A must see for scary movie buffs
By: Rashad Little
“The Devil Inside” is an entertaining yet unpredictable horror flick, which will certainly cause a jump or two.
Director William Brent Bell, who is also directed “Stay Alive,” gives the audience another documentary film filled with individuals later finding themselves possessed with satanic demons. A slow starting film, “The Devil Inside” later becomes highly action-packed as the majority of the movie is captured from a point of view camera angle reminiscent of “Quarantine” and “Paranormal Activity.” The film builds to its climax ending in a way that derives the question, “what’s next?”
The plot is based on daughter Isabella Rossi, played by Fernanda Andrade, on a mission to uncover the truth about her mother Maria Rossi, played by Susan Crowley. Maria is diagnosed as mentally ill after murdering three individuals during a failed exorcism performed on her. Isabella travels to Rome seeking to uncover the truth about her mother’s health as to whether she is possessed, or mentally ill as documented. Isabella meets with her mother hoping to establish a lost mother-daughter relationship over the years. She finds that her mother is extremely deranged which compels Isabella to find her mother help. She meets an ordained exorcist Ben, played by Simon Quartermen, and an ordained priest David, Evan Helmuch, who perform exorcisms unsanctioned by the church. David and Ben insist that if Isabella has any chance at saving her mother she must become more familiar with exorcisms from experience.
This leads to Isabella accompanying Ben and David as they perform an exorcism on a possessed woman, Rosa. A disturbing scene of body contortions and obscene language comprise the incident Isabella witnessed. She found herself in disbelief that exorcisms and demons are real; nevertheless, she is convinced that another attempted exorcism on her mother could possibly be the cure.
David was severely reluctant to attempt the exorcism on Maria, explaining that the risk was far too high, but he was eventually persuaded and agreed to help Ben perform the exorcism. What begins as a customary exorcism later ends in an uncontrollable demonic event.
Maria is no ordinary possessed individual, which was entirely unknown. As the plot begins to unfold, the cast becomes vulnerable and is no longer safe as you the unthinkable transpires. The characters continue to struggle with self-restraint as the demon later grasps full control of their personas.
