The Last Exorcism: Press reviews

'The method is well-worn and the subject-matter familiar, but this is a smart, scary little picture.'

'Audience faith in the existence of decent horror films is reaffirmed.'

'The intimacy of the docu-style is cunning: the screen shudders as we do. Engaged and rattled, we're tensed for a killer pay-off – which is, sadly, where balls are dropped with a finale both over-busy and over-abrupt'

'A fun and well-acted movie that utilises a superb central performance by Fabian to create a slyly comic air that runs throughout the proceedings. The final product works best as a pitch-black comedy'

'Daniel Stamm's frustrating faux-documentary about a charlatan exorcist confronted by a seemingly genuine case of demonic possession sustains its intriguing conceit until the last ten minutes, when a contrived generic ending pops up out of nowhere and erases all of its troubling ambiguities.'

'A few good scenes, and a decent performance by Fabian, but standard hokum for the most part.'

'There's nothing here that hasn't been done dozens of times before, and one hell of a lot better.'