The Devil Inside

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  • Opened January 6, 2012 
  • 1 hr 23 min
  • R | Grisly Images, Disturbing Violent Content, Language and Some Sexual References
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Twenty years after Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) murdered three people, her daughter, Isabella (Fernanda Andrade), seeks the truth about that terrible night. Isabella travels to an Italian hospital for the criminally insane -- where Maria is locked away -- to find out whether her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. With the help of two young exorcists (Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth), Isabella tries to cure Maria -- and engages four demons in a battle for her mother's soul. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley
  • Director: William Brent Bell
  • Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

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SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!! MOVIE STINKS!! I CREATED ACCOUNT JUST TO WARN VIEWERS

by chefo10

This movie was crap. Its a wanna be paranormal activity. BUT way worse. its a documentary based movie that has POOR acting and CRAPPY footage. What you see in the previews is all the action thats in...

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You can pass this one.

by rashadxll

So I just left the theater to write this review. The movie was filmed the same way "Quarantine" and "Clover Field" were. So if you have a hard time watching a shaky camera this not for you. The movie...

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Where's the rest of my movie?

by Caveman611

The movie starts out as I expected and builds slowly which I enjoyed, but when the movie seems like it is building to a climax, it definitely surprises the viewers but not in a good way. Watching...

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Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly
| Clark Collis

While this religio-horror effort does contain some nice scares, and a memorably unnerving turn from Crowley, The Devil Inside's biggest shock arrives when it abruptly ends - just as it hits its stride. The result is a found-footage movie whose third act remains missing. Read full review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Jennie Punter

All hell breaks loose and it's a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Read full review

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Empire
| William Thomas

Even with The Exorcist in the world, there is still scope for a contemporary, shocking and thrilling film to be made on the subject of possession. But this is not it: some found footage should really just stay lost. Read full review

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Movieline
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The reality of The Devil Inside is that it's a half-hearted patchwork of ideas blatantly lifted from better films, with characters who have to act increasingly foolish in order to allow the action to go forward and an ending so anticlimactic and abrupt that the audience at the screening I attended erupted in enraged boos as the credits rolled. Read full review

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A scene from "The Devil Inside."