 The Last Exorcism
Starring: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum, Jamie Alyson Caudle
Directed by: Daniel Stamm
Screenplay by: Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland
Release Date: August 27, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for disturbing violent content and terror, some sexual references and thematic material.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
 Domestic: $41,034,350 (61.3%)
Foreign: $25,946,985 (38.7%)
Total: $66,981,335 (Worldwide)
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 When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcized before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy.
Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there. Now, too late to turn back, Reverend Marcus’ own beliefs are shaken to the core when he and his crew must find a way to save Nell – and themselves – before it is too late.
Whether practiced by Catholic priests, evangelical ministers or Episcopal charismatics, the ancient rite of exorcism is alive and well in the new millennium, with many academics and practitioners stating in recent years that its practice is actually on the rise. The results of a 2005 Gallup poll found that 42% of Americans believe in possession by the devil.
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