Genre:
Horror/Thriller
Directed by:
William Brent Bell
Starring:
Fernanda Andrade, Isabella Rossi, Simon Quarterman, Evan
Helmuth, Ionut Grama, Suzan Crowley, Bonnie Morgan, Brian Johnson, Preston
James Hillier, D.T. Carney
Release date:
Fri 06, Jan 2012
Budget $1 million
Box office $101,386,096
The Devil Inside is a 2012 American supernatural horror film
directed by William Brent Bell, and written by Bell and Matthew Peterman. It is
a documentary-style film about a woman who becomes involved in a series of
exorcisms during her quest to determine what happened to her mother, a woman
who murdered three people as a result of being possessed by a demon. Produced
by Peterman and Morris Paulson, the film stars Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman,
Evan Helmuth, and Suzan Crowley, and was released theatrically on January 6,
2012.
The film topped the US box office on its opening weekend,
yet dropped drastically in the second week, before disappearing completely from
the box office top ten. This might have been caused by the fact that there
was no preview screening for the press, which subsequently panned the movie
after its premiere. Additionally, the audience reception was very negative.
Despite this, the film was a huge commercial success, grossing roughly $100
million.
Plot
On October 30, 1989, Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) committed a
triple murder during an exorcism performed on her. The Catholic Church became
involved, and she has since been in a Catholic psychiatric hospital in Rome.
The film shows a news story and police investigation showing the three members
of the clergy whom she murdered. Her daughter, Isabella, learned of the murders
from her father, who died three days after telling her.
Twenty years later, Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) is in the
process of filming a documentary about exorcisms and, to find out more about
her mother, she visits a school in Rome. She meets two priests, Ben (Simon
Quarterman) and David (Evan Helmuth). Ben and David take Isabella with them on
an exorcism performed on Rosalita (Bonnie Morgan). They bring along medical
equipment to determine if it's possession or mental illness. Rosalita attacks
the crew after spouting out obscene remarks in different languages and accents.
She calls Isabella by her name, despite not knowing her. Eventually, they get
her under control.
When Isabella goes to visit her mother, Maria, in the
asylum, she finds that her mother speaks in different accents and has paintings
all over the walls. She has inverted crosses carved into her arms and her
bottom lip. Maria tells Isabella that killing a child is against God's will,
then lets out an ear-shattering scream. Isabella tells David and Ben that she
had an abortion years ago and her mother had no way of knowing that—another
sign that showed possible possession. As the crew prepares to perform an
exorcism/analysis on Maria, David worries about losing his job, since the
Church does not authorize exorcisms without undeniable proof that the patient
is indeed possessed. During the procedure, Maria mentions knowing what Ben did
in the past, as well as Isabella's child. She breaks free of her restraints and
sends Ben flying into the door, also knocking David to the ground. The doctors
rush in shortly after.
After analyzing the data from the video and audio files,
they present the evidence to the Church. David shows many signs of stress, as
Ben plays the audio files over and over, listening to the part where Maria says
"I know what you did". Ben then finds that there are four different
demons speaking in unison in a different clip. David is to perform a baptism at
his church, in which Michael tags along to record. The service starts without
incident until he holds the baby to start the Immersion Baptism. He then
mutters some lines from the Bible and starts forcefully submerging the baby in
the holy water, staring blankly at the camera. The crowd of people rush up to
save the baby as he passes out.
Soon after, Ben finds David at home with blood all over his
forearms, eyes rolled back into his head, much the way Maria was during the
exorcism. The police arrive, and though it doesn't show on film, David somehow
acquires an officer's handgun and holds it in his mouth. Ben tells him to fight
it, but he begins to weep, reciting The Lord's Prayer, stopping; forgetting the
last few words. He laughs and then shoots himself. Just then, Isabella begins
having a seizure.
Ben hysterically comes to the realization that Isabella is
possessed. As they wait in the hospital, nurses rush into the emergency room
and find a nurse on the floor, blood spewing from her neck as other nurses
fight to restrain Isabella. Ben and Michael drag Isabella into the hallway and
restrain her. They leave with Isabella in a car, heading to get help for a
potential exorcism. While Michael drives, Isabella speaks of also knowing the
horrible act Ben committed, scaring Ben. She then tries to strangle Michael and
Ben is able to pull her off before Michael loses control of the car, but not
before she breathes into Michael's mouth. He instantly shows signs of
possession, and acceleration can be heard as Michael speeds into oncoming
traffic, headlong into another car. The camera goes black, and cuts in with
short sequences of chaos, most likely of Michael, Isabella and Ben flying
through their car windshield, leaving the outcome unknown. After the screen
finally cuts to black and the credits start rolling, a title card is shown
informing that the case of the Rossi family is still unresolved, followed by
another title card directing viewers to a website (www.therossifiles.com)
"for more information on the ongoing investigation."
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References.
External links:
"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Sept. 2012. Web. 03 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.
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