Member Post by Gentleman Cadet

2 Stars out of 5

Year 2011 w best for movies. But the first big release of 2012, The Devil Inside recovered twice of its budget on the opening day itself.  The Devil Inside is like other horror flicks. It is about tackling exorcism. It has attracted a large audience. I got a chance to enjoy the screening of The Devil Inside on the opening night itself. Tickets were not entirely sold out, but theater was almost full.
The movie revolves around a man with a digital camera, who intentionally captures something amazing and extraordinary. The films follows Isabella as she investigates the  incarceration of her mother. She believes that incarceration was under mysterious circumstances. In the year 1989, Isabella's mother Maria murdered three people who used to perform exorcism on her. The script of this movie takes a jump from here to the involvement of Vatican.

Character of Isabella Rossi is played by beautiful Fernanda Andrade, whereas character of Maria is played by Suzan Crowley.

From here movie takes lot of twists and turns which keeps the audience interested in the movie. But unfortunately, the script of the movie was not up to the hype and misses golden opportunities to take the story to the next level. While watching a horror movie, we expect more than a few moments which make us jump out of the seats. But this movie is unable to make audience feel those moments. Giggling of audience throughout the movie, must have embarrassed filmmaker.
Quite a few parts of this movie are very frustrating due to its flatness. The filmmaker was unable to lift this to the level of even just an entertaining movie — the plot just wasn't that interesting. The script writer tried to bring out themes of mental illness, possession, faith versus science. But it looks like that script became a Hollywood committee rehash,  deviating from its core story. There is a lame attempt to create a big scare through the barking of dog on the street. However, the climax of the movie was utterly shocking, but dissapointing.
This film is a low budget film which is released under banner of Paramount. Mission Impossible 4 was also released under Paramount but wasn't disappointing as much as The devil Inside.
The Devil Inside has only few things to offer in terms of entertainment. This movie is made by found footage or you can say fake documentaries—not particularly effectively—making this movie as a disappointing project for the filmmaker or at least for the audience. There are too many scenes where people are staring into the camera, which became obvious. Adding to these things, end of the movie is very frustrating. It may enjoy box office success due to lack of competitors on the box office, or it's shock value, but how long will that last. It is the first movie of 2012, and audience hope to see some better movie in upcoming months.