Fresh and Exciting

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

the Antichrist is a woman ?? okay thats maybe fine but how did he came inside her by a knife ??? in here 25 birthday ?? or by the bird , and where is the chair in the movie it just disappeared that was weid and why the bird can contact who is the bird and why the father didn't die what happened to him this is not cool

I went into this movie feeling pretty skeptical, and… sadly those doubts were completely justified (not that I expected much from a director otherwise known for Jason Statham action flicks). It feels like there have been a million possession movies over the years and, honestly, it's rare that I find one that I really love, and that isn't just a cookie cutter version of the same story (which, in itself, IS interesting and scary as hell, it's just rarely portrayed in a way that I find to be genuinely chilling).As if I really need to tell the plot, but… Angela (Olivia Taylor Dudley) visits the hospital for a cut finger and, later on, for a related infection. On the way home she violently takes the wheel and crashes the car, winding up in a coma for 40 days (see what they did there?). Right as they are about to pull her off life support she wakes up, seemingly none the worse for wear. Her father (Dougray Scott) and boyfriend Pete (John Patrick Amedori) — who partake in some of the most predictable banter and relationship clashing ever — are very concerned as she starts to exhibit signs of demonic possession and is subsequently admitted to a psychiatric facility, where things just get crazier until the inevitable exorcism when her true form is revealed.It's just… meh. The acting isn't bad, by any means, but it's nothing special, with Dudley being the standout but not by much. The scene where she "forces" the detective to smash the lightbulbs into his eyes is admittedly pretty awesome, but it's fleeting (not that I want to see more footage of eyeball-lightbulb-smashing, just saying it's a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise mediocre pool of movie). They use every trick in the book — Angela speaking in Aramaic, furniture moving on its own, the sudden bursts of violence by the other patients. The scene with her spitting up the eggs — apparently representing a perverted Holy Trinity — was pretty neat, as was Angela pulling on her chains so hard that she breaks her own back and arms.But they really missed the mark on most of it — they barely showed Vicar Imani (Djimon Hounsou) or Cardinal Bruun (Peter Andersson), who you would THINK would be more central characters given the name. I was hoping for a bit more backstory but instead they relied a bit too much on tired stereotypes, a fairly bland script, and unimpressive effects. Womp!

It's not really about exorcism, though it is about possession. And I have to admit, that I am surprised by the low rating here on IMDb. It's very well crafted, has an array of good actors in it and the script is solid. While I would agree that it doesn't reach the heights of some of the best horror movies out there, this is certainly a very good movie.The acting is strong, the story holds up and the ending works too. Yes some characters react strange to our main character, but overall it's not the worst behavior in horror movies (or in the clichés we are used to). I like the mentality of the movie and the director seems to know his stuff. As does the cinematographer (both plus leading actress are on an interesting audio commentary on the disc) too. I was pleasantly surprised by this and maybe you will be too

So supposedly the Vatican has tapes of all the manifestations of evil around the world. This story is then based on one of these tapes. Fortunately, unlike what the title promises, this isn't POV, although it does have the bare-bones style of POV. In fact the movie begins with two priests discussing some case. They watch a tape of a girl where suddenly out of her face another evil face emerges. One priest recommends they do something about this.Now we go back and meet the girl, Olivia. She's got a boyfriend, her dad is in the Army so he's never around. But for her birthday the boyfriend surprises her with a party and her dad is there too. While cutting the cake she cuts her finger badly and has to be taken to the hospital. On their way back, ravens attack the bus they're on. She starts drinking one water bottle after another and at night passes out. She's taken to the hospital again where she falls into a coma. Months later they decide to take her off life support and when they do she wakes up instead. That night she walks into the neonate ward and nearly drowns a baby. Cops show up, a raven shows up, and one cop slam two light bulbs into his eyes. Apparently that will kill you.All along since the first visit to the hospital the father has befriended a priest there. So he's always around when something happens and he recommends they take or to some psychiatric facility. There she doesn't contribute to her therapy and instead becomes clairvoyant and tells the attractive dr. of some sexual escapade she (the dr.) had. Then she gets an orderly to die. And one day, she mumbles stuff against the wall and in the room on the other side where all the patients are, mayhem ensues. They attack each other, commit suicide, and kill each other. That's when the Vatican priests decide to intervene and one of them travels to meet Olivia.He performs an exorcism. Well, actually he doesn't. An exorcism is meant to the get demon to leave the body. He wants the evil to manifest itself in the body. He's got other plans. But this one evil is very powerful. It's the evil promised in the Book of Revelations.The Vatican Tapes is yet another low budget exorcism movie that just like all the others is rather weak. We don't end up caring for Olivia and her family. For most of the movie the priests are just in the margins and don't do much. The exorcism/ceremony offers little new and pretty much follows the standard formula but without being scary. It's after the exorcism is over that things get interesting. What the movie proposes with Olivia's fate is quite daring. And it should be downright terrifying. But it just isn't.These exorcism movies are cheap and easy to do, it seems, that's why we're getting so many of them. If you've never seen one, then The Vatican Tapes could be interesting. The problem is that the ritual itself is central and everything that happens builds up to it. Any yet rarely is the ritual filmed in such a way as to convey the horror that it should represent. Unless filmmakers are able to come up with something new or genuinely frightening, they shouldn't bother.