Finders Keepers (2014)

Following a divorce, a woman and her daughter make the move to a new city where they purchase a house with a history. Inside the vents of the home, the little girl finds a doll that was once owned by one of the previous tenants which she becomes quickly and violently attached too.

Directed by Alexander Yellen. Written by Peter Sullivan and starring Jaime Pressly, Kylie Rogers and a brief appearance by Tobin Bell.

Now, first thing I have to make mention too is the fact that the two lead actors in the film are found near the bottom of the call sheet on IMDB and the lead spot going to one Steve Austin who acts as a garbage man for about twelve seconds in the film. Seriously?

A ridiculous excuse for a movie, made for television or otherwise. The acting was incredibly poor by all counts and this includes Tobin Bell who was doing a fair job considering how much camera time he actual had and then came his death scene. Just a purely laughable performance when he fell over and died.

Jaime Pressly who I personally believe cannot act to begin with is overbearingly bad. Half the time her accent is fully present and then all of a sudden it disappears making this even harder to watch.

And don't get me started on the little girl. It was basically watching a typical kid lose their mind over not being able to get a cookie. There was nothing evil about it next to the fact that she murdered my ears. I don't want to be too harsh on her as she is young and just learning how to do these things, but come on, the director couldn't take an extra 5 minutes to try to make those scenes a little bit more realistic? I would have even taken a voice over in post in this case!

The story line seems like it's trying to be far more complicated than it actually is and tried to accomplish this by filling the story with plot holes.

This has been one of those films that I would not ever suggest to anybody. It is a waste of time and not worth even considering. Typically the Netflix ratings are wrong but I have to come close to agreeing with them on this one. 1 out of 10!

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The Exorcist III (1980)

The final installment of the Exorcist film franchise simply entitled "The Exorcist III" is based on the second novel in the book series entitled "Legion" written by the director and writer of the films screenplay, William Peter Blatty.

Starring George C. Scott, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Scott Wilson and Brad Dourif.

The film takes place fifteen years following the events of the first film and follows Detective Kinderman as he investigates a string of murders that appear to part of a series of satanic rituals believed to be linked to an already deceased killer.

Many fans including myself have hailed this as the true sequel to "The Exorcist", some going as far as to completely ignore The Exorcist part II: The Heretic from even being considered part of the franchise.

I was actually lucky enough to find a VHS copy of this film at a yard sale when I was in the hype of searching for part two with my friend. We tried to hold out on watching it till we had seen the second movie but the longest we could go for was about two days before we hunkered down with a bowl of popcorn and tossed the tape into the VCR.

I preferred this version as a "sequel" much more than The Heretic. It was well written, the story was fun to follow and you even get a small, very small appearance by one Samuel L. Jackson, which is always nice. I have also always been keen on the character of Lt. William Kinderman which may also be a reason why I enjoyed this film so thoroughly.

The ending was the biggest thing that got me loving this movie. It worked out so perfectly that you can't think of this movie as anything but the direct sequel to the exorcist in my opinion.

A great watch, amazing murder scenes and a killer ending makes me give this a 7 out of 10.

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The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

The Exorcist II: The Heretic is the sequel to the ever popular William Friedkin film, The Exorcist.

It once again follows Regan Macneil 4 years after the traumatic events of the first film and focuses it's attention on the effects the exorcism have left on her subconsciously.

Directed by John Boorman and stars Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn and James Earl Jones.

This entry in the Exorcist film trilogy is the only one which is not based from one of William Peter Blatty's novel and was deemed, hands down, the worse film in the franchise by fans and critics alike.

For years, after seeing the first film all my focus and attention was on finding a copy of this no matter the cost. I had searched my home town high and low without any results, not even a thing available by order from my local video store which made things even harder for me.

But one faithful night, I had been awakened around 3 am and could no longer return to sleep. I took this opportunity to turn the television on and see what nonsense was playing in the wee hours of the morning and to my surprise, there it was! The Exorcist II: The Heretic.

