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The Devil Inside ~ Film Review
The Devil Inside questions my faith in horror movies. I will give a particular shout-out to William Brent Bell, the director, who clearly thought this movie could get by with cheap tricks. I love The Blair Witch Project, but never did I think it would cause so many crappy movies trying to utilize first-person camera angles. Usually, people complain about the camera's shakiness or the lack of connection they have with people on screen that are technically inside another screen. With this particular movie, I was too engulfed in how awful the actors and environment were.
The movie begins with news footage of a triple homicide involving Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley). Twenty years later, Maria’s daughter is beginning a documentary about her mother and the circumstances surrounding the crime she committed. Apparently, Maria murdered three members of the clergy during an exorcism. The Vatican became involved and had Maria transferred to a mental health clinic in Rome. After twenty years of not seeing her mother, Isabella Rossi (Fernanda Andrade) decides she will film her reunion with her mother and her attempt to have her reevaluated by the church. Along her road of discovery, she comes across two priests, Ben (Simon Quarterman) and David (Evan Helmuth). Ben and David perform exorcisms off the books because they believe the Vatican is too strict on who qualifies for an exorcism. Once Isabella…
