The film had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival on J and was here introduced by Eli Roth and Daniel Stamm. The release of the film was set for August 27, 2010. On February 12, 2010, Lionsgate purchased the rights for the US distribution and pulled the film from the festival. The film was slated to be a part of the South by Southwest Film Festival 2010. Daniel continues to run before Caleb decapitates him and the camera falls. Iris and Daniel flee, and Iris is subdued by members of the congregation and killed with an axe. Marcus, his faith restored, grabs his cross and rushes towards the fire to combat the evil. Manley throws the child into the fire, which causes the fire to grow rapidly as demonic roars emanate. Louis is tied up, gagged and blindfolded while hooded figures pray around an altar, atop which Nell is bound. The group follows the sound of voices into the woods, where they see a large fire and a congregation of hooded cultists led by Manley. They return to the Sweetzer farmhouse, which they find empty and covered with numerous occult and countercultural symbols on its walls. Marcus and the crew meet Logan, who explains that he is gay and the only contact he had with Nell was a brief conversation at Manley's house six months ago the crew realizes Manley was lying about having not seen Nell. Nell anguishes over losing her virginity to a boy named Logan, which Louis again rejects. Marcus challenges that a demon would know the actual name of the sex act and concludes that Nell is not possessed, but a disturbed and ashamed girl. After three, Marcus yells for Abalam to stop Abalam asks Marcus if he wants a " blowing job". Each second, Nell breaks one of her fingers. Marcus offers to attempt a second exorcism to dissuade him as Nell begs Louis to kill her.ĭuring the exorcism, "Abalam" agrees to release Nell only if Marcus can remain silent for ten seconds. The crew tries to escape with Nell, who attacks Marcus before Louis threatens to shoot her. Offended at Marcus's insistence that a demon is not involved, Louis demands that the crew leave and alludes to intending to kill Nell.
Marcus confronts Louis about Nell's pregnancy Louis insists that Nell is a virgin and has been impregnated by the demon. Iris and Daniel discover her morbid paintings in addition to the death of the cat, they depict Marcus standing before a large flame with a crucifix, Iris dismembered, and Daniel decapitated. That night, Nell steals their camera and goes into her father's barn, where she brutally smashes a cat to death. When the hospital calls back to inform that Nell is pregnant, Iris accuses Louis of incest, which Marcus rejects. Marcus frees Nell from her restraints and later finds her trying to drown a doll while seemingly sleepwalking. In the morning, Louis takes Nell home but chains her to the bed after she cuts her brother Caleb's face with a knife.
Marcus goes to see Louis's former pastor, Joseph Manley, who informs Marcus that he has not seen Nell for three years. Marcus takes Nell to the hospital for tests, which conclude that she is in perfect physical condition. That night, Nell appears in Marcus's motel room, visibly unwell. He persuades the family that he has driven out the demon and leaves, believing he and his crew have cured her of a mental state that was misdiagnosed as possession. Marcus arrives and claims Nell is possessed by Abalam, a powerful demon. He accepts an exorcism request sent by farmer Louis Sweetzer, who claims his livestock are being slaughtered by his daughter Nell Louis suspects that Nell is possessed by Satan.
Marcus, who lost his faith after the birth of his ill son, is accustomed to performing fake exorcisms on "possessed" individuals. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing more than $67 million against a $1.8 million budget.įilmmakers Iris and Daniel follow Cotton Marcus, a reverend living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who seeks to delegitimize exorcisms. After receiving a letter from a farmer asking for help in driving out the devil, he meets the farmer's afflicted daughter. Īfter years of performing exorcisms, a disillusioned evangelical minister decides to participate in a documentary chronicling his last exorcism while exposing the fraud of his ministry. It stars Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, and Louis Herthum. The Last Exorcism is a 2010 American found footage supernatural horror film directed by Daniel Stamm.