The Devil Inside: How Not To End A Movie


Horror films involving possession come out pretty much twice every year, and found-footage horror films have been coming out pretty much once a month lately, so it was only a matter of time before someone capitalized on the success of both genres (although The Last Exorcism followed these same guidelines in 2010)

The Devil Inside had a very interesting and gripping story. It begins with an eerie 911 call  in which a woman casually confesses to murdering three people and then shows a crime scene walkthrough of the murders which took place during an exorcism. It is then revealed that the film is a documentary being made by the woman's young daughter, who is searching for answers to the questions about her mother that have haunted her her entire life.

Found-footage horror is very hit or miss. It seems like some films just do it because it's what is popular right now, and often do a mediocre job, turning it into a silly mistake. However, other films such as The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield have done a fantastic job with this newly emerging genre. The Devil Inside is sort of caught in the middle. There are parts of the story that only work in a found-footage film but then there are other things that might've been done better in a "normal" horror film. Overall though, I found it to be pretty effective and didn't have any major complaints regarding the style of the film.

Like I said before, the actual plot was very interesting and involved what is known as Multiple Demonic Possession, a phenomena in which more than one malicious entity uses a single body as a vessel. If, like me, you're interested in the paranormal or even just in real life exorcisms, you won't find yourself losing interest in the film at all, which is the main problem with how the film ended.

I won't spoil the ending, but all I will say is don't look forward to it. The Devil Inside had one of the worst endings in horror history. Many people complain about how the TV show Lost left plenty of loose ends still unexplored when it ended, however, The Devil Inside left every loose end still open when it came to it's conclusion a mere hour and twenty seven minutes in. The audience left the theater feeling cheated.

The worst part of the ending was how interesting the rest of the film was. It drew you into to this deep, dark story involving otherworldly entities out of a William Peter Blatty novel and had you fascinated with the idea of real life demonic possession and exorcism, and then just threw it all away. It was as if the film got tired and gently shoved the audience out of the theater because it was done with them.

I usually find myself disagreeing with people who say that the bad ending of a film ruined the entire thing because I do feel that every horror film has some good qualities, however, The Devil Inside's abrupt and meaningless ending so heavily overshadowed the thick plot of the film that I really didn't know if I liked it or not as a walked out of the theater. It was as if an unhappy producer turned on the rest of the crew involved and quickly ended the film with no regard for the plot or characters. It wasn't as terrifying as the trailer made it out to be, but it was a very interesting film that may prompt some people to look into real life exorcisms because it can be a very interesting topic, but the ending felt as if it almost arrogantly told you not to.


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