The specific sub-genre of exorcism movies do only dish out the occasional great movie once every now and then, and this movie, however, is not one of those overly great ones.

The story here is fairly generic, straight-forward but also somewhat predictable, which ultimately causes the movie to lose appeal and fail to stand out in a sub-genre that is already flooded with less than mediocre movies.

The acting in the movie was by definition good enough, nothing extraordinary, and not even a small appearance by horror icon Doug Bradley managed to lift the movie up from mediocrity. However, I will say that the actors and actresses in the movie didn't have all that much material to work with, so it was sort of difficult to shine in this movie.

As for horror and shocking moments? Well, don't get your hopes up, because there aren't any. This movie doesn't keep you on edge or make you jump, cringe or cower in any way. I will say that the effects of the possessed Emma was good enough, though I have seen better in other movies.

The movie in itself is a good enough attempt at the genre, it just fails to leave a lasting impression and doesn't manage to distinguish itself from so many other movies of the same type.

Truly terrifiyng story about a fiftten year old teenager, Shophie Varasseu, who is possessed by a malevolent and heinous spirit. At the beginning Emma has an argument with her overprotective mom: Anna Stockham and she cuts herself her wrist. She thinks of being possesed and asks their parents to be submitted an exorcism. She getting sicker by the time, being really possessed, as a demon into a teen gone amok. Emma has a convulsion and their parents : Richard Felix and Anne Stockham, carry her to the hospital. There is something dark and sinister inside Emma, a nasty demon that goes bersek and she wants to eject it. Later on, she is under psychiatric care , suffering from the effects of being possessed by the devil. Family relies on priests who start to visit her every day. A priest : Stephen Billington, investigates the weird happenings, as he attemts to help the possessed lass. There are some things best kept in secret.

Horror picture about a ghastly possession causing creepy, scary and terrible moments. A rare film about exorcism in similar style to The Exorcist 1973 by William Friedkin. This latter movie remains still startling and engrossing with every viewing, it spread countless sequels and imitations, one of them is this one, though, of course, it is far cry from the original Exorcist. Genuinely scary moments overcome some obvious plot devices. This is a juicy terrifying material fashioning an iconic diabolic possession, providing screams, thrills, shocks and chilling scenes .It has an extremely known premise spawns tbe film in ups and downs. All semblance of plausibility is extracted, leaving a cast of little known actors to show their limited skills. There appears briefly Doug Bradley and Brendan Price but they have less than one minute of screen time.

It delivers a creepy and eerie ambient thanks to an expert cameraman, Javier Salmones. As well as a frightening, suspenseful and chilling musical score by Zacarias M. de la Riva. Being efficiently produced by Carlos Fernandez and Julio Fernandez from Fantastic Factory and Filmax. They have produced a lot of hits in terror and thriller genre such as Abandoned, Km 31, The nun, Quarantine, Paintball, Summer camp, Baby room, The returned, Machinist, Transsiberian, Rec saga, Sleep tight, among others. The motion picture was decently directed by Manuel Carballo, though with no originality and has some flaws and gaps. Carballo has directed a few acceptable films such as The returned, El ultimo justo, 13 miedos and Queens or Reinas TV series. Rating 6/10. Decent and passable horror movie. No for squamish.

The Exorcist stands out as the definitive film about exorcism with priests battling it out with demons in possession of a young girl's body, and to date no film can surpass that brilliance, and I am of the opinion it will stand the tests of time and various interpretations of the horror sub-genre to knock it off its perch. Attempts will come and go and it's up to filmmakers to find certain spins to their stories so that they don't get drowned out. The Last Exorcism by director Daniel Stamm was quite an effort with its documentary styled narrative with those huge twists that came with it, and the Anthony Hopkins starrer The Rite will hit our shores quite soon.

Then there's Exorcismus right now by Spanish director Manuel Carballo, which tells of a young girl Emma (Sophie Vavasseur, the schoolgirl in Resident Evil: Apocalypse) whose family suspects she needs mental help for her recurring fits and behaviour, until an inexplicable levitation opened their minds to engage the services of their relative Christopher (Stephen Billington),a priest with a tainted record in exorcism no less, to try and save their kid from the clutches of whatever demon is possessing her. That's the basic crux of the story, but what the film is about comes from the manipulation that mankind is capable of, and the folly and greed of man's pride, wanting to prove oneself to peers for that one-upmanship, or to exact some unintentional vengeful hatred arising from petty, hissy fits.

As the saying goes, don't push your luck and tempt the devil, because you'll never know the true impact of such an unwarranted pact, that you'll probably live to regret it. The film opens with the persistently angry teenager Emma, whom we learn through the course of the narrative isn't quite the docile, demure girl disciplined through home-schooling and always under the watchful eyes of mom, but one who does not hesitate in dabbling with mushrooms, and oh, the ouija board. All these spell trouble, and trouble does come knocking. Half of the show went to Sophie Vavasseur's performance as Emma, and she plays her role quite well, continuing the legacy of fellow peers who have stepped into the shoes of characters possessed by demons, in providing a fitting rendition with what some may say is the same old usual bag of tricks with bile spewing and eye rolling.

On the other corner of the ring is Stephen Billington as the priest Christopher, who is as eager to assist his niece as he is to laying down some ground rules which are a bit peculiar even for horror fans, such as performing it outside of holy grounds, not engaging more spiritual help from fellow brothers of the cloth, and not arresting the problem on the spot, spreading the exorcism over a number of days, with vast periods of intervals as well. This raises alarm bells of course, but all will be addressed as the film wears on, leaving room for various dastardly deeds to be performed, as if a lesson to be learnt against the dabbling with the occult.

For an audience looking for cheap scares and thrills, this is not that film unfortunately, even though it is steeped in the horror sub-genre of possessions. You don't get to see much since the details of the exorcisms are kept under wraps by way of the narrative, although you do get glimpses of it in the final act that turn out to be nothing quite new from what's already been done, such as the trash talking, sexual come-hithers, and more levitations, together with the Lord's Prayer, use of holy water and other equipment in a priest's arsenal.

Like The Last Exorcism, this film also relied on the final act to differentiate itself in quite radical terms, so it's pretty much hit and miss, and more of the latter if you're expecting something to make you jump at your seat, or linger in your thoughts way after the end credits roll. I bought into the explanation so it didn't turn out too bad, but be warned, if you're not receptive to little creative sparks adopted by the filmmakers, then perhaps this may be quite frustrating to sit through given a number of plot conveniences you have to buy into, and having more talk than to show for it.