THE LAST EXORCISM PART II is the 2013 follow-up to the found footage hit and a sequel that tries to do something a little different. Ashley Bell is back as Nell, recovering from the events of the first movie and trying to regain something of a normal life by living in a halfway house and getting a job as a hotel maid. Unfortunately for her, the events of the past have a way of catching up with you and Abalam may not have finished with her just yet...

I quite enjoyed the first movie, giving it a 6/10, but this sequel is a slightly lesser. It's not a found footage film this time around, more of a traditional psychological horror story, quite obviously low budget but fairly well acted and told. The first hour is overreliant on those jump scares that are the bane of modern Hollywood horror but things get better at the dramatic climax. Not great, but worth a look for fans of the original.

Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is trying to recover from the events of the first movie. She is sent to a safe house in New Orleans with other girls trying to restart their lives. She is an innocent, and still haunted by the demon Abalam. She gets a hotel housekeeping job, and even a boyfriend Chris. But she can't escape Abalam, and mysterious Cecile may be able to exorcise the demon once and for all.

The original had the benefit of an indie realism. That is to say that it pretends to be real like 'Blair Witch Project'. It also had Ashley Bell bending over backwards in a (is she?)/(isn't she?) story. This one is much more traditional. Ashley Bell is quite effective as the naive Nell. The movie has a slow moving gentle feel. But when the time comes to pump up the scares, they pull all the punches. The kills are happening off screen. The traditional camera moves just aren't there. If Ashley Bell wasn't there, I would definitely fail this movie.

The seventeen year-old Nell Margareth Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found completely insane and obsessed by the demon Abalam. After medical and psychological treatment, she is sent to the Deveraux transition house in New Orleans managed by Frank Merle (Muse Watson),who helps her to start a new life. She finds a job of hotel housekeeper; befriends her roommates; and has a crush on the teenager Chris (Spencer Treat Clark). But soon she is haunted by people from her cult and by an evil force that wants to possess her. When Nell meets Cecile (Tarra Riggs),she tells that she has been following Nell since the hospital. Further, she discloses that she belongs to the sect Order of Right Hand that can protect her from the evil and Nell goes to her house. Will Nell be protected from the powerful evil force?

"The Last Exorcism Part II" is an unnecessary sequel of "The Last Exorcism". The movie is not so bad as described in many reviews, but the conclusion is a great deception. Ashley Bell has good performance but the story is weak and pointless. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "O Último Exorcismo - Parte 2" ("The Last Exorcism Part 2")