tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382428473266452057.post7061120620860451276..comments2023-05-04T00:44:19.062-07:00Comments on Chaos, Hostility and Murder: The Last ExorcismGwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630922828674287912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382428473266452057.post-41492284347820766932010-09-18T10:36:43.646-07:002010-09-18T10:36:43.646-07:00Hm, yes, I think I need to see it again too! I did...Hm, yes, I think I need to see it again too! I did really enjoy the majority of it and would happily watch again. I had thought they popped into the place where the teenage boy (Logan, was it?) was working on their way out of town and he happened to be working? But may have misremembered.<br /><br />I see your point about the method of the murders. It still seems too small a reward to go to all the elaborate effort of setting that ceremony up, to me (and why have the father involved if that's the case?), but then the deranged mind of the religious lunatic doesn't necessarily follow exacting logic I suppose!<br /><br />Yes, definitely one to watch again!Gwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630922828674287912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382428473266452057.post-70751812653427103892010-09-18T03:38:13.092-07:002010-09-18T03:38:13.092-07:00OMG Henry Sugar! That was well scary!
I think you...OMG Henry Sugar! That was well scary!<br /><br />I think you might be right about them trying to come up with some rebuttal to criticisms afterwards, I'd like to watch it again and see if there are actually any clues there. <br /><br />But to answer a couple of points - the teenage boy might actually be key, I'd like to watch his part carefully again, it's quite complicated (has he set the whole thing up?); and they kill them in that way to make them believe in God and the Devil before they die!<br /><br />Not sure what you mean by the crew stopping to question him?Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131652897939796862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382428473266452057.post-64110643806001166312010-09-18T01:28:52.183-07:002010-09-18T01:28:52.183-07:00Thanks for your long comment! I realise others mor...Thanks for your long comment! I realise others more tolerant of demons and spirits than I am wouldn't judge it as harshly - even though it's the inconsistency I hated more than the supernaturalism. I was curious about your views on the film so it's great to hear them.<br /><br />I also get the childhood scares that run deep. As a kid I was terrified, after reading the Roald Dahl book <i>Henry Sugar</i>, of walking past mirrors alone lest I see through my skin and notice an embolism making its way toward my chest. The fear lasted years!<br /><br />I have to say I don't buy Roth and Stamm's alternate interpretation though (much as I would have loved to have been at the Q&A!). It has a whiff of the post-hoc about it - they've obviously been criticised for it quite a bit - and, as I said on twitter, I think it relies too much on conspiracy (the teenage boy would have to be in on it) and contingency (how would they have known the crew would stop to question him?). It also seems unnecessary - if they're going to kill Marcus and crew, why not just do it in a straightforward manner? It's not as though they were heavily armed.Gwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630922828674287912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-382428473266452057.post-52698209723816161922010-09-18T00:39:56.645-07:002010-09-18T00:39:56.645-07:00I know I go against the grain a bit here but I'...I know I go against the grain a bit here but I'm a fan of horror films that introduce demons and the Devil and other things from Christian mythology. I think it's because of a fear of the Devil from my childhood, when I was rerally scared of him.<br /><br />One of the most frightening dreams I had as a child was one where I found a photo of the Devil in a book in my attic, and there was a "Devil worship" (actually an occult) shop near where I grew up in Leeds called the Sorcerer's Apprentice, it had no windows and was on a dinghy side street, all very innocent but my friend's joker of a dad used to make up terrifying stories about it (along with one similar to that in Candyman where if you stared into a mirror for long enough by yourself your face would change into the Devil's). The nostalgic terror all this brings up runs much deeper than even that from Video Nasties. <br /><br />Anyway, even though I liked the ending, when Eli Roth and Daniel Stamm spoke at Frightfest they said there is ambiguity in it and it can actually be seen as a bunch of fundamentalist Christians luring a fraudster to his death through trickery. I didn't spot it at the time but will definitely watch it again to find out, I loved it anyway :)Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131652897939796862noreply@blogger.com