The Devil Inside is shot in a sort of faux documentary way, think Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project, with the editing being deliberatly shotty and the quality of the footage being something you could see on any home movie VHS you have stored away in your attic. They have attempted to give it that, "could this be real" appearance, and it really doesn't do it for me.
Now, as I have posted before, I am quite the fan of horror movies. I don't really know why, I am just thouroughly entertained by them. One of my favorite past times, is to go see a really horrible horror movie with my best friend and literally dissect everything that happens in the most ridiculous way ever. A little back story on that, is that we went to go see Drag Me To Hell our senior year of high school, and well, if you didn't see it, don't. Unless, you really want a good laugh at a possessed goat and a haunted button(not kidding). Anyway...we decided to see this movie because we had hear mixed reviews and we love horror movies.
All I have to say is thank god my brother works at the movie theater and got us in for free, because if I spent ten dollars on that movie, I wouldn't have been too happy.
The movie surrounds a young woman named Isabelle Rossi who sets off to find out if her mother was really possessed when she killed three people. She goes to Italy to learn all about exorcism. She heads over with a camera man to find out the truth, and well, in the process some ridiculously ridiculous things happen. Other people get possessed, bodies get thrown across the floor, exorcisms take place and oh, there was a barking dog at one point(which was the only part that scared anyone in the theater).
Rolling Stone said, "Ripping off The Exorcist while adding the "found footage" scam from the Paranormal Activity franchise, The Devil Inside manages not only to scrape the barrel's bottom but to drill a hole in said bottom and funnel deeper into the scum."
Forget about the fact that this type of movie has been done over and over again to try and acheive the same effect "The Exorcist" had on audiences in 1973. This movie was poorly executed and the plot was shotty at best. In all honesty, the movie went from bad to worse as it progressed. I don't think they really thought this thing through, because as my brother, his girlfriend, and my cousin (all film majors) pointed out, there were way too many holes in the story.
But, by far the worst part of this movie was the ending. You are left with no resolution. You are left with a dramatic end to a dramatic movie that really gives you no sense of conclusion. The initial reaction of the packed theater was shock; not in the plot points the movie ended on, but in the way the movie ended. It literally cut to black, leaving one reminded of the whole Sopranos finale. If they let it go on for a tiny bit more, perhaps explaining what was to happen next, at the climax of this movie, then perhaps I wouldn't have been as dissappointed as I was. As one patron said when the credits started to roll, "Really? That was it!"
Entertainment Weekly said, "The Devil Inside's biggest shock arrives when it abruptly ends — just as it hits its stride."
The movie left me feeling unsatisfied in my quest for a good scary movie, but boy was it a great one to make fun of. Plenty of gold in that department. Honestly, I'd save your money and wait until this plays on TV in a few months. It's not even worth the hype, which is unfortunate because the commercials gave me some sort of hope. Although, when she visited her insane mother, it did sound like her mother was muttering the word, "Conneticut," whilst talking to her daughter; leaving me and my friends curious as to what the state that is home of Mystic aquarium had to do with a devil possession.
So, that was an hour and 23 minutes (the running time of the movie), that I will never get back; that's time I could have spent catching up on the newest episode of Jersey Shore or season five of How I Met Your Mother.
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