The film makers let us know there has never been a film about Exorcism in Ireland, so they felt compelled to make one...not that there was any demand for bad found footage tapes of Irish exorcisms. Of course nothing says Irish like making your possessed person look like Sadako.Lorraine (Aislinn Ní Uallacháin) let's us know she is doing this as a post graduate project for an unnamed University. Aislinn Ní Uallacháin looks very good and polished narrating on camera, however her screams and whines that come later are simply annoying as was the jerk cam. Indeed, the camera work was bad for a project and at one time we get to watch the inside of the car door and air vent. Perhaps this was homage to Exorcist 2 and the air demon Pazuzu, whose name begins with the same letter as "Poppy." Skipping the first 30 minutes would be time well saved. The characters themselves were never really developed as we only see them in short camera segments. What I did find interesting were the facts involving increased requests and performances of exorcisms. It is on the Internet so it must be true. Bonjour.Now growing up I did see one exorcism performed in a Charlotte NC church. It seems a young girl got "caught" and claimed she was possessed by a demon. It was exorcised in about 10 minutes or so and she got her virginity and good name back. It really didn't fool anyone except for my friend Doc, who eventually married her...and divorced a year later. Not too much of a shocker there.On top being a bad film, there is no swearing, sex, or nudity...just a PLOT SPOILER...another daddy issue. Jeez.
... View MoreSo I went into watching this like most of the cheesy horror movies, thinking it wouldn't be very entertaining. I was pleasantly surprised with this one. The lead actress did very well for an unknown, she was very convincing. The story itself wasn't all that original, however the documentary style of filming made it very believable and definitely gave it that creep factor. It's similar to the style of Blair Witch, in that the film didn't need a ton of special effects. It used the environment very well to solidify the creepiness. I will however say that I wasn't a a huge fan of the ending necessarily, a little anti-climactic for my taste, but overall a very good film.
... View MoreWhat a shame!!This started off so well, it just looked like it was gonna be quite good. The lead actress is great and the filming style good. Then halfway through it all goes wrong. The weirdest thing is when the previously confident 'reporter' suddenly starts heavily breathing at everything, I almost turned off right there, it's really annoying & there's nothing scary happening to make her do that. Then you realise that they've got nothing, nothing is going to happen, there's no money for a couple of cool special effect shots, no real creep factor, the plot falls apart, the actors become annoying and you hardly ever see the poor bedeviled one, even up until the end - what a terrible waste of time for all.Was gonna star 3 but as I nearly turned off 3 quarters through but trudged on to oblivion, it's a terrible 2 ;(
... View MoreWhat is the difference between an Irish exorcism and any other exorcism? The Irish exorcism is completely frustrating! There is nothing brilliant about this piece of digital movie making. Whoever rated this movie above a 1 was possibly possessed of some evil entity. It was evil to portray this movie in the likeness of a competent coherent found footage piece. The only redemption for this film is the nagging college student who finally shut the up! Horrible premise! Horrible script! Horrible acting (if you want to classify this dribble as acting)! Despicable camera work! Audio - bad! Editing - beyond bad! There is nothing scary about this film except that someone, somewhere, and I am guessing here, wants an audience to take this "poppy-cock" seriously! Quit film school strictly for the sakes of any other human soul experiencing having to plow through a crappy compilation not worthy of even a Razzie Award! I wanted the devil to claw my eyes out! I would have sold my soul just to have been relinquished of my despair in renting this piece of aborted film "work!" Don't waste your time! Jesus save us all! Especially those who made this film...because one would have to have an evil spirit to think this was anything other than hatred for your fellow man! Serial killers are kinder than anyone who contributed to the production of this film!!! I'll even go back to church if this director and actors promise they will never make another film! I truly will!!
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