
- Critics generally found the film an unusually restrained and eerie found-footage horror with clever thrills, though its premise does not fully sustain its chilling promise.
- Which films are like The Last Exorcism?
- Films with a similar feel include The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, The Exorcist, and The Sacrament.
- How long is The Last Exorcism?
- The Last Exorcism runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Last Exorcism?
- In United States, The Last Exorcism streams on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
