Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Absolutely brilliant

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I enjoyed the story, the performances and the gore. But...if the asylum closed in the 1970's, shouldn't Devon be much older, like, 25-30 years older? Major plot whole that's hard to overlook.

This movie was NOT a 4.6 film. I don't know why it's rating is so low. 4.6 is the kind of rating you might see in a Lucifer Valentine, Uwe Boll, or Ed Wood film. When I think of 4.6, I think of August Underground and movies of that ilk. Really, when you think about it, if Exeter warrants a 4.6 so does Michael Haneke's Funny Games or Yorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth which, incidentally, won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.For what it is, Exeter was well done. The ultra-violence was well done. Teenagers being a**hole teenagers was well done. Sure, the exorcism scenes were a bit cliché, as well as the frequent homages to Evil Dead, still, it was 90 minutes well spent. In all actuality, this movie is probably closer to a 6. I gave it a 7 to help balance out the negative reviews that propelled it's numbers to the depth of SyFy offerings. I think this movie would've done well in the cinemas, too. Maybe it's DirectTV debut was a mistake. Too bad.

Director Marcus Nispel's previous incursions into horror cinema were two remakes of legendary films (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th), and Exeter is his first horror movie with "original" material... even though it doesn't have a pinch of originality. The screenplay of Exeter is built by parts borrowed from much better films, from The Evil Dead to The Exorcist. However, I have to admit that, despite not being a very good movie, I found Exeter moderately entertaining and occasionally funny... even though this last thing was accidental. The main problem of Exeter is the unlikable characters, whose arrogant attitudes and superficial development avoid their deaths from evoking the slightest emotion; I couldn't even empathize with the heroes by default. And the screenplay is full of huge holes and logical inconsistencies. For example, the characters have access to the Internet with their cellphones, and even an iPad tablet to consult the steps of an exorcism... but they can't use them in order to ask for help? And, of course, an evil force closed the doors and windows to avoid them from escaping; however, there are tools everywhere (the building they are in is getting renovated), and the doors and windows don't seem very resistant. Maybe, with some cooperation and effort... eh, nevermind; screenwriter Kirsten Elms obviously didn't expect the audience to make inconvenient questions. On the positive side of Exeter, the cinematography, production design and settings are attractive and appropriately "grunge". In conclusion, Exeter managed to keep me moderately entertained despite its mediocrity, and I can give it a slight recommendation because of that.

After reading the previous reviews, from other users, I had some distrust, regarding this movie... So, after some delays, I decided to give it a view... and I was quite surprised... OK, it's not original, nor award-winning, but, it's very entertaining, from start to bottom.. Even though some details, can resemble with The Evil Dead, truth is that this movie has nothing to do with The Evil Dead, and I think that there was no intention on creating any sort of "connection" with both. Give it a try... I gave it, and I'm not that disappointed... even my wife, usually so demanding, on movies that she watches, was surprised with the movie, even more, after reading the bad reviews posted here.