Finally a chance to see this one on DVD this week compelled to write about it because I will be going to see An American Haunting this weekend and I have see references in reviews to this movie. I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Exorcism of Emily Rose was a 'horror' film that not only has a brain for a change, but actually succeeds in being frightening. It may help that the film is allegedly based on true events, which gives credibility to the storyline, and prevents the movie from having those annoyingly gaping plot holes, it will be interesting putting this up against An American Haunting, from what I have read there are similar characteristics.
There are certain events happening in the film which are questionable as to whether they actually occurred in real life, but the characters do help to pull it off and keep you moving forward, even if you did stop and wonder for a brief moment.
I found 'Emily Rose' to be different from almost every past horror movie in the sense that it doesn't make really obvious attempts to frighten its audience. The frightening events regarding Emily Rose's exorcism are more frightening as they don't seem horribly staged and predictable, they are effects you have seen in half a dozen other horror films attempting to pull of the same scare moment. The cast gives an overall strong performance and I would recommend this film to other horror/drama fans.
There are certain events happening in the film which are questionable as to whether they actually occurred in real life, but the characters do help to pull it off and keep you moving forward, even if you did stop and wonder for a brief moment.
I found 'Emily Rose' to be different from almost every past horror movie in the sense that it doesn't make really obvious attempts to frighten its audience. The frightening events regarding Emily Rose's exorcism are more frightening as they don't seem horribly staged and predictable, they are effects you have seen in half a dozen other horror films attempting to pull of the same scare moment. The cast gives an overall strong performance and I would recommend this film to other horror/drama fans.