Martin) took the form of a found-footage movie, the filmmakers wisely opted to buck that overdone genre trend. While the original 2009 Black List-selected screenplay (written by Christopher Borrelli and Michael C. Silly, screechy and eminently watchable, this thrifty horror exorcise (er, exercise) could yield decent theatrical profit for Pantelion Films, and might turn even more heads in VOD play. And director Mark Neveldine, who is no master of dread but a dab hand at dispensing regular shocks, brings an undeniable lunatic conviction to this cheaply derivative religio-horror freakout, while running up the sort of abnormally high body count you’d expect from a “Die Hard” sequel rather than an occult thriller. Another day, another exorcism.It’s no ordinary case of demonic possession that rouses the attention of the Catholic Church in “The Vatican Tapes” - more like the sort of full-on egg-vomiting, eyeball-gouging spiritual meltdown that suggests the Antichrist herself now walks among us.
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Even with the surprisingly good ending, it's not enough to warrant a recommendation for The Vatican Tapes, a been-there-done-that exorcism movie that has about as much soul as the possessed Angela. It ended the movie in a rather dark and powerful way, so much so that I'd like to see a sequel just to see where they could go with that ending. The ending is actually the only part of The Vatican Tapes that I wholeheartedly enjoyed. There's still this inescapable feeling that everything is still all too familiar to anyone who's seen a good possession movie. It's admittedly pretty cool to watch since there are a few creepy and intense parts, and the pace slows down a bit to allow some atmosphere to build up.
The exorcism scene itself takes up the last 20 minutes of the movie. The plot eventually decides that there should be an exorcism scene, and after a particularly lazy attempt to say why Angela is discharged and sent back home, the audience finally gets what they paid for. A black raven has to announce the next "scary scene," which completely ruins any tension the film might have had because the audience is now going to expect the next big obnoxious jump scare. After that, The Vatican Tapes does get more interesting ever so slightly and has a couple of decent scares because Angela is now in a mental hospital, but still nothing we haven't seen from other, better movies. Every exorcism movie cliche you could possibly think of is stuffed into twenty excruciating minutes, and it definitely made me fear for the rest of the movie. Surprisingly, The Vatican Tapes is actually a movie that gets better as it progresses, although that's really not saying too much. A priest and two Vatican exorcists team up to try to exorcise Angela before it wreaks havoc on humanity. In The Vatican Tapes, 20-something year-old Angela (get it?) gets possessed by a demon, but it's not just any demon it's the Anti-Christ himself. Despite the title, it's not a found footage movie, but it is a generic possession movie. The trailer wasn't flattering at all and made it look like an incredibly generic found footage exorcism flick, and now that I've seen it, I can confirm that that is only half true. Despite the title, it's not a found footage I haven't had such low expectations for a horror movie in a while.
I haven't had such low expectations for a horror movie in a while. Keeping fingers crossed that there is a sequel or even a prequel just as long as the creators create something, they did an awesome job (actors too) as far as I'm concerned. Glad I decided to watch 'The Vatican Tapes' despite the negative reviews, the title and even the trailer. This one will be added to my horror movie collection and will most likely be watched five to ten times. It takes a lot to scare me with exorcism movies, but this one had me on the edge of my seat biting my nails, a lil anxiety and even at some points gave me goose bumps.
For anyone out there reading negative reviews ignore them and judge for yourself, cuz if you don't you will be missing a great movie that is full of suspense, chilling anticipation and pretty much none stop action. For anyone out there reading negative reviews ignore them and judge for yourself, cuz if you don't you will be missing a great movie that is full of suspense, chilling anticipation and Great movie a MUST WATCH! Almost didn't watch this movie because of negative reviews and the trailer. Great movie a MUST WATCH! Almost didn't watch this movie because of negative reviews and the trailer.