Rating of
2/4
"The Exorcism Of Emily Rose" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/02/12
I'm not a great fan of horror, but the trailer for this film looked so good I thought I'd make an exception. Very much in the tradition of The Entity and The Exorcist, this religious horror concerns itself with the supposed "possession" of a young girl but unfortunately spends far too little time on her and her story. It's so desperate for "true story" credibility that the "factual" courtroom accounts keep interrupting the far more interesting flashback sequences. If the story had just been told as is without the somewhat dry and uninvolving courtroom scenes, I think a fine chiller could've emerged; as it stands it's just a solid religious pot-boiler. Note to the producers: Which is really more interesting, a. A sheltered and devout young woman who finds horrifying and inexplicable events happening to her, or b. A bunch of lawyers. If your answer to this with good conscience is "b", then YOU are suffering from schizophrenic psychosis...