And once it was done. I realized I had just wasted years of my life searching for something that turned out to be a completely useless and pointless pile of trash!

A portion of the story line is a very, very cheap rip off of the first film and the rest of it made no sense at all! I understand it's a horror movie and that some things won't make a lick of sense at times but this was just ridiculous. At least try to stay in the realm of reality to a certain degree!

The biggest thing that upset me about the film was the "Regan Vs." scene at the end of the film. The graphics were questionable and the idea behind it was just crazy.

What I did like about this film however was the concept of the synchronizer. Take out the religious aspect and the idea of demonic possession and an obvious title change. Then throw in a few new ideas that will coincide with the device being used and you have got yourself a a decent science fiction flick.

With all this combined, I would have to give this Exorcist sequel a 3 out of 10. It's bearable to watch if you really want to do so, but it will leave you shaking your head by the time you hit the final scene.

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Lovely Molly (2011)

Okay, I am going to try and describe this movie for the review as best as possible to have it make sense to some degree and to make an attempt at not ruining it for anyone who wants to watch it.

Molly, (Gretchen Lodge) is a girl who just got married and decided she wanted to move into her childhood home where her father had died in when she was still very young.

Her new husband Tim, (Johnny Lewis) is a truck driver and must leave a lot of the times for work. Once he leave for his first work week as a married man, strange things start happening to Molly that progressively ruins her day to day life.

Directed and written by Eduardo Sanchez, Also written by Jamie Nash and starring the aforementioned Gretchen Lodge and Johnny Lewis.

Now, I hope that was enough to get you through without really killing any of the story if you choose to watch it. Here comes the possible spoiler alert part.

I was kept intrigued to watch what was happening the entire time but was confused as all hell due to the fact that there are several factors that come into play that could have caused what Molly is either doing or going through.

The biggest issue I am having right now is that I don't think I liked it, nor did I hate it by any means. I understood exactly what was going on throughout the film but just could not figure out what was the actual cause of all the random scenario's that were happening, although all the reasonable options were presented to you as  very good possibilities.

The acting was pretty good in it and some of the scenes made you wonder what the hell was going on. All in all I have to give this one a 5 out of 10 and that's only cause I seriously do not know if I liked it or not.

But if you're looking for a head scratch-er directer Edwardo Sanchez serves one up for you in this one.
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Exorcismus (2010)

Exorcismus follows two stories. One of which is about a teenage girl named Emma who starts going through a series of odd events, most of which she can not remember having happened to her.

She believes it has something to do with her recent use of illicit drugs, but soon finds out she is dealing with a much stronger force.

The second story is about Emma's uncle, a priest who has been excommunicated from the church following an unfortunate event in which a young girl had died while an exorcism was being perfomed on her.

Directed by Manuel Carballo, written by David Munos and starring Tommy Bastow, Stephen Billington, Doug Bradley and Sophie Vavasseur.

The begining of this movie really sucked me in and got me wanting more right from the get go. A lot of the scenes that they show you from the start are bits and pieces of how the story has unfolded, so as the film progresses you start putting different scenes together to come up with new conclusions as to what started Emma's whole situation.

The procedure for the exorcism was done in a neat manner where they did different sessions and when Emma was back to "normal" after completion her sessions, she would be at the dinner table eating. This helped them avoid going the "feeding tube" route.

This I really liked because it also allowed Emma to leave her home and progress the story line in other aspects.

Most of the story was fun to follow and watch till you arrive to the end of the film. The last 15 minutes in particular you notice the quality of the story drop dramatically as well as the quality of the effects used. The idea behind the ending was good, it just did not play out as well as they thought it would.

For the most part the film was good with the exception of the aformentioned ending, I will admit however that it was not a finish that I was at all expecting to see, nor did I think I would ever see in a film of this nature.

I believe this film is deserving of a 5 out of 10 due to how it played out but again, and I can not stress this enough, the ending should have been restructured and due to that, it's giving it an obviously lower rating.

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