Tuesday, January 10, 2012

'Devil' Serves the Right Hand of Unintentional Comedy

Now there's a face that should be intimidating, but if anything it's comedic.
January or more specifically, the first weekend in January, is always one filled with dread. It’s almost a traditional dumping ground for the worst of the worst with films thrown into a post-holiday messy mix. 2012 is no exception. What better way to kick off a brand new year than a good old-fashioned exorcism or two. Now if 2010’s The Last Exorcism and last year’s The Rite hadn’t satisfied such a demonic appetite, director William Brent Bell attempts to possess legions of horror and found footage fans with The Devil Inside

The Devil Inside is a faux documentary tracing the various stages of the demonic possession of Maria Rossi (Suzan Rowley), who murdered three of her fellow clergy in 1989. Twenty years pass and her daughter, Isabella (Fernanda Andrade), with cameraman friend in tow, venture to Rome to uncover the truth of Maria’s condition and the fine line between mental illness and possession.